RBA Annual Conference – 1979 Conference in Applied Economic Research 3–4 December 1979

A range of prominent Australian academic and policy economists participated in the 1979 conference. Three papers for the conference were written by Bank economists. The remaining four papers were written by Australian academic economists, one with a co-author from the Industries Assistance Commission.

Contents

• Introduction
  WE Norton, Reserve Bank of Australia
  IW Little, Reserve Bank of Australia
• The Balance of Payments in the 1970s
  IJ Macfarlane, Reserve Bank of Australia
  Comment
  EA Evans, The Treasury
  RG Gregory, Australian National University
  JS Marsden, Industries Assistance Commission
  JR Hewson, University of New South Wales
  HN Johnston, The Treasury
  AA Powell, University of Melbourne
  LS Williams, University of Melbourne
• Money and Finance: the Direction of the Capital Market in the 1970s
  MG Porter, Monash University
  Comment
  KT Davis, University of Adelaide
  PJ Rose, University of Melbourne
  DW Stammer, Reserve Bank of Australia
• Household Saving and Consumption in the 1970s
  RA Williams, University of Melbourne
  Comment
  KW Clements, Reserve Bank of Australia
  HN Johnston, The Treasury
  JC Looker, Australian Bureau of Statistics
  JW Nevile, University of New South Wales
• Business Fixed Investment in the 1970s
  RG Hawkins, Reserve Bank of Australia
  Comment
  J Carmichael, Reserve Bank of Australia
  FH Gruen, Australian National University
  ANE Jolley, Victorian Chamber of Manufactures
  MS Keating, Department of Prime Minister and Cabinet
• The Labour Market in the 1970s
  RG Gregory, Australian National University
  RC Duncan, Industries Assistance Commission
  Comment
  PS Andersen, University of Sydney
  RJ Blandy, Flinders University of South Australia
  FH Gruen, Australian National University
  CI Higgins, The Treasury
  AA Powell, University of Melbourne
  RH Snape, Monash University
• Summings Up
  A Summary
  WM Corden, Australian National University
  The Economy in the 1970s: Information and Its Interpretation
  PD Jonson, Reserve Bank of Australia