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Robert Breunig
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Policy report
Corporate income taxation in Australia: theory, current practice and future policy directions
This report provides a framework for policy analysis of the corporate income tax system in Australia to broaden understanding of the topic and heighten policy debate.
Report
Completing Australia’s retirement income system
The Academy of the Social Sciences in Australia (ASSA) and the ANU's Tax and Transfer Policy Institute (TTPI) hosted a roundtable in March 2021 to examine the 2020 Retirement Income Review report and to consider its implications for further reform of the system. This paper draws heavily on the roundtable presentations and discussions.
Working paper
Determinants of innovation novelty: evidence from Australian administrative data
This paper finds that firm-specific factors such as undertaking research and development, persistence of innovation, collaboration, foreign ownership, a business focus on innovation, and core business skills in IT and management are associated with higher levels of innovation novelty.
Working paper
Exchange rates, remittances and expenditure of households with foreign-born members: evidence from Australia
This paper examines the impact of the depreciation of the Australian dollar on the expenditure of households with foreign-born members in Australia.
Working paper
Gender norms and domestic abuse: evidence from Australia
This paper contributes to the growing literature on the effect of gender norms on social and economic outcomes. It expands on previous research on domestic violence, by considering both physical and emotional violence. The authors examine violence across the entire population, not just among disadvantaged groups.