ACDE Seminar
The ACDE Seminar is ANU’s oldest and most distinguished seminar series in applied economics. It has been held during the Tuesday afternoon timeslot for several decades and has featured seminars from many leading economists and upcoming scholars from ANU, Australia, and overseas.
Convenor: Ross McLeod
When did Indonesia de-industrialise? Long-term trends in industrialisation
Pierre van der Eng presents historical evidence on the various causes of episodes of industrialisation and de-industrialisation in Indonesia during 1870-2018.
Understanding informal financing
Meijun Qian distinguishes various types of informal finance, finding that different types are associated with differences in borrowing firms’ performance.
Improving SME tax compliance without increasing revenue? Evidence from Papua New Guinea
Hoy reports on an experiment to gauge the impact of 'nudging' small and medium sized enterprises towards tax compliance in Papua New Guinea.
Water pricing under climate risk: principle and practice
Long Chu discusses the economic principles of water pricing in the context of climate risk, economic and population growth, and presents related empirical findings.
The value of flood mitigation infrastructure in developing countries megacities: The case of the East Flood Canal in Jakarta, Indonesia
Budy Resosudarmo examines the impact on housing prices of flood mitigation through the improvement of Jakarta’s East Flood Canal, using a hedonic price analysis of Jakarta’s housing market.
Trade facilitation, trade costs, and export performance: evidence from South Asia
Ramesh Paudel argues that intraregional transport costs play a dominant role in lowering trade volumes, and investigates the scope for improving South Asian export performance.
The intergenerational behavioural consequences of a socio-political upheaval
Xin Meng argues that descendants of those affected by China’s Cultural Revolution are less trusting, less trustworthy, and less likely to choose to compete than those whose predecessors were not affected.
Long-term effects of Agent Orange on health capital in Vietnam
The authors examine the long-term effects of the spraying of deforestation chemicals by the US military on the prevalence of disability among civilians born after the Vietnam war ended.
Restricted and unrestricted fiscal grants and tax effort of Panchayats in India
Raghbendra Jha examines the impact of restricted and unrestricted fiscal grants on tax effort of Panchayats (Elected Village Councils) via wages, profits, and incentives.
The Singapore School: technocracy or less
Barr argues that Singapore’s technocratic system has demonstrably failed, raising serious doubts about the wisdom of treating that country as a model for governance.
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