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

General equilibrium analysis of supply-side climate policy
Mi Lim Kim presents her research on the economic impacts of global coal taxes.

Gender disparities in the effects of clean fuels on health and domestic labour: Evidence from rural China
Yiyi Zhao presents her research on the effects of clean fuels on health and domestic labour in rural China.

The relationship between city density and labour productivity: an empirical investigation
Rentao Rao presents his research on the impact of city-level urban population size and density on economic efficiency in China.

Zombie businesses during the COVID-19 pandemic in Australia
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.

Does tax simplification motivate small businesses to be more compliant? Evidence from a regression discontinuity in Indonesia
Agung Satyadini presents his research on the effect of a tax simplification program on tax compliance among small businesses in Indonesia.

Road revival and unavoidable deforestation: Evidence from the New Deal for Papua and beyond
Inggrid presents her research on the effect of highway expansions on deforestation in Indonesia.

Does trade liberalization improve competition and allocative efficiency? Evidence from Indonesia’s manufacturing sector
Riandy Laksono presents his research on the efficiency gains of trade liberalization in Indonesia's manufacturing sector.

Is it a curse or blessing to have a resource-rich neighbour? The case of gas extraction in Indonesia
Abdul Nasir presents his research on the effects of natural gas extraction on the neighbour economies in Indonesia.

Declining demand for Australia’s fossil fuel exports, potential economic impacts and policy responses
Cedric Hodges presents his research on the impact of declining fossil fuel demand on the Australian economy.

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