RDP 2001-10: A Select Bibliography of Published Research by Staff of the Reserve Bank of Australia: 1991–2001 4. Conference Volumes

1. Macfarlane IJ (ed), The Deregulation of Financial Intermediaries: Proceedings of a Conference Held at the H.C. Coombs Centre for Financial Studies, Kirribilli, on 20/21 June 1991, Research Department, Reserve Bank of Australia, Sydney.

   Papers:
   Macfarlane IJ	Introduction
   Grenville SA	The Evolution of Financial Deregulation
   Valentine TJ	What the Campbell Committee Expected
   Harper IR	Bank Deregulation in Australia: Choice and Diversity, Gainers and Losers
   Phelps L	Competition: Profitability and Margins
   Thompson GJ	Prudential Supervision
   Ferguson R	Banking Deregulation: A Virtue or a Necessity?
   Macfarlane IJ	The Lessons for Monetary Policy
   Wojnilower A	Some Principles of Financial Regulation: Lessons from the United States
   Kane EJ	Regulatory Competition and the ‘Generic’ Financial-Services Firm
   Bisignano JR	European Financial Deregulation: The Pressures for Change and the Costs of Achievement

2. Blundell-Wignall A (ed), Inflation, Disinflation and Monetary Policy: Proceedings of a Conference Held at the H.C. Coombs Centre for Financial Studies, Kirribilli, on 10/11 July 1992, Economic Group, Reserve Bank of Australia, Sydney.

   Papers:
   Blundell-Wignall A	Introduction
   Taylor JB	The Great Inflation, the Great Disinflation, and Policies for Future Price Stability
   McTaggart D	The Cost of Inflation in Australia
   Andersen PS	OECD Country Experiences with Disinflation
   Stevens GR	Inflation and Disinflation in Australia: 1950–91
   Blundell-Wignall A, PW Lowe and A Tarditi	Inflation, Indicators and Monetary Policy
   Goodhart CAE	The Objectives for, and Conduct of, Monetary Policy in the 1990s
   Corden WM	A Perspective

3. Blundell-Wignall A (ed), The Exchange Rate, International Trade and the Balance of Payments: Proceedings of a Conference Held at the H.C. Coombs Centre for Financial Studies, Kirribilli, on 12/13 July 1993, Economic Group, Reserve Bank of Australia, Sydney.

   Papers:
   Blundell-Wignall A	Introduction
   Krugman PR	Recent Thinking About Exchange Rate Determination and Policy
   Blundell-Wignall A, JG Fahrer and A Heath	Major Influences on the Australian Dollar Exchange Rate
   Bullock ML, SA Grenville and G Heenan	The Exchange Rate and the Current Account
   Pitchford JD	The Exchange Rate and Macroeconomic Policy in Australia
   Artis MJ	The Role of the Exchange Rate in Monetary Policy – The Experience of Other Countries
   Frankel JA	Is there a Currency Bloc in the Pacific?
   Pagan AR	A Perspective

4. Lowe PW and JA Dwyer (eds), International Integration of the Australian Economy: Proceedings of a Conference Held at the H.C. Coombs Centre for Financial Studies, Kirribilli, on 11/12 July 1994, Economic Group, Reserve Bank of Australia, Sydney.

   Papers:
   Lowe PW	Introduction
   Dowrick S	Openness and Growth
   Ergas H and M Wright	Internationalisation, Firm Conduct and Productivity
   Howe J	Internationalisation, Trade and Foreign Direct Investment
   Ishida K	Japan's Foreign Direct Investment in East Asia: Its Influence on Recipient Countries and Japan's Trade Structure
   Fahrer JG and A Pease	International Trade and the Australian Labour Market
   Lawrence RZ	Trade, Multinationals and Labour
   Collins S	Experiences with Current Account Deficits Among Asian Economies: Lessons For Australia?
   Gruen DW and G Shuetrim	Internationalisation and the Macroeconomy

5. Andersen PS, JA Dwyer and DW Gruen (eds), Productivity and Growth: Proceedings of a Conference Held at the H.C. Coombs Centre for Financial Studies, Kirribilli, on 10/11 July 1995, Economic Group, Reserve Bank of Australia, Sydney.

