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Contemporary Issues in Australian Economics, edited by Michael R. Johnson, Peter Kriesler and Anthony D. Owens
The Economic Dynamics of Australian Industry, edited by Clive Hamilton
Risk Management in Financial Institutions, edited by Kevin Davis and Ian Harper
Australian Macroeconomic Policy in a Changing World Environment, by Victor Argy
Macroeconomics in the Global Economy, by Jeffrey Sachs and Felipe Larrain
Rational Expectations Macroeconomics: An Introductory Handbook, by Patrick Minford
The Theory of Choice: A Critical Guide by Shaun Hargreaves Heap, Martin Hollis, Bruce Lyons, Robert Sugden and Albert Weale
Industrial Efficiency in Six Nations, by R. Caves and Associates
International Public Finance by Ruben P. Mendez
The Economic Theory of Agrarian Institutions, edited by P. Bardhan (ed.)
Modelling Seasonality, edited by Svend Hylleberg     

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Book reviewed in this article: Australia in the International Economy in the Twentieth Century, by B. Dyster and D. Meredith Australia's Foreign Debt Myths and Realities, by John Pitchford Convict Workers: Reinterpreting Australia's past, edited by Stephen Nicholas Trade Policy in a Changing World Economy, by Robert E Baldwin Japan: Facing Economic Maturity, by E. J. Lincoln Social and Psychological Foundations of Economic Analysis, by J. L. Baxter Handbook of Economic Psychology, edited by W. F. Van Raaij, G. M. Veldhoven and K-E. Wameryd Share Markets and Portfolio Theory, edited by Ray Ball, Phillip Brown, Frank J. Finn and R. R. Officer Macroeconomic Theory and Stabilization Policy, by Willem H. Buiter The Theory of Industrial Organization, by J. Tirole The Economics of Missing Markets. Information, and Games, edited by F. Hahn Privatization: An Economic Analysis, by J. Vickers and G. Yarrow Regulating for Competition? Trade Practices Policy in a Changing Economy, edited by M. James     

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Game and Economic Theory , edited by S. Hart and A. Neyman
Economics and Evolution: Bringing Life Back into Economics , by Geoffrey M. Hodgson
Economic Statistics and Econometrics: Third Edition , by Thad W. Mirer
A Critical Essay on Modern Macroeconomic Theory , by Frank Hahn and Robert Solow
FY. Edgeworth: Writings in Probability, Statistics and Economics 1–3 , edited by Charles R. McCann Jr
The Bank of England: Money, Power & Influence 1694–1994, by R. Roberts and D. Kynaston
Post Keynesian Economics: An Annotated Bibliography , by John King
Marx and Non-Equilibrium Economics , edited by Alan Freeman and Guglielmo Carchedi
On the Origins of Classical Economics – Distribution and Value from William Petty to Adam Smith , by Tony Aspromourgos
Job Creation and Destruction , by Steven J. Davis, John C. Haltiwanger and Scott Schuh     

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Book reviewed in this article: The Deterioration in Economic Performance: A Study of the 1970's with Particular Reference to Australia, by W. E. Norton Unemployment, Inflation and New Macroeconomic Policy, by T. D. N. Perkins Australian Social Welfare Finance, edited by R. Mendelsohn Wage Indexation: A Study of Australian Wage Issues, 1975–1980, by David H. Plowman Agriculture in the Australian Economy, edited by D. B. Williams Anticipations of the General Theory? And Other Essays on Keynes, by D. Patinkin The Theory and Experience of Economic Development: Essays in Honor of Sir W. Arthur Lewis, edited by M. Gersovitz Alfred Marshall:Critical Assessments, edited by John C. Wood     

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Mesoeconomics: A Micro-Macro Analysis , by Yew-Kwang Ng
Markets and Famines , by Martin Ravallion
The Economics of Industrial Society , by Michio Morishima
Dynamic Programming: Applications to Agriculture and Natural Resources , by John O.S. Kennedy
Developments of Control Theory for Economic Analysis , by C. Carrara and D. Sartore
Finance of Old Age , edited by R. Mendelsohn
Balance of Payments Adjustment, 1945 to 1986, The IMF Experience , by M.G. dc Vries
Takeovers and Corporate Control- Towards a New Regulatory Environment , Centre for Independent Studies and the New Zealand Centre for Independent Studies
Financial Markets, Interest Rates and Monetary Economics , by D.J. Juttner
Pre-Classical Economic Thought , edited by S.T. Lowry, Recent Economic Thought Series     

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Book reviewed in this article: The Social Science Imperialists, edited by P. Kerr Controversies in Political Economy: Selected Essays of G. C. Harcourt, edited by O. F Handbook of International Economics, Volume II, edited by Ronald W. Jones and Peter B Handbook of Public Economics, edited by A. J. Auerbach and M. Feldstein The Aboriginal Economy in Town and Country, by E. K. Fisk Instrumental Variables, by Roger J. Bowden and Darrell A. Turkington Ethics and Economics, edited by Ellen Paul, Fred Miller and Jeffrey Paul Foundations of Economics: Structure of Inquiry and Economic Theory, edited by Mauro Baranzini and Roberto Scazzieri Social Goals and Social Organization: Essays in Memory ofElisha Pazner, edited by L. Hurwicz, D. Schmeidler and H. Sonnenschein Innocence and Design: The Influence of Economic Ideas on Policy- The 1985 Reith Lectures, by David Henderson The Flying Kangaroo–an Endangered Species?, by Christopher C. Findlay Trade and Structural Change, by Leslie Stein Federalism and Resource Development: The Australian Case, edited by P. Drysdale and H. Shibata Australia's Financial Institutions and Markets, edited by M. K. Lewis and R. H. Wallace Export Oriented Industrialisation: The ASEAN Experience by Mohamed Ariff and Hal Hill     

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Book reviewed in this article: External Economic Policy Since the War. Vol. 1. Thc Post-War Financial settlement, by L.S. Pressnell Egalitarianism and the Generation of Inequality, by Henry Phelps Brown Lectures on Advanced Econometric Theory, by D. Sargan States and Markets: An Introduction to International Political Economy, by S. Strange How Much Government? by Michael James Allocation Models: Specification, Estimation & Applications, by R. Bewley Industrial Relations Reform: A Policy for Australia, by William A. Growth, Accumulation, and Unproductive Activity: An Analysis of the Postwar U.S Economy by E.N. Wolff Risk, Decision and Rodonality, edited by B.R. Munier Specification Analysis in the Linear Model—in Honour of Donald Cochrane, edited by M.L. King and D.E.A. Giles Structural Change in Macroeconomic Models, by MJ. Vilares Classical Political Economy: A Survey of Recent Literature edited by W.O. Economic History and the History of Economics, by M. Blang Economic Adjustment: Polices and Problems, edited by F. Holmes Direct Protection of Innovation, edited by W. Kingston     

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Book reviewed in this article:
Analyzing Redistribution Policies: A