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Murray-Darling Basin Program

2011

• Property Rights & Water Buy Back in Australia’s Murray-Darling Basin, Working Paper M11_1, David Adamson, Max Oss-Emer, John Quiggin. 

2010

• Climate Change, Irrigation and Pests: Examining Heliothis in the Murray Darling Basin, Working Paper M10_1, David Adamson
• Water Policy After the Drought, Working Paper M10_2, John Quiggin
• Risk, uncertainty and the Guide to the Draft Basin Plan, Working Paper M10_3, John Quiggin

2009

• Targeting Environmental Water from Irrigators in the Murray Darling Basin, Working Paper M09_1, Sarah Chambers and David Adamson
• Turning Water into Carbon: Carbon sequestration vs. water flow in the Murray–Darling Basin,  Working Paper M09_2, Peggy Schrobback, David Adamson, John Quiggin
• Climate change, mitigation and adaptation: the case of the Murray–Darling Basin in Australia, Working Paper M09_3, John Quiggin, David Adamson, Sarah Chambers, and Peggy Schrobback

2008

• Options for salinity mitigation in the Murray–Darling Basin, Working Paper M08_1, 9/09/2008, Peggy Schrobback, David Adamson and John Quiggin
• Managing the Murray–Darling Basin: some implications for climate change policy, Working Paper M08_2, John Quiggin
• Opportunity costs of restoring environmental flows to the Snowy River, Working Paper M08_3, Liam Wagner, John Quiggin and David Adamson

2007

• Choice Modelling and laboratory experiments for non-market valuation: a framework. Working Paper M07_1, 22/2/2007, Giovanni B. Concu
• Climate change and climate uncertainty in the Murray-Darling Basin, Working Paper M07_2, 22/2/2007, David Adamson, Thilak Mallawaarachchi and John Quiggin
• Re-examining economic options for import risk assessments, Working Paper M07_3, 22/2/2007, David Adamson, David Cook 
• Willingness to Pay and Willingness to Accept for changes in native vegetation cover, Working Paper M07_4, 29/10/2007, Giovanni B. Concu

2006

• “One size fits all”? – The relationship between the value of genetic traits and the farm system, Working Paper M06_1, 20/2/2006, Mark Neal and Bill Fulkerson
• State-contingent modelling of the Murray Darling Basin: implications for the design of property rights, Working Paper M06_2, 21/2/2006, David Adamson, Thilak Mallawaarachchi and John Quiggin
• Urban water supply in Australia: the option of diverting water from irrigation, Working Paper M06_3, 22/2/2006, John Quiggin
• Agricultural Intensification, Irrigation and the Environment in South Asia: Issues and Policy Options, Working Paper M06_4, 28/4/2006, John Quiggin Mohammad Alauddin
• Water use and salinity in the Murray–Darling Basin: a state-contingent model, Working Paper M06_5, 15/6/2006, David Adamson, Thilak Mallawaarachchi and John Quiggin
• The Metagovernance of Markets: The Politics of Water Management in Australia, Working Paper M06_6, , Stephen Bell John Quiggin
• Choosing the best forage species for a dairy farm: The Whole-farm approach, Working Paper M06_7, 24/11/2006, Mark Neal, James Neal and Bill Fulkerson
• Conservation policies, environmental valuation and the optimal size of jurisdictions, Working Paper M06_8, 24/11/2006, Giovanni B. Concu

2005

• Modelling basin level allocation of water in the Murray Darling Basin in a world of uncertainty, Working Paper M05_1, 8/2/2005, David Adamson, Thilak Mallawaarachchi and John Quiggin
• Commercial Forestry: An Economic Development Opportunity Consistent with the Property Rights of Wik People to Natural Resources, Working Paper M05_2, 10/2/2005, Tyron Venn
• The precautionary principle in environmental policy and the theory of choice under uncertainty, Working Paper M05_3, 27/4/2005, John Quiggin
• Risk and water management in the Murray-Darling Basin, Working Paper M05_4, 30/4/2005, John Quiggin
• Accommodating Indigenous Cultural Heritage Values in Resource Assessment: Cape York Peninsula and the Murray–Darling Basin, Australia, Working Paper M05_5, 18/6/2005, Tyron Venn and John Quiggin
• Are non-use values distance-independent? Identifying the market area using a choice modelling experiment, Working Paper M05_6, 6/12/2005, Giovanni B. Concu
• Investigating distance effects on environmental values: A choice modelling approach, Working Paper M05_7, 6/12/2005, Giovanni B. Concu
• The potential cost to New Zealand dairy farmers from the introduction of nitrate-based stocking rate restrictions, Working Paper M05_8, 15/12/2005, Mark Neal