   Papers:
   Dwyer JA	Introduction
   Dowrick S	The Determinants of Long-Run Growth
   Castles I	Measuring Economic Progress
   Lowe PW	Labour-Productivity Growth and Relative Wages: 1978–1994
   Gordon R	Problems in the Measurement and Performance of Service-Sector Productivity in the United States
   Demura, P	Productivity Change in the Australian Steel Industry: BHP Steel 1982–1995
   Pierce J, D Price and D Rose	The Performance of the NSW Electricity Supply Industry
   Oster A and L Antioch	Measuring Productivity in the Australian Banking Sector
   Apple N, G Belchamber and C Bowtell	Micro Reform in the Australian Labour Market: Implications for Productivity and Growth
   Sarel M	Growth in East Asia: What We Can and What We Cannot Infer From It
   Inoue K	The Growth Experience of Japan – What Lessons to Draw?
   Andersen P S and DW Gruen	Macroeconomic Policies and Growth

6. Edey ML (ed), The Future of the Financial System: Proceedings of a Conference Held at the H.C. Coombs Centre for Financial Studies, Kirribilli, on 8/9 July 1996, Economic Group, Reserve Bank of Australia, Sydney.

   Papers:
   Edey ML	Introduction
   Edey ML and B Gray	The Evolving Structure of the Australian Financial System
   Davis EP	The Role of Institutional Investors in the Evolution of Financial Structure and Behaviour
   Prowse S	Alternative Models of Financial System Development
   Llewellyn DT	Banking in the 21st Century: The Transformation of an Industry
   Joss R	Developments in the Business of Banking
   Ferguson W	A Banker's Perspective on the Future of the Financial System
   Cole T	An Industry Perspective on the Future of the Australian Financial System
   Ferguson R	An Investment Banking Perspective on the Future of the Financial System
   Dale R	Regulating the New Financial Markets
   Thompson GJ	Regulatory Policy Issues in Australia

7. Lowe PW (ed), Monetary Policy and Inflation Targeting: Proceedings of a Conference Held at the H.C. Coombs Centre for Financial Studies, Kirribilli, on 21/22 July 1997, Economic Group, Reserve Bank of Australia, Sydney.

   Papers:
   Lowe PW	Introduction
   Mishkin FS	Strategies for Controlling Inflation
   Edey ML	The Debate on Alternatives for Monetary Policy in Australia
   Haldane AG	Designing Inflation Targets
   Grenville SA	The Evolution of Monetary Policy: From Money Targets to Inflation Targets
   McKibbin WJ	Which Monetary-policy Regime for Australia?
   Quiggin J	The Welfare Effects of Alternative Choices of Instruments and Targets for Macroeconomic Stabilisation Policy
   Stemp PJ	The Australian Government's Current Approach to Monetary Policy: An Evaluation
   Smets F	Financial-asset Prices and Monetary Policy: Theory and Evidence
   de Brouwer G and J O'Regan	Evaluating Simple Monetary-policy Rules for Australia
   Lowe PW and L Ellis	The Smoothing of Official Interest Rates
   Ball L	Round-up

8. Debelle G (RBA) and J Borland (ANU) (eds), Unemployment and the Australian Labour Market: Proceedings of a Conference Held at the H.C. Coombs Centre for Financial Studies, Kirribilli, on 9/10 June 1998, Economic Group, Reserve Bank of Australia, Sydney.

