Economics New Zealand

The Competition Law and Policy Institute of New Zealand (CLPINZ) held its 32nd annual workshop in Wellington over the weekend. As is the no...

We only got through Day 1 of last week's NZ Association of Economists' annual workshop before the Plague shut us down, but it was in...

If the Plague had indeed broken out big time last week in Wellington, it would have taken out a high proportion of the country's economi...

First thing you notice about today's Monetary Policy Statement? Well, maybe the second thing, after the wholly expected news that the of...

Does the Budget set a sustainable course? Is it appropriately boosting or braking the economy? Short answer to both: yes. Here's the ...

Last week I turned up (by video) at the Economic Development, Science and Innovation Select Committee to have my say about the Commerce Amen...

We've got the Budget coming up on Thursday, so as a limbering up exercise let's have a look at how to figure out whether the Budget ...

Every year the American Economic Association picks the year's best paper from each of its four journals (Applied Economics, Economic Pol...