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An Empirical Analysis of the Effect of Growth on Inflation, Australia, Canada and the United States
Mardi Dungey and John Pitchford argue economists often tend to comment that inflation will tend to increase (or decrease) if growth is higher or lower than the "potential" growth rate of the economy. After setting out a theoretical justification for such a statement, the authors estimate equations relating the change in inflation to growth rates...
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Thinking regionally, acting locally: lessons for Australia from overseas housing and regional assistance policies
This paper presents the findings of a research study which investigated and evaluated the housing related regional assistance measures in the European Union, the United Kingdom and the United States and draws implications for Australian policy makers.
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The right to keep secret guns: registering firearms to reduce gun violence
Among a small, but vocal minority of shooters the universal registration of firearms is both the most ridiculed and the most feared of all measures to control guns. It is a fundamental belief of some gun owners that any register of firearms is merely the first step to eventual confiscation by a corrupt future government...
Working paper
The past and future of the Australian suburb
This paper describes the suburban ideal, explains its historical development and compares the Australian suburb with its counterpart in other countries such as the United States and Great Britain.
Working paper
Changes in the relative incentives to invest in housing: Australia, Sweden and the United States
This report addresses two questions. First, did the tax and subsidy changes in Australia, Sweden and the US increase or decrease the efficiency of the allocation of capital among business uses and housing and within the housing stock? Second, did the changes alter the incentives for business investment across countries, i.e., alter the international competitiveness...