   Papers:
   Debelle G	Introduction
   Katz LF	Reflections on US Labour Market Performance
   Jackman R	European Unemployment: Why is It So High and What Should be Done about It?
   Borland J and S Kennedy	Dimensions, Structure and History of Australian Unemployment
   Freebairn J	Microeconomics of the Australian Labour Market
   Harding A and S Richardson	Unemployment and Income Distribution
   Wooden M and J Sloan	Industrial Relations Reform and Labour Market Outcomes: A Comparison of Australia, New Zealand and the United Kingdom
   Dungey M and JD Pitchford	Prospects for Output and Employment Growth with Steady Inflation
   Debelle G and J Vickery	The Macroeconomics of Australian Unemployment
   Martin JP	What Works Among Active Labour Market Policies: Evidence from OECD Countries' Experiences
   Dawkins P, RG Gregory and C Richardson	Solutions to Australian Unemployment: Three Perspectives

9. Gruen DW and L Gower (eds), Capital Flows and the International Financial System: Proceedings of a Conference Held at the H.C. Coombs Centre for Financial Studies, Kirribilli, on 9/10 August 1999, Economic Group, Reserve Bank of Australia, Sydney.

   Papers:
   Gruen DW	Introduction
   Volcker PA	Problems and Challenges of International Capital Flows
   Bordo M and Eichengreen B	Is Our Current International Economic Environment Unusually Crisis Prone?
   de Brouwer G	Capital Flows to East Asia: The Facts
   Dooley MP and CE Walsh	Academic Views of Capital Flows: An Expanding Universe
   Grenville SA and DW Gruen	Capital Flows and Exchange Rates
   Brock H	Explaining Global Market Turmoil: A Fresh Perspective on its Origins and Nature
   Rankin RW	The Impact of Hedge Funds on Financial Markets: Lessons from the Experience of Australia
   Yam JCK	Capital Flows, Hedge Funds and Market Failure: A Hong Kong Perspective
   Sakakibara E	From the Washington Consensus to the New International Financial Architecture
   Corbett J, G Irwin and D Vines	From Asian Miracle to Asian Crisis: Why Vulnerability, Why Collapse?
   Mussa M	Reforming the International Financial Architecture: Limiting Moral Hazard and Containing Real Hazard
   Corden WM	Private Capital Flows, Living With Volatility, and the New Architecture

10. Gruen DW and S Shrestha (eds), The Australian Economy in the 1990s: Proceedings of a Conference Held at the H.C. Coombs Centre for Financial Studies, Kirribilli, on 24/25 July 2000, Economic Group, Reserve Bank of Australia, Sydney.

    Papers:
    Gruen DW	Introduction
    DeLong JB	What Went Wrong in the 1990s? Sources of American and Prospects for World Economic Growth
    Gruen DW and GR Stevens	Australian Macroeconomic Performance and Policies in the 1990s
    Bean C	The Australian Economic ‘Miracle’: A View from the North
    Leeson R	Inflation, Disinflation and the Natural Rate of Unemployment: A Dynamic Framework for Policy Analysis
    Gizycki MC and PW Lowe	The Australian Financial System in the 1990s
    Kelly P	The Politics of Economic Change in Australia in the 1980s and 1990s
    Forsyth P	Microeconomic Policies and Structural Change
    Edey ML and L Gower	National Saving: Trends and Policy
    Dawkins P	The Australian Labour Market in the 1990s
    DeLong JB, R Ferguson, R Gittins and RG Gregory	Prospects for the Australian Economy in the First Decade of the New Century

11. Gruen DW and J Simon (eds), Future Directions for Monetary Policies in East Asia: Proceedings of a Conference Held at the H.C. Coombs Centre for Financial Studies, Kirribilli, on 24 July 2001, Economic Group, Reserve Bank of Australia, Sydney.

    Papers:
    Gruen DW	Introduction
    McCauley RN	Setting Monetary Policy in East Asia: Goals, Developments and Institutions
    Debelle G	The Case for Inflation Targeting in East Asian Countries
    Williamson J	The Case for a Basket, Band and Crawl (BBC) Regime for East Asia
    Wyplosz C	A Monetary Union in Asia? Some European Lessons
    Coleman A	Three Perspectives on an Australasian Monetary Union