2004

• Discounting and policy options for sustainable management of the Murray-Darling River System, Working Paper M04_1, February 2004, John Quiggin
• Water Rights for Variable Supplies, Working Paper M04_2, June 2004, John Freebairn and John Quiggin
• Sustainable Management of the Great Artesian Basin: an analysis based on Environmental Economics and Law, Working Paper M04_3, June 2004, John Quiggin and Poh-Ling Tan
• Optimal Timber Utilisation Strategies for Wik People on Cape York Peninsula, Working Paper M04_4, 23/8/2004, Tyron Venn
• Portable Sawmilling Costs for Landholders in Western Queensland, Working Paper M04_5, 23/8/2004, Tyron Venn, Robbie McGavin and William W. Leggate
• Designing, Developing and Testing Financial Models for Non-industrial Private Forestry, Working Paper M04_6, 23/8/2004, Steve Harrison, Nick Emtage, John Herbohn and Tyron Venn
• A Wik Forestry Industry on Cape York Peninsula: Visions and Realities, Working Paper M04_7, 23/11/2004, Tyron Venn

2003

• Drought policy: A state-contingent view, Working Paper M03_1, 1/8/2003, John Quiggin and Robert G. Chambers

 

Risk and Uncertainty Program

 2012

• Differential awareness, ambiguity, and incomplete contracts: a model of contractual disputes?, Working paper R12_1, Simon Grant, J. Jude Kline and John Quiggin
• Inductive Reasoning About Unawareness, Working paper R12_2, Simon Grant and John Quiggin 
• Bounded Awareness, Heuristics and the Precautionary Principle, Working paper R12_3, Simon Grant and John Quiggin
• A matter of interpretation: ambiguous contracts and liquidated damages, Working paper R12_4, Simon Grant, Jeff Kline and John Quiggin

2011

• More competitors or more competition? Market concentration and the intensity of competition, Working paper R11_1,Flavio M. Menezes and John Quiggin
• A Two-Parameter Model of Dispersion Aversion, Working paper R11_2, Robert G. Chambers, Simon Grant, Ben Polak & John Quiggin
• Intensity of Competition and the Number of Competitors, Working paper R11_3, Flavio M. Menezes & John Quiggin
• A Matter of Interpretation: Ambiguous Contracts and Liquidated Damages, Working paper R11_4, Simon Grant, Jeff Kline & John Quiggin
• Capabilities as Menus: A Non-Welfarist Basis for QALY Evaluation, Working paper R11_5, Han Bleichrodt & John Quiggin

2010

• The Computation of Perfect and Proper Equilibrium for Finite Games via Simulated Annealing, Working paper R10_1, Stuart McDonald and Liam Wagner
• Uncertainty and technical effciency in Finnish agriculture: a state-contingent approach, Working paper R10_2, Celine Nauges, Christopher O'Donnell, and John Quiggin
• Production Under Uncertainty: A Simulation Study, Working paper R10_3, Sriram Shankar, Christopher O'Donnell, and John Quiggin
• Economics as a Social Science: Financial Regulation After The Crisis, Working paper R10_4, John Quiggin

2009

• Inductive reasoning about unawareness, Working Paper R09_1, 10/6/2009, Simon Grant and John Quiggin
• Markets for Influence, Working Paper R09_2, 11/09/2009 Flavio M. Menezes and John Quiggin
• A Matter of Interpretation: Bargaining over Ambiguous Contracts, Working Paper R09_3, Simon Grant, Jeff Kline and John Quiggin

2008

• Generalized Invariant Preferences: Two-parameter Representations of Preferences, Working Paper R08_1, 11/2/2008 Robert Chambers and John Quiggin
• Bounded rationality and small worlds, Working Paper R08_2, 9/6/2008, Simon Grant and John Quiggin 

2007

• Estimating complex production functions: The importance of starting values, Working Paper R07_1, 22/2/2007, Mark Neal
• Noise Risk and Derivative Price, Working Paper R07_2,  2/4/2007, Yusuke Osaki
• A Risk–Neutral Characterization of Optimism and Pessimism, and its Applications, Working Paper R07_3,  2/4/2007, Yusuke Osaki and John Quiggin
• Can game theory be saved?, Working Paper R07_4, 1/2/2007, Flavio Menezes and John Quiggin
• Bargaining power and efficiency in insurance contracts, Working Paper R07_5, 15/3/07, John Quiggin and Robert G. Chambers
• Sharp and Diffuse Incentives in Contracting, Working Paper R07_06, Flavio Menezes and John Quiggin
• Markets for Influence, Working Paper R07_7, 1/8/2007, Flavio Menezes and John Quiggin
• Event Specific Data Envelopment Models and Efficiency Analysis Working Paper R07_8 1/11/2007, Robert Chambers, Atakelty Hailu and John Quiggin

