Economics New Zealand

Friday, 30 June 2017

MBIE's slick new collection of data

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I'd headed over to MBIE's website to see if that inquiry into petrol stations had come out yet - it hadn't - but by happy accid...
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Thursday, 29 June 2017

Where is the market?

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What's the geographical extent of a market? And why should we care? And why am I writing about it? Usually the geographical dimension ...
Tuesday, 27 June 2017

Very good news from MBIE

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I'd just got off the plane from Dunedin and turned on the phone and there it was in my inbox - the press release from Jacqui Dean, the ...
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Wednesday, 21 June 2017

Bums on diggers

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The other day I was poring over the NZIER's latest compilation of consensus forecasts - an invaluable resource from many perspectives, ...
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Friday, 16 June 2017

Three cheers for the OECD

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Some people wonder about the point of the OECD: an expensive talking shop? A rich countries' club? A hand-wringing observer on the sidel...
Tuesday, 13 June 2017

The future of the telco regulatory regime

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Late last week Simon Bridges, the Communications Minister, reappointed Stephen Gale for a three-year term as Telecommunications Commissioner...
Thursday, 1 June 2017

Howzat!?

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All over New Zealand there are High Court judges cowering in corners, whimpering "please don't let it be me, please don't let i...
Saturday, 27 May 2017

Good books - May 2017

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Leading off with economics, George Mason University professor Tyler Cowen's The Complacent Class: The Self-Defeating Quest for the Ameri...
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