Honours Theses and Postgraduate Coursework: Recent submissions
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Impure Altruism and the Volunteering Puzzle
Published 2011-12-07There have been few attempts to model the behavioural microfoundations of charitable giving, particularly with regard to the choice between giving money and volunteering. An hour of a volunteer’s time is usually of a lower ...Open AccessThesis, Honours -
Commitment Mechanisms and Blood Donation
Published 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 -
Asset Prices, Monetary Policy and Macroeconomic Stability
Published 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 -
The Hold-up Problem in the Presence of Free Trade Agreement Negotiations
Published 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 -
Ethnic Conflict: A Model of Concessions
Published 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