2006

• Dual Approaches to the Analysis of Risk Aversion, Working Paper R06_1, 1/3/2006, Robert G. Chambers and John Quiggin
• Efficiency analysis in the presence of uncertainty, Working Paper R06_2, Chris O’Donnell, Robert G. Chambers and John Quiggin
• Lost in Translation: Honest Misunderstandings and Ex Post Disputes, Working Paper R06_3, 14/8/2006, Simon Grant, Jeff Kline and John Quiggin

2005

• The state-contingent approach to production under uncertainty , Working Paper R05_1, John Quiggin and Robert G. Chambers
• Economists and uncertainty, Working Paper R05_2, John Quiggin
• Cost Minimization and Asset Pricing, Working Paper R05_3, Robert G. Chambers and John Quiggin
• Consistent Bayesian updating with unconsidered propositions, Working Paper R05_4,  Simon Grant and John Quiggin
• Comparative Risk Aversion for State-Dependent Preferences, Working Paper R05_5, 18/6/2005, John Quiggin and Robert G. Chambers
• Outcomes and Strategy Choices in Tullock Contests, Working Paper R05_6, 18/6/2005, Flavio Menezes and John Quiggin
• Learning and Discovery, Working Paper R05_7, 24/7/2005, Simon Grant and John Quiggin

2004

• Output Price Subsidies in a Stochastic World, Working Paper R04_1, 1/1/2004, Robert G. Chambers and John Quiggin
• Supermodularity and Risk Aversion, Working Paper R04_2, 21/3/2004, John Quiggin and Robert G. Chambers
• Linear-Risk-Tolerant, Invariant Risk Preferences, Working Paper R04_3, 12/4/2004, Robert G. Chambers and John Quiggin
• Increasing Uncertainty: A Definition, Working Paper R04_4, 15/5/2004, Simon Grant and John Quiggin
• Supermodularity and the comparative statics of risk, Working Paper R04_5, 20/6/2004, John Quiggin and Robert G. Chambers
• Fixed wages and bonuses in agency contracts: the case of a continuous state space, Working Paper R04_6, 21/6/2004, Maria Racionero and John Quiggin
• Games without Rules, Working Paper R04_7, 21/7/2004, Flavio Menezes and John Quiggin
• The risk premium for equity: implications for resource allocation, welfare and policy, Working Paper R04_8, 30/8/2004, Simon Grant and John Quiggin
• Capital market equilibrium with moral hazard and flexible technology, Working Paper R04_9, 22/9/2004, John Quiggin and Robert G. Chambers

2003

• Bargaining power and efficiency in principal--agent relationships, Working Paper 1/RO3, 21/8/2003, John Quiggin and Robert G. Chambers
• Information and the Risk-Averse Firm, Working Paper R03_2, 1/10/2003, Robert G. Chambers and John Quiggin
• Narrowing the No-Arbitrage Bounds, Working Paper R03_3, 2/10/2003, Robert G. Chambers and John Quiggin
• Separability of stochastic production decisions from producer risk preferences in the presence of financial markets, Working Paper R03_4, 30/9/2003, Robert G. Chambers and John Quiggin
• Comparative statics for state-contingent technologies, Working Paper R03_5, 30/11/2003, Robert G. Chambers and John Quiggin
• Dual structures for the sole-proprietorship firm, Working Paper R03_6, 10/12/2003, Robert G. Chambers and John Quiggin

 

Australian Public Policy Program

2012

• The Economics of New Media, Working Paper P12_1, John Quiggin

2011

• The Lost Golden Age of Productivity Growth?, Working Paper P11_1, John Quiggin
• Consensus, Dissensus and Economic Ideas: The Rise and Fall of Keynesianism During the Economic Crisis?, Working Paper P11_2, Henry Farrell and John Quiggin

2010

• Bad politics makes bad policy: the case of Queensland’s asset sales program, Working Paper P10_01, John Quiggin
• The Poverty Burden: A Measure of the Difficulty of Ending Extreme Poverty, Working Paper P10_2, John Quiggin and Renuka Mahadevan
• Special Taxation of the Mining Industry, Working Paper P10_3, John Freebairn and John Quiggin

