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ARC Discovery Grant Success
Congratulations to Associate Professor Ralph Bayer, who has been successful in the current round of ARC Discovery grants. His proposal is entitled "Effective and efficient corporate tax enforcement" and he will be working with partner investigators, Professor Frank Cowell (London School of Economics) and Associate Professor Rupert Sausgruber (University of Innsbruck). The funding is for […]
Origin Energy Australia – Employer on Campus Session, Meet & Greet!
Origin Energy Australia recently undertook research which determined that the University of Adelaide produces some of their most academically and professionally successful and loyal employees. Because of this the University of Adelaide is one of only a handful of institutions being specifically targeted by Origin as part of their Australia wide recruitment campaign. Origin Energy […]
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What is Economics? High School Competition
In 2011 the School of Economics ran a competition open to High School students asking them to creatively display ‘what is Economics’? We are pleased to announce we have a winner- Nicole Wedding, from Marryatville High School. Nicole has won $1000 cash prize for her fantastic video entry. Nicole talks about what she loves about […]
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Academic Achievement Acknowledgement Breakfast
Wednesday 21st September, 2011 The School of Economics recently invited selected high achieving students to a breakfast where they were recognised for their achievements. The students have been identified as excellent prospective candidates for the Economics honours program in 2012. The students heard from Head of the School- Professor Mandar Oak, and current Economics honours […]
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ARC Grant Success
Professor Mark Weder and Dr Jacob Wong – Understanding the Effects of News Shocks on Macroeconomic Fluctuations. $186K over 3 years. The aim of this project is to construct and analyze models of economic fluctuations in which arrival of news concerning future innovations in economic fundamentals can have substantial effects on current economic activity. The […]
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The 2011 Harcourt Lecture
A Retrospective and Prospective Look at Global Agricultural Productivity Performance Recent turbulence in food commodity markets reminded commentators and policymakers that ever-declining food prices are not guaranteed, that food prices matter, and that their causes deserve attention. Will the next 50 years mirror the pattern of the past 50 years, or is the era of […]
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The annual 2011 Fisher Lecture
“Can Asia Grow Fast on its own?” was delivered by Professor Peter A Petri Carl, the J. Shapiro Professor of International Finance at Brandeis International Business School at the ESAM Conference. MP4 MP4 for iPod Windows Media Video MP3 (Audio Only) Windows Media (Audio Only) (308.93 MB) (141.91 MB) (612.19 MB) (29.60 MB) (12.76 MB) […]
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Structural Reform, Services and Logistics – Building Policy Making Capacity in APEC (Services Workshop)
August 1-18, 2011 School of Economics Level 3 Nexus 10 Building, 10 Pulteney St (Cnr North Terrace & Pulteney) The University of Adelaide The University of Adelaide, in partnership with the University of International Business and Economics (Beijing) and the Indonesian Ministry of Trade will be hosting a workshop on Structural reform, services and logistics […]
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New Resource – Agricultural Distortions Database Reporter
Prof. Kym Anderson led from 2006 to 2009 a ground-breaking World Bank study to measure distortions to agricultural incentives in 75 countries over the past 50 years. One great public benefit of this project is that it provides, for the first time, comprehensive, estimates of policy indicators, as well as their underlying data on prices, […]
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16th Australasian Teaching Economics Conference (ATEC)
30 June-1 July 2011, UTS Business School University of Technology, Sydney, Australia The Economics Group within the UTS Business School warmly invites you to the 16th Annual Australasian Teaching Economics Conference to be held on 30 June and 1 July 2011 at the University of Technology, Sydney. The conference aims to promote high quality teaching […]
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