For our August poll, we asked panellists to consider the following proposition: "There are clear net benefits for Australians from (further) increasing the diversion of waste from Australian landfills."
Read more...
Hold the Date - ACE2019, hosted by the Victoria branch of ESA, will be held from 14-16 July at the Pullman Melbourne on the Park.
The World Health Organisation has called for governments around the world to use fiscal policy as a mechanism to address obesity. The National Economic Panellists’ views were sought on such a policy response.
Read more...
There were a number of prestigious awards bestowed upon worthy economists at the recently held ACE2018 in Canberra, including the inaugral Trevor Swan Memorial Prize.
Read more...
ACE2018 was held in Canberra from 10-13 July 2018 with key note speakers confirmed as Anne Krueger, Professor of International Economics, John Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies in Washington DC; John Asker, Professor of Economics, UCLA; Marilyn Waring, Professor of Public Policy, AUT and Kathryn Graddy, Senior Associate Dean, Brandeis University, Massachusettes. Read on to view presentations.
Read more...
Electric car users currently enjoy a number of subsidies (concessions) from governments in Australia. Electric car users do not pay the 40 cent per litre fuel tax (excise) which goes towards funding Australian roads.
Read more...
For our May poll, we asked our panellists for their opinions on this proposition: "A sustained increase in the number of new homes constructed each year, all else equal, will make housing cheaper than otherwise." By way of background, several Australian government, academic and private-sector studies have pointed to slow housing supply as an important driver in Australia’s high and rising housing prices.
Read more...
The following economists were recognised in the Queens Birthday Honours. Congratulations to Professor John W FREEBAIRN AO; Emeritus Professor Geoffrey Colin HARCOURT AC and Emeritus Professor Margaret Jennifer NOWAK AM. Professors Freebairn and Nowak are also NEP panellists - keep reading to see their contributions.
Read more...
Event Type: ESA Event
Date: Thursday Oct 18, 2018, 6:30 pm
From: Australian Capital Territory
The Economic Society of Australia and Young Economists Network ACT invite you to a Young Economists event at The Highball Express in Canberra for a debate on Telecommunications Economics.
View ...
Event Type: Workshops/Conferences
Date: Monday Oct 22, 2018, 9:00 am
China's healthy cities: opportunities and challenges for Australian businesses - What does China’s urbanisation mean for Australia and our businesses? And what do we need to know to get ready for its complex and global challenges?
View ...
Event Type: ESA Event
Date: Tuesday Oct 23, 2018, 6:00 pm
From: Australian Capital Territory
INVITATION ONLY! Please use the PROMO CODE you received in your invitation to register at no charge.
Please join us on Tuesday 23 October 2018 to celebrate the program’s launch and to get to know our mentors and mentees.
View ...
Event Type: Partner Event
Date: Wednesday Oct 24, 2018, 12:30 pm
Analysis of data is one of economics' most important tools, however, also one that is seen to be inaccessible. ESAYP and WEN are proud to present an econometrics showcase, featuring an applied workshop and discussion of 4 fields of econometrics.
Join us on Wednesday 24 October at the Department of Treasury and Finance from 12:00 to 1:30pm featuring 4 sessions plus a light networking lunch.
It will be held in Conference room M 101; please sign in at the security desk.
Date: Wednesday Oct 24, 2018, 12:30 pm
Analysis of data is one of economics' most important tools, however, also one that is seen to be inaccessible. ESAYP and WEN are proud to present an econometrics showcase, featuring an applied workshop and discussion of four fields of econometrics. Join us on Wednesday 24 October at the Department of Treasury and Finance from 12:00 to 1:30pm featuring four sessions plus a light networking lunch.
View ...
Event Type: ESA Event
Date: Thursday Oct 25, 2018, 12:30 pm
There has been a resurgence of interest in income inequality in recent years, in part fueled by research by Atkinson, Piketty, Saez and others drawing on tax records to study the long-run evolution of top incomes. Please join us for October's Professional Development seminar to hear from Professor Roger Wilkins on how this research has impacted on our understanding of income inequality, its limitations, and how we reconcile it with the more traditional household survey-based analyses of income inequality. Discussion will particularly emphasise the Australian case.
View ...
Event Type: ESA Event
Date: Thursday Oct 25, 2018, 6:30 pm
From: Australian Capital Territory
ESA (ACT) would like to invite you to our Annual Dinner featuring a talk from ESA veteran Emeritus Professor Bob Gregory from the Research School of Economics, ANU College of Business & Economics.
View ...
Event Type: Workshops/Conferences
Date: Wednesday Nov 7, 2018, 2:00 pm
Queensland Summer School in the Economics of Patents and Innovation - Theory, Data and Policy Applications, O'Reilly's Rainforest Retreat, 7 -9 November 2018
The Economic Society of Australia (Qld), in association with Queensland University of Technology (QUT), Griffith University, and The University of Queensland invite you to participate in the 2018 Queensland Economics Summer School at O'Reilly's Rainforest Retreat in the Gold Coast hinterland from 2.30pm, 7 November to 3pm, 9 November 2018.
Please see "View" button below for information on prices and discount codes for postgraduate students and academics.
View ...
Event Type: ESA Event
Date: Thursday Nov 15, 2018, 5:00 pm
From: Australian Capital Territory
The Women in Economics network is pleased to invite you to our Annual General Meeting.
View ...
Event Type: ESA Event
Date: Thursday Nov 15, 2018, 6:00 pm
From: Australian Capital Territory
The Economic Society of Australia (ACT) is pleased to invite you to our Annual General Meeting.
View ...
Event Type: ESA Event
Date: Thursday Nov 15, 2018, 6:00 pm
ESA's Trivia Night promises a night of fun, networking, general knowledge and trivia. The Young Economists Network invites its members, Economic Society of Australia members, young professionals, academics & students, and friends to a night of trivia fun and networking. The trivia will cover general knowledge questions and economics questions. Finger food will be provided.
View ...
Event Type: ESA Event
Date: Wednesday Nov 21, 2018, 5:30 pm
Please pencil this date in your diary with more details closer to the date.
Event Type: ESA Event
Date: Thursday Nov 29, 2018, 12:30 pm
Please join us for November's Professional Development seminar.
View ...
Event Type: Partner Event
Date: Monday Dec 10, 2018, 12:00 am
The 29th Australian Labour Market Research (ALMR) Workshop will be held on the 10th and 11th December 2018 at the University of Adelaide, Adelaide, South Australia. You are invited to submit papers for presentation at the Workshop. Further information can be found by clicking this Call for Papers link
View ...
Event Type: Workshops/Conferences
Date: Thursday Mar 21, 2019, 12:00 am
The Western Economic Association International's 15th international Conference will be held in Tokyo in March 2019.
View ...Welcome to the National website of the Economic Society of Australia (The Society). The Society is primarily concerned with promoting discussion and debate of economic issues within Australia.
Read more...