2009

• Risk Shifts in Australia: Implications of the Financial Crisis, Working Paper P09_01 25/11/2009  John Quiggin
• Six refuted doctrines, Working Paper P09_02,  John Quiggin
• An agenda for social democracy, Working Paper P09_03,  John Quiggin
• The value of public sector information for cultural institutions, Working Paper P09_04,  John Quiggin

2008

• Amateur content production, networked innovation and innovation policy Working Paper P08_01 1/10/2008  John Quiggin
• Underemployment and Labour Market Insecurity , Working Paper P08_2, 1/12/08 Stephen Bell and John Quiggin

2007

• Intellectual Policy and Indigenous Culture, Working Paper P08_01 25/02/2007, Robynne Quiggin and John Quiggin
• Risk and Social Policy, Working Paper P07_02 1/11/2007, John Quiggin
• Beyond Stop/Go?: Explaining Australia’s Long Boom , Working Paper P07_03, 18/11/07 Stephen Bell and John Quiggin

2006

• Blogs, wikis and creative innovation, Working Paper P06_1, 10/2/2006, John Quiggin
• IR Reform: Choice and Compulsion, Working Paper P06_2, 1/3/2006, Mark Bahnisch & John Quiggin
• Cities, connections and cronyism, Working Paper P06_3, John Quiggin
• Stories about productivity, Working Paper P06_4, 1/3/2006, John Quiggin

2005

• How to kill a country?: The US-Australia Free Trade Agreement, pharmaceuticals and intellectual property , Working Paper P05_1, 13/1/2005, John Quiggin
• Unemployment, Labour Market Insecurity and Policy Options, Working Paper P05_2, 15/1/2005, Stephen Bell and John Quiggin
• Economic liberalism: fall, revival and resistance , Working Paper P05_3, 26/4/05, John Quiggin
• No More Free Beer Tomorrow? Economic policy and outcomes in Australia and New Zealand 1984-2003 , Working Paper P05_4, 26/4/2005, Tim Hazledine and John Quiggin
• Localisation, globalisation and finance, Working Paper P05_5, 15/12/2005, John Quiggin

2004

• The Y2K scare: causes, costs and cures, Working Paper P04_1, 18/2/2004, John Quiggin
• Economic evaluation of the proposed Free Trade Agreement between Australia and the United States, Working Paper P04_2, 24/4/2004, John Quiggin
• Asset Price Instability and Policy Responses: The Legacy of Liberalisation, Working Paper P04_3, 1/6/2004, Stephen Bell and John Quiggin

2003

• Looking back on microeconomic reform: a skeptical viewpoint, Working Paper P03_1, 1/11/2003, John Quiggin

 

Climate Change Program

2011

• Stabilizing the global climate: A simple and robust benfit cost analysis, Working Paper M11_1, John Quiggin

2010

• Climate change, uncertainty and adaptation: the case of irrigated agriculture in the Murray–Darling Basin in Australia, Working Paper C10_1, John Quiggin, David Adamson,Sarah Chambers, and Peggy Schrobback
  

2009

• Agriculture and global climate stabilization: a public good analysis, Working Paper C09_1, John Quiggin

2008

• Equity between overlapping generations Working Paper C08_1, 1 June 2008, John Quiggin
• Uncertainty and climate change policy Working Paper C08_2, 1 August 2008, John Quiggin
• The impact of climate change on agriculture Working Paper C08_3, 18 August 2008, John Quiggin
• Grandfathering and greenhouse: the role of compensation and adjustment assistance in the introduction of a carbon emissions trading scheme for Australia, Working Paper C08_4, Flavio Menezes, John Quiggin, and Liam Wagner

2007

• Stern and his critics on discounting and climate change Working Paper C07_01 19/06/2007, John Quiggin
• Declining inflows and more frequent droughts in the Murray–Darling Basin: climate change, impacts and adaption Working Paper C07_02 1/07/2007, John Quiggin
• Complexity, Climate Change and the Precautionary Principle Working Paper C07_03 01/07/2007, John Quiggin
• The Practicalities of Emissions Trading Working Paper C07_04 06/08/2007, Joshua Gans and John Quiggin
• Counting the cost of climate change at an agricultural level Working Paper C07_05 2/10/2005, John Quiggin

2006

•  Fiddling while carbon burns: why climate policy needs pervasive emission pricing as well as technology promotion,  Working Paper C06_1, John C.V. Pezzey, Frank Jotzo and John Quiggin

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