Publications 2002

Books

P Forsyth, K Button* and P Nijkamp* (eds), Air Transport: Classics in Transport Analysis 2, ( Cheltenham : Edward Elgar, 2002), xiii + 668.

Ng, Y-K, Economy and Life, ( Chengdu , China : Sichuan People's Publishers, 2002), iii + 338.

Yang, X, Inframarginal Analysis of Network of Division of Labor, ( Beijing : Peking University Press, 2002), 1 + 505.

Contributions to Books

Forsyth, P, K Button* and P Nijkamp*, “Introduction”, in P Forsyth, K Button and P Nijkamp (eds), Air Transport: Classics in Transport Analysis 2 ( Cheltenham : Edward Elgar, 2002, xii-xix).

Inoue, T* and White, M, “Bibliographical List of W. Stanley Jevons's Writings, etc.”, in T Inoue (ed), W. Stanley Jevons: Collected Reviews and Obituaries, 2: 351 – 411 (Thoemmes Press, 2002).

Jaya, W # , “Fiscal decentralisation and its impacts on local government revenue in Indonesia ”, in M Sakai (ed), Beyond Jakarta: Regional Autonomy and Local Societies in Indonesia ( Adelaide : Crawford House, 2002), 38-55.

Ng, S, “The effects of growth of its trading partners on Malaysia ”, in Alan Woodland (ed), Economic Theory and International Trade: Essays in Honour of Murray C. Kemp (Edward Elgar, 2002), 311-320.

Ng, Y-K, “Whither China ? Implications of cultural differences and some recent research”, in Jin Yong (ed), Living Environment in the New Economic Conditions and Chinese Culture (Hang Zhou: Zhejiang University Press, 2002), 80-85.

Ng, Y-K, “The welfare economics of encouraging more births”, in Alan Woodland (ed), Economic Theory and International Trade: Essays in Honour of Murray C. Kemp (Edward Elgar, 2002), 57-67.

Ng, Y-K and I Wills, “Welfare economics and sustainable development”, in Knowledge for Sustainable Development – An Insight into the Encyclopaedia of Life Support Systems (EOLSS Publishers, Volume 3, 2002), 485-506.

Riach, P* and J Rich, “Women's work or work for women?”, in P Arestis, M Desai and S Dow (eds), Methodology, Microeconomics and Keynes, (London: Routledge, 2002), 215-225.

Sachs, J*, W T Woo* and X Yang, “Economic reforms and constitutional transition”, in T V Hoa (ed), Economic Crisis Management: Policy, Practice, Outcomes and Prospects, ( Cheltenham : Edward Elgar, 2002), 28-85.

Smyth, R, “ Enterprise bankruptcies and the restructuring of China 's state-owned sector – a review of some recent problems and prospects for future success” in Frank N Pieke (ed), People's Republic of China , Policies and Implications of Structural Reform ( Aldershot : Ashgate Publishing, 2002).

Yang, X, “Inframarginal analysis of the network of labor”, in G Tian (ed), The Research Frontier of Modern Economics and Financial Economics, ( Beijing : Shangwu Publishing House, 2002), 533-563.

Contributions to Books (published in 2001 but appearing in 2002)

Smyth, R, “Citations by court” in T Blackshield, M Coper and G Williams (eds), Oxford Companion to the High Court of Australia (Melbourne: Oxford University Press, 2001), 98-99.

Smyth, R, “Extrinsic materials” in T Blackshield, M Coper and G Williams (eds), Oxford Companion to the High Court of Australia (Melbourne: Oxford University Press, 2001), 265-267.

T. Dingle, “Necessity the Mother of Invention, or Do-It-Yourself”, in P. Troy (ed), A History of European Housing (Cambridge, 2000), pp 57-76.

A. Doraisami, “The Malaysian Currency Crisis: Capital Flows, Policy Response and Macroeconomic Vulnerability” in B.N. Ghosh (ed), Global Financial Crises and Reforms (Routledge, London), 157-182.

P. Forsyth, “Microeconomic Policies and Structural Change” in D. Gruen and S.S. Areshta (eds), The Australian Economy in the 1990s (Reserve Bank of Australia Sydney), 235-267.

P. Forsyth, “Models of Airport Performance” in D.A. Hensher and K.J. Button (eds), Handbook of Transport Modelling (Pergamon, Amsterdam), 597-608.

B.A. Goss, “Introduction: Welfare Rationality and Integrity in Futures Markets” in B.A. Goss (ed), Models of Futures Markets (Routledge, London), 1-14.

