Economics New Zealand

Wednesday, 26 June 2019

Spot the good guys

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Trade wars are top of mind for those interested in the macroeconomic outlook. As our own Reserve Bank said in today's monetary policy re...

It's happened again

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It's easily done. A company decides to get out of a line of business, and sells the operation to someone else. A business decides to fla...
Wednesday, 19 June 2019

Are we ready?

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The Budget came and went while I was overseas, and I've been catching up with the news and the coverage. It's not surprising that ...
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Friday, 14 June 2019

Competition papers coming up at the NZAE conference

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The New Zealand Association of Economists annual conference is coming up (July 3-5) in Wellington, and if you're interested in competit...
Wednesday, 12 June 2019

Yet another reason why workable competition matters

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A small but select audience turned out last night for the latest Auckland LEANZ seminar, featuring Bill Rosenberg, the Congress of Trade Uni...
Monday, 10 June 2019

Pilgrimage and policy

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It was mostly a mix of school reunion, family and social catch-up, genealogical research and all-purpose holiday, but a trip to Ireland and ...
Tuesday, 7 May 2019

Petrol profits

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The Commerce Commission's  paper on measuring profitability in the petrol business  didn't formally call for submissions but if peop...
Friday, 3 May 2019

In a regulatory moo-d

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The latest Auckland seminar from LEANZ - the Law and Economics Association of New Zealand - brought together a panel of experts on the them...
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