EcoNZ@Otago
Welcome to EcoNZ@Otago! ... A magazine about contemporary
economic issues
Since 1998, EcoNZ@Otago has been published by the Department
of Economics at the University of Otago, usually in January and
July each year.
Adobe
Acrobat (.pdf) versions of the most recent issues of EcoNZ@Otago
are available below. An index of articles in previous issues appears
at the end of the current issue. Paper copies of single previous
issues are also available on request.
In addition, 40 of the best articles from EcoNZ@Otago,
Issues 1 to 11, have been updated and revised and published in a
book by Pearson Education:
Keeping Economics Real: New Zealand Economic Issues.
An information sheet from Pearson is reproduced below and at the
end of Issue 13.
If you have suggestions for future articles, then please email
your suggestions to: econz@otago.ac.nz
Or write to:
EcoNZ@Otago
Department of Economics
University of Otago
PO Box 56, Dunedin
We hope that you find the articles interesting and useful.
Dan Farhat, Editor.
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Topics
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Acrobat file
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Issue 27
(August 2011) |
- Entrepreneurship
- Is it time for time-of-use electricity pricing?
- Rugby World Cup 2011
- Giving to Africa
- Commentary on the NZ economy
- Highlights
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August
2011 |
Issue 26
(March 2011) |
- Akrasia
- Turkey in the Union
- Sea lion by-catch
- 2010 Nobel Awards
- Commentary on the NZ economy
- Highlights
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March
2011 |
Issue 25
(August 2010) |
- International student location choices
- Freer trade with the US
- Fiscal crisis in Greece
- NZ tax reforms
- Commentary on the NZ economy
- Highlights
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August
2010 |
Issue 24
(March 2010) |
- Education and trust
- A guide to opportunity cost
- 2009 Nobel Awards
- Highlights
- Commentary on the NZ economy
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March
2010 |
Issue 23
(October 2009) |
- The value of marine resources
- The NZ Emissions Trading Scheme
- The climate change impact of tourism
- The value of avoiding childhood illness
- Commentary on the NZ economy
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October
2009 |
Issue 22
(February 2009) |
- The global financial crisis
- House prices, sunshine and insulation
- Immigration and house prices
- A classroom teaching experiment
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February
2009 |
Issue 21
(July 2008) |
- Prioritising health care
- The price of oil
- Test match cricket
- Crime and stock market returns
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July
2008 |
Issue 20
(February 2008) |
- New Zealand beneficiaries
- The end of oil
- Measuring Trust
- Inflation and monetary policy
- Commentary on the NZ economy
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February
2008 |
Issue 19
(August 2007) |
- Poverty and the Grameen bank
- Exchange rate intervention
- Super Rugby Competition points
- NZ's current account deficit
- Commentary on the NZ economy
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August
2007 |
Issue 18
(February 2007) |
- Food Miles
- A common currency with Australia
- The growth rate of cities
- Globalization and the nation state
- Commentary on the NZ economy
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February07.pdf |
Issue 17
(September 2006) |
- Football refereeing and inconsistency
- Social capital
- Global trade liberalisation and NZ
- An interview with a Nobel Prize winner
- Commentary on the NZ economy
- Studying economics
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September06.pdf |
Issue 16
(March 2006) |
- Immigration to NZ
- Efficiency of NZ's secondary schools
- Economic development
- Monetary policy in the Caribbean
- Commentary on the NZ Economy
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March06.pdf |
Issue 15
(September 2005) |
- Baseball and cricket batting
- Foreign aid and debt forgiveness
- Foreign direct investment
- Answers about financial options
- NZ's terms of trade
- Commentary on the NZ economy
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September05.pdf |
Issue 14
(February 2005) |
- Marine reserves and paua
- 2004 Nobel Prize in Economics
- Trade liberalisation and NZ
- Financial options
- Commentary on the NZ economy
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February05.pdf |
Issue 13
( July 2004) |
- Whaling
- Compliance Costs
- Bilateral Trade
- A New Land Tax
- Commentary on the NZ Economy
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July04.pdf |
Issue 12
( February 2004) |
- Trade Liberalisation
- The Phillips Curve
- Crime and Punishment
- Futures Contracts
- Commentary on the NZ Economy
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February04.pdf |
A great new book, available from Pearson Education:
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