B.A. Goss and S.G. Avsar, “A Simultaneous Model of the US dollar/Deutschmark Spot and Futures Markets” in B.A. Goss (ed), Models of Futures Markets (Routledge London), 61-85.

S. Ng, “New Perspectives in International Trade: with special reference to Pacific Asia” in S. Dahiya (ed), The Current States of Business Disciplines (Spellbound Publications, Rohtak), Vol 3 , 79 3 -803.

S. Ng and Y-K Ng, “A Case for Higher Public Spending” in Y-K Ng, Efficiency, Equality and Public Policy (Macmillan, London), 105-123.

S. Ng and Y-K Ng , “The Importance of Reliability in Realizing Returns” in C. F. Lee (ed), Advances in Financial Planning and Forecasting, Vol. 9, (JAI, New York, NY, 2000), 57-65.

Y-K Ng, “A Case for Happiness, Cardinalism, and Interpersonal Comparability”, in Huw David Dixon (ed), Controversies in Macroeconomics: Growth, Trade and Policy (Blackwell Publishers, Oxford), 278-288

Y-K Ng, “Economic Growth, Public Spending, Financial Crisis and Happiness”, in C. K. Lim (ed), Writings on Environmental Protection, Financial Crisis, Economic Growth (Nan Dai Enterprises Ltd, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia), 95-96.

R. Smyth and I. Wills, “The Transactions Costs of Doing Business in Malaysia” in R. Edwards, C. Nyland and M. Coulthard (eds), Readings in International Business: An Asia Pacific Perspective (Prentice Hall-SprintPrint, French's Forest, NSW), 33-47.

G. Spenceley, “Mrs Beet and Mr Cube: The Resolution of the International Sugar Crisis of 1974 from an Australian Perspective”, in R. Munting (ed), Competing for the Sugar Bowl (Scripta Mercaturae Verlag), 105-123.

M.R. Valenzuela, “The Asian Crisis in the Philippines: Managing the Social Costs” in Tran Van Hoa (ed), The Social Impact of the Asian Crisis (McMillan),

M. Vicziany, “Transferring New Technology: a Case Study of an Australian-Indian Joint Venture” in R. Edwards and C. Nyland (Eds), Readings in International Business: An Asia Pacific Perspective, (Prentice Hall-SprintPrint, French's Forest, NSW), 267-280.

Refereed Journal Articles

Bhattacharya, M, “Entry, barrier and performance in Australian manufacturing”, Economic Papers, 2002, 21(1): 46-56.

Bhattacharya, M, “Industrial concentration and competition in Malaysian manufacturing”, Applied Economics, 2002, 34: 2127-2134.

Bhattacharya, M, “Group profit, market share and efficiency: evidence from Australian manufacturing”, Review of Industrial Organization, 2002, 20: 187-199.

Chaudhuri, A* and P Maitra, “On the choice of tenancy contracts in rural India ”, Economica, 2002, 69(275): 445-459.

Crosling, G* and I Ward, “Oral communication: the workplace needs and uses of business graduate employees”, English for Specific Purposes, 2002, 21: 41 -57.

Dogan, E* and R Smyth, “Board remuneration, company performance and ownership concentration: evidence from publicly listed Malaysian companies” ASEAN Economic Bulletin, 2002, 19(3): 319-347.

Dwyer, L*, P Forsyth and P Rao*, “Destination price competitiveness: exchange rate changes versus domestic inflation”, Journal of Travel Research, 2002, 40(3): 328-336.

Ellis, C J* and D Fausten, “Strategic FDI and industrial ownership structure”, Canadian Journal of Economics, 2002, 35(3): 476-494.

Firer, S* and S Saunders, “Exploring the contribution of intellectual capital performance”, Services SETA Research Journal, 2002, 2(1): 34-39.

Forsyth, P, “Privatisation and regulation of Australian and New Zealand airports”, Journal of Air Transport Management, 2002, 8(1): 19-28.

Forsyth, P and L Dwyer*, “Market power and the taxation of domestic international tourism”, Tourism Economics, 2002, 8(4): 377-400.

Goss, B A & S G Avsar, “Concentration and liquidity in mature markets: evidence from the US Dollar/Yen futures market”, Australian Economic Papers, 2002, 41(4): 577-91.

Maitra, P, “The effect of household characteristics on poverty and living standards in South Africa ”, Journal of Economic Development, 2002, 27(1): 75-96.

Maitra, P and R Ray*, “The joint estimation of child participation in schooling and employment: comparative evidence from three continents”, Oxford Development Studies, 2002, 30(1): 41-62.

