Honours Theses and Postgraduate Coursework: Recent submissions
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The Sectoral Impact of Monetary Policy in Australia: A Structural VAR Approach
Published 2008-04-03In recent years, the global resources boom has had a major impact on the Australian economy. In the mining rich state of Western Australia, rapid commodity price growth has contributed to strong economic conditions. However, ...Open AccessThesis -
The Implications of Sequential Investment in the Property Rights Theory of the Firm
Published 2008-04-03In the property rights theory of the firm, control over assets (ownership) affords bargaining power in the case of re-negotiation, providing incentives for parties to make relationship specific investments. The models ...Open AccessThesis -
Street Vendors tackle the Newsvendor Problem: An Experimental Inquiry into the Big Issue
Published 2008-03-17The Big Issue is a not-for-profit organisation that gives homeless people the opportunity to reclaim ownership over their lives by selling a street magazine. The vendors must purchase the magazine from the Big Issue office ...Open AccessThesis -
Strategic Voting in TV Game Show "The Weakest Link"
Published 2008-03-12This paper utilizes the data generated from the television game show 'The Weakest Link' to study real life strategic voting with large stake payoffs. Theoretical models are built to analyse the three-player voting possibly ...Open AccessThesis -
An Impotent Aegis: An economic analysis of the effectiveness of Australia’s anti-circumvention laws
Published 2008-03-12This paper examines the degree to which anti-circumvention laws meet their policy objectives of reducing piracy and protecting copyright owners’ interests. This paper develops economic models of ‘rational contravention’ ...Open AccessThesis