Policy Library - Australia & New Zealand

Australia & New Zealand

Measuring Well-Being " What is the aim of government? One answer is that it might be to maximise citizens' life satisfaction. Researchers have used a range of different approaches in order to know what makes people happy and how to judge whether a society is making progress to this goal. Mike Salvaris provides a very useful summary of the international development of social indicators which measure more than economic growth in "Community and social indicators: How citizens can measure progress". This is published by the Swinburne Institute for Social Research alongside "Tasmania Together arators - see "Structural Monitoring: International Benchmarking of Denmark" for more details. Finally, Partha Dasgupta and Karl-Göran Mäler argue that the usual measures of economic success are useful but shouldn't be used to measure well-being in a number of reports from the Beijer International Institute of Environmental Economics.

By Beijer International Institute of Environmental Economics , Australia, US, Denmark, Sweden.

Miscellaneous Policy Resource.

Doing right things first

Doing right things first. Bjorn Lomborg, 4 April 2006. Global warming has become the preeminent concern of our time. Many governments and most campaigners tell us that dealing with global warming should be our first priority.

By New Zealand Business Roundtable , New Zealand.

Environment Policy Resource.

Financial Engineering and Public Finances

Financial Engineering and Public Finances " New Zealand's Treasury public finance economists have produced interesting papers on securitisation, and portfolio theory. The securitisation research examines the use of securitisation techniques by governments, using the sale of Student Loan debt in the UK as a case study

By New Zealand's Treasury ,Newzealand.

Miscellaneous Policy Resource.

Restraining Leviathan: A Review of the Fiscal Responsibility Act 1994

Restraining Leviathan: A Review of the Fiscal Responsibility Act 1994 " by Wellington economist and director of Capital Economics, Dr Bryce Wilkinson. Published by the New Zealand Business Roundtable

By New Zealand Business Roundtable ,Newzealand.

Taxation Policy Resource.

Takings, Givings and Bargains: Multiple Challenges to Limited Government

Takings, Givings and Bargains: Multiple Challenges to Limited Government " By Richard A Epstein. This lecture was given in Wellington on 2 August 2004, under the auspices of the Law and Economics Association of New Zealand.... Published by the New Zealand Business Roundtable.

By New Zealand Business Roundtable ,Newzealand.

Taxation Policy Resource.

More...

<< Start < Prev 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Next > End >>

Results 82 - 90 of 125