Narayan, P # , “A tourism demand model for Fiji , 1970-2000”, Pacific Economic Bulletin, 2002, 17(2): 103-116.

Ng, S, “Which countries/regions will benefit more from the growth of China ”, China & World Economy, 2002, 10(5): 55-59.

Ng, Y-K, “The East-Asian happiness gap”, Pacific Economic Review, 2002, 7(1): 51-63.

Ng, Y-K, “Economic policies in the light of happiness studies with reference to Singapore ”, Singapore Economic Review, 2002, 47(2): 1-14.

Riach, P* and J Rich, “Field experiments of discrimination in the marketplace”, Economic Journal, 2002, 112: F480-F518.

Rich, J, “Measuring occupational sex segregation: academia in Australian universities, 1989 to 2000”, Economic Papers, 2002, 21(3): 44-63.

Rich, J, and J Teicher*, “Wage fixing behaviour of managers in Australia ”, British Journal of Industrial Relations, 2002, 40(2): 177-195.

Sachs, J* and X Yang, “Market led industrialization and globalization”, Journal of Economic Integration, 2002, 17(2): 223-242.

Sachs, J*, X Yang, and D Zhang, “Pattern of trade and economic development in a model of monopolistic competition”, Review of Development Economics, 2002, 6(1): 1-25.

Smyth, R, “Explaining voting patterns on the Latham High Court 1935-50”, Melbourne University Law Review, 2002, 26(1): 88-109.

Smyth, R, “Historical consensual norms in the High Court”, Australian Journal of Political Science, 2002, 37(2): 255-266.

Smyth, R, “Judges and academic scholarship: an empirical study of the academic publication patterns of Federal Court and High Court judges”, QUT Law and Justice Journal, 2002, 2(2): 198-225.

Smyth, R, “Acclimation effects for High Court justices 1903-1975”, University of Western Sydney Law Review, 2002, 6: 167-190.

Smyth, R and H Shi, “Ownership reform and total factor productivity growth in Chinese industry”, Applied Economic Letters, 2002, 9(1): 103-106.

Smyth, R, F Lim* and H Shi, “Explaining the performance of China 's collective township and village enterprise sector”, Journal of International Economic Studies, 2002, 16: 111-126.

Smyth, R and Q Zhai*, “Equity for debt swaps in China 's state-owned enterprises: a property rights perspective”, China Information, 2002, 16(1): 1-24.

Sun, G-Z, “Pay More Tribute to Smart Ants: A Note on the Tullockian Environmental Coordination in Non-Human Societies”, Kyklos, 2002, 55: 563-568.

Sun, G-Z and U Witt*, “Myopic behavior and cycles in aggregate output”, Jahrbuecher fur Nationaloekonomie und Statistik, 2002, 222: 366-376.

Sun, G-Z and X Yang, “Agglomeration economies, division of labour and the urban land-rent escalation: a general equilibrium analysis of urbanisation”, Australian Economic Papers, 2002, 41(2): 164-184.

Thornton, T, “The hydra-headed monster: Australian non-government organisations as a danger to democracy”, Overland, 2002, 168: 28-33.

Tombazos, C G, “The mismanagement of research funds, why this article deserves $4,000, and the impact of sunspots on Australia 's balance of trade”, Journal of Irreproducible Results, 2002, 47(1): 19-21.

Trace, K, “Globalisation of container shipping: implications for the north-south liner shipping trades”, Economic Papers, 2002, 21(4): 1-22.

Wang, J*, P K Lim* and R Smyth, “ China 's population policy design alternatives: using the market to regulate China 's population growth”, Asian Profile, 2002, 30(5): 379-392.

White, M V, “Doctoring Adam Smith: the fable of the diamonds and water paradox”, History of Political Economy, 2002, 34(4): 659-683.

Yang, X, “Inframarginal analysis of the network of division of labour: a survey”, Chinese Social Sciences Review, 2002, 1(1): 219-233.

Yang, X and Y-N Yeh*, “Endogenous specialisation and endogenous principal-agent relationship”, Australian Economic Papers, 2002, 4(1): 15-36.

Yang, X and Y Zhang, “New trade theory, the theory of endogenous and exogenous comparative advantage: a reply”, China Economic Quarterly, 2002, 2(1): 251-256.

Non-refereed Journal Articles

Gennadi Kazakevitch, “Socio-economic platforms of the main political forces in Australia ”, Menorah, January-February 2002, No. 48 (in English and Russian).

Ng, Y-K, “Are there upward-sloping demand curves?”, Hong Kong Economic Journal, September 2002, 306: 82-83.

