Browsing Honours Theses and Postgraduate Coursework by author "Discipline of Economics"
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Asset Prices, Monetary Policy and Macroeconomic Stability
Stone, SophiePublished 2009-01-01A focal point of macroeconomic policy analysis over the past decade has been whether central banks should respond to changes in asset prices. This thesis addresses the question from the distinct perspective of equilibrium ...Open AccessThesis, Honours -
Commitment Mechanisms and Blood Donation
Craig, AshleyPublished 2009-10-01The Australian Red Cross Blood Service (ARCBS) recently introduced a policy of compulsory appointments for blood donations. This thesis examines the effect of these appointments on donor satisfaction and donation behaviour. ...Open AccessThesis, Honours -
Equilibrium Price Dispersion: A Model of Intermediated Search with Repeated Interaction
Cusbert, ThomasPublished 2008-01-01This thesis develops a model in which homogeneous producers and merchants interact repeatedly in a search market. Merchants are able to reduce the cost of search by o ering trading certainty to pro- ducers with whom they ...Open AccessThesis, Honours -
Ethnic Conflict: A Model of Concessions
Samuel, ThampapillaiPublished 2008-01-01The Coase Theorem suggests that the ability of completely informed agents to make transfers should generally avert conflict. This thesis considers a complete information model of ethnic conflict where the dominated group ...Open AccessThesis, Honours -
The Hold-up Problem in the Presence of Free Trade Agreement Negotiations
Wei, WenjiePublished 2010-01-01This paper examines how the underinvestment that results from the hold-up problem is affected when there is some probability of reaching a free trade agreement (FTA). This paper examines the canonical domestic hold-up ...Open AccessThesis, Honours -
Pricing Decisions by Australian General Practitioners
Gilboud, ElinaPublished 2008-01-01In the Australian market for primary healthcare, some General Practitioners (GPs) bulk bill patients while others charge them a direct fee. The prevalence of these two fee structures means that patients are paying different ...Open AccessThesis, Honours -
Street Vendors tackle the Newsvendor Problem: An Experimental Inquiry into the Big Issue
Bailey, NicholasPublished 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, Honours -
What Determines Australia's Foreign Equity Investment?
Pendle, LaraPublished 2008-03-12In light of the recent changes to superannuation policy in Australia, the corresponding heightened exposure to equity markets has highlighted the importance of portfolio diversification as a means to reduce income risk. ...Open AccessThesis, Honours
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