Conference – 2000
The Australian Economy in the 1990s
24-25 July 2000
A range of prominent international and Australian academic and
policy economists participated in the 2000 conference. Three papers
for the conference were written by Bank economists; two were written
in Economic Group, and one in System Stability Department. Of the
remaining five papers, two were written by well-known international
economists, Professor Bradford DeLong from University of California,
Berkeley, and Professor Charlie Bean, from the London School of
Economics, and three were written by Australian academic economists.
A volume, containing the conference papers and discussions, was
published on 24 October 2000.
Download the complete Volume [PDF 1.1M]
Contents
- Table of Contents [PDF 50K]
-
Introduction
[PDF 21K]
David Gruen, Reserve Bank of Australia -
What Went Right in the 1990s?
Sources of American and Prospects for World Economic Growth
[PDF 42K]
J. Bradford DeLong, University of California, Berkeley
Discussion [PDF 24K]
William R White, Bank for International Settlements -
Australian Macroeconomic Performance and Policies in the 1990s
[PDF 132K]
David Gruen and Glenn Stevens, Reserve Bank of Australia -
The Australian Economic ‘Miracle’: A View from the North
[PDF 126K]
Charles Bean, London School of Economics -
Discussion of Gruen and Stevens, and Bean
[PDF 26K]
Steve Dowrick, The Australian National University and John Edwards, HSBC Australia -
Inflation, Disinflation and the Natural Rate of Unemployment:
A Dynamic Framework for Policy Analysis
[PDF 145K]
Robert Leeson, Murdoch University
Discussion [PDF 14K]
Colin Rogers, The University of Adelaide -
The Australian Financial System in the 1990s
[PDF 103K]
Marianne Gizycki and Philip Lowe, Reserve Bank of Australia
Discussion [PDF 18K]
Thomas M Hoenig, Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City -
The Politics of Economic Change in Australia in the 1980s and 1990s
[PDF 36K]
Paul Kelly, The Australian -
Microeconomic Policies and Structural Change
[PDF 85K]
Peter Forsyth, Monash University
Discussion [PDF 28K]
John Quiggin, The Australian National University and Richard Snape, Productivity Commission -
National Saving: Trends and Policy
[PDF 100K]
Malcolm Edey and Luke Gower, Reserve Bank of Australia
Discussion [PDF 13K]
John Freebairn, The University of Melbourne -
The Australian Labour Market in the 1990s
[PDF 116K]
Peter Dawkins, The Melbourne Institute of Applied Economic and Social Research
Discussion [PDF 26K]
Barry Hughes, Credit Suisse Asset Management -
Prospects for the Australian Economy in the First Decade of the New Century
[PDF 55K]
J Bradford DeLong, University of California, Berkeley, Rob Ferguson, BT Financial Group, Ross Gittins, The Sydney Morning Herald and Bob Gregory, The Australian National University - Biographies of Contributors [PDF 25K]
- List of Conference Participants [PDF 7K]