Ng, Y-K, “Focusing on happiness”, Economic Highlights, December 2002, 518: 1 & 4.

Saunders, S G, “The Foundation of Value”, People Dynamics: The Journal of the South African Institute of People Management, 2002, 20(5): 34.

Yang, X and Y Zhang, “Why might the theory of comparative advantage be wrong?”, Teahouse for Economists, 2002, 4: 35-44.

Conference Proceedings

Agbola, F W*, M Y Damoense and Y K Saini*, “The impact of HIV/AIDS on the South African economy: a case study of the agricultural sector”, in Monduzzi (ed), XIV International AIDS Conference Proceedings, Barcelona, Spain, 7-12 July 2002, 99-104.

Bhattacharya, M and R Takehiro*, “The inter-temporal variation of the concentration-margins: the case of Japanese manufacturing”, Asia Conference on Efficiency and Productivity, Taipei , Taiwan , July 2002 (on CD Rom).

Dingle, T, “Miners and their Cottages”, in Bendigo : Nothing But Gold Conference Proceedings, 2002, 21-27.

Dogan, E* and R Smyth, “The capabilities, problems and strategies of exporters in emerging markets – an empirical analysis of Malaysian manufacturers” in C Harvie and B-C Lee (eds), Sustaining SME Innovations, Competitiveness and Development in the Global Economy SMEs in a Global Economy Conference, Wollongong, July, 222-243

Narayan, P K, “Cointegration analysis of tourism demand for Fiji by Australia and the United States”, in S M Lee and S Chongsithipol (eds), E-Globalisation in the Pacific Age, Proceedings of Pan-Pacific Conference XIX, Bangkok.

Book Reviews

Booth, R, Review of P Downward and A Dawson , The Economics of Professional Team Sports (Routledge, London , 2000), Economic Record, 2002, 78 (240): 117-9.

Ng, Y-K, Review of P Parker, Physioeconomics (MIT Press, 2000), Journal of Economics, 2002, 75(3): 255-261.

Ng, Y-K, Review of B S Frey, Inspiring Economics (Elgar, 2001), Journal of Economic Literature, 2002, LX: 1233-4.

Smyth, R, Review of L Sun, Aggregate Behaviour of Investment in China 1953-96 – An Analysis of Investment Hunger and Fluctuation ( Basingstoke : Palgrave, 2001), Journal of Contemporary Asia (2002), 32(3): 407-408.

Smyth, R, Review of E. Jones, The Record of Economic Development ( Cheltenham : Edward Elgar, 2002), Economic Analysis and Policy, (2002), 32(2): 261-262.

P. Maitra, “The Effect of Household Characteristics on Poverty and Living Standards in South Africa”, Labor, Demographics & Economics of the Family Abstracts, Social Science Research Network. http://www.srn.com/update/ern/index.html; and Development Economics Abstracts, http://www.ssrn.com/update/ern/index.html.

P. Maitra and R. Ray, “Intra Household Resource Allocation and their Impact on Expenditure Patterns: Comparative Evidence from South Africa and Pakistan”, Labor: Demographics & Economics of the Family Abstracts, Social Science Research Network. http://www.srn.com/update/ern/index.html; and Development Economics Abstracts, http://www.srn.com/update/ern/index.html.

Y-K Ng, “Was Fan Gang Wrong?”, Economic Highlights, No. 367, January, 4.

Y-K Ng, “The Economics Of Education Reform”, Economic Highlights, No. 371, February, 4.

Y-K Ng, “Mesoeconomics: Introduction and application”, Economic Highlights, No. 378, March, 4.

Y-K Ng, “Economics and Happiness – Report on Conference at Nuffield College, Oxford”, Hong Kong Economic Journal, No. 277, April, 74-75; and Economic Highlights, No 390, June, 4.

Y-K Ng, “WTO, Cars and Diamond Goods”, Economic Highlights, April, 4.

Y-K Ng, “Resolving the Difficulty of Substitution”, Economic Highlights, May, 4.

Y-K Ng, “Why do Economists Overestimate the Costs of Public Spending?”, Royal Economic Society Newsletter, Issue 110, July, 5-7.

Y-K Ng, “Car, Coase and Bilateral Taxation”, Economic Highlights, Issue No. 392, July, 4.

Y-K Ng, “Anti-subjectivism is Unreasonable”, Hong Kong Economic Journal, No. 281, August, 35-37.

Y-K Ng, “Happiness, Welfare and Humanism: A response to Dr Chen Hui-Xiong”, Cai Jing Lun Cong (Collected Essays on Finance and Economics), Issue 84, No. 5, 8.

Y-K Ng, “Kenneth J. Arrow”, in Jonathan Michie (ed.), Reader's Guide to the Social Sciences,

J. Sachs and X. Yang, “Economic Reforms and Constitutional Transition”, Pt 1, Hong Kong Economic Journal, Issue No 277, 3-12.

J. Sachs and X. Yang, “Economic Reforms and Constitutional Transition”, Pt 2, Hong Kong Economic Journal, Issue No 278, 32-38.

J. Sachs and X. Yang, “Economic Reforms and Constitutional Transition – Determinants of Successful Economic Development”, Pt 3, Hong Kong Economic Journal, Issue No 279, 28-36.

J. Sachs, W-T Woo and X. Yang, “Economic Reforms and Constitutional Transition”, Open Times, 5-25.

R. Smyth and Z. Lu “A Model Formalising the Trade-Offs Between Collective Learning and Specialisation in the Collective Township and Village Enterprise Sector in China” Asian Economic Review, 42(2), 263-278 .

X. Yang, “Theory and Cases of Franchise, Hong Kong Economic Journal, October, 50-55.

X. Yang, “Comparison of Franchise Networks Across Sectors” Hong Kong Economic Journal, November, 59-63.

Reports & External Working Papers

Creedy, J*, D Johnson* and M R Valenzuela (2002), “The Cost of Higher Education in Australia ”, Working Paper Series No 11-02, Melbourne Institute of Applied Economic and Social Research, Melbourne University .

Fausten, D K (convenor), Report of the Economics Program Review Committee, Faculty of Law and Management, La Trobe University (Bundoora: La Trobe University, January 2002), 31 pp.

Lo, D* and R Smyth, “Towards a reinterpretation of the economics of feasible socialism”, Department of Economics Discussion Paper, SOAS, University of London No. 119, 2002.

Rice, R, C, Herustitati* and A Junadi*, “Factors affecting the competitiveness of, and impact of the 1997-99 monetary crisis on selected small and medium manufacturing industries in central and west Java”, January 24, 2002. (A Publication of the Partnership for Economic Growth Project in Indonesia , a joint USAID/GOI Project, an on-line Report, PEG 72, can be found at http://www.pegasus.or.id under publications.)

Wills, I, “Information, time and cost barriers to cleaner production in small-medium businesses”, Report to the Cities of Knox and Maroondah and Ecorecycle Victoria, Department of Economics, Monash University, Clayton, January 2002, iii + 43 pp.

P. Maitra, Review of “P. Bardham and C. Udry, ‘Development Microeconomics', Economic Record, September, 76(234), 305-306.

R. Smyth, Review of J. Oi ‘Rural China Takes Off', University of California Press 1999 )” China Information, 2 4 (1), 230-232.

Electronic Publications

Fausten, D K, “Determinants of the balance of payments and exchange rates,” Encyclopedia of Life Support Systems (EOLSS), http://www.eolss.net ( Oxford, UK, 2002).

Fausten, D K, “Exchange rate regimes,” Encyclopedia of Life Support Systems (EOLSS) , http://www.eolss.net ( Oxford, UK, 2002).

Fausten, D K, “Macroeconomic policy and the external sector,” Encyclopedia of Life Support Systems (EOLSS), http://www.eolss.net ( Oxford, UK, 2002).

Gangadharan, L* and Maitra, P, “Growth and the Environment”, Encyclopedia of Life Support Systems (EOLSS), http://www.eolss.net ( Oxford, UK , 2002).

Gangadharan, L* and Maitra, P, “The Property Rights Paradigm and the Nature of Institutional and Market Interconnections Driving the Global Dispersal of Environmental Damage”, Encyclopedia of Life Support Systems (EOLSS), http://www.eolss.net, ( Oxford , UK , 2002).

Maitra, P, “Sustainable Development, Environmental Regulation and International Trade - An Overview”, Encyclopedia of Life Support Systems (EOLSS), http://www.eolss.net ( Oxford , UK , 2002).

Maitra, P, “Environmental Regulation, International Trade and Transboundary Pollution”, Encyclopedia of Life Support Systems (EOLSS), http://www.eolss.net ( Oxford , UK , 2002).

Maitra, P, “Environmental Policy”, Encyclopedia of Life Support Systems (EOLSS), http://www.eolss.net ( Oxford, UK , 2002).

* Denotes co-authors with affiliation outside the Department of Economics; ^# denotes authors who are postgraduate students of the department.