PhD Seminar (Economics)

This seminar series is for presentations by PhD in Economics students in the Arndt-Corden Department of Economics, Crawford School of Public Policy. Open to the public.

Convener: Dr Larry Weifeng Liu

01
Dec
2023
Crawford School of Public Policy, Arndt-Corden Department of Economics | PhD Seminar (Econ)

Predicting volatility from commodity spillovers

Rubayat Chowdhury

Rubayat Chowdhury presents his research on the ability of commodity spillovers in predicting the stock and currency volatility.

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24
Nov
2023
Crawford School of Public Policy, Arndt-Corden Department of Economics | PhD Seminar (Econ)

General equilibrium analysis of supply-side climate policy

Mi Lim Kim

Mi Lim Kim presents her research on the economic impacts of global coal taxes.

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17
Nov
2023
Crawford School of Public Policy, Arndt-Corden Department of Economics | PhD Seminar (Econ)

Gender disparities in the effects of clean fuels on health and domestic labour: Evidence from rural China

Yiyi Zhao

Yiyi Zhao presents her research on the effects of clean fuels on health and domestic labour in rural China.

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27
Oct
2023
Crawford School of Public Policy, Arndt-Corden Department of Economics | PhD Seminar (Econ)

The relationship between city density and labour productivity: an empirical investigation

Rentao Rao

Rentao Rao presents his research on the impact of city-level urban population size and density on economic efficiency in China.

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06
Oct
2023
Crawford School of Public Policy, Arndt-Corden Department of Economics | PhD Seminar (Econ)

Zombie businesses during the COVID-19 pandemic in Australia

Joel Bowman

Joel Bowman presents his research on whether the business support measures introduced in response to the COVID-19 pandemic disproportionately affected the performance and survival rate of zombie businesses in Australia.

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22
Sep
2023
Crawford School of Public Policy, Arndt-Corden Department of Economics | PhD Seminar (Econ)

Does tax simplification motivate small businesses to be more compliant? Evidence from a regression discontinuity in Indonesia

Agung Satyadini

Agung Satyadini presents his research on the effect of a tax simplification program on tax compliance among small businesses in Indonesia.

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08
Sep
2023
Crawford School of Public Policy, Arndt-Corden Department of Economics | PhD Seminar (Econ)

Road revival and unavoidable deforestation: Evidence from the New Deal for Papua and beyond

Inggrid

Inggrid presents her research on the effect of highway expansions on deforestation in Indonesia.

Trans Papua Highway expansions and deforestation across Indonesia’s Papua

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25
Aug
2023
Crawford School of Public Policy, Arndt-Corden Department of Economics | PhD Seminar (Econ)

Does trade liberalization improve competition and allocative efficiency? Evidence from Indonesia’s manufacturing sector

Riandy Laksono

Riandy Laksono presents his research on the efficiency gains of trade liberalization in Indonesia's manufacturing sector.

Indonesian workers work the assembly line of Toyota Motor's Indonesian unit, Toyota Motor Manufacturing Indonesia

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18
Aug
2023
Crawford School of Public Policy, Arndt-Corden Department of Economics | PhD Seminar (Econ)

Is it a curse or blessing to have a resource-rich neighbour? The case of gas extraction in Indonesia

Abdul Nasir

Abdul Nasir presents his research on the effects of natural gas extraction on the neighbour economies in Indonesia.

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11
Aug
2023
Crawford School of Public Policy, Arndt-Corden Department of Economics | PhD Seminar (Econ)

Declining demand for Australia’s fossil fuel exports, potential economic impacts and policy responses

Cedric Hodges

Cedric Hodges presents his research on the impact of declining fossil fuel demand on the Australian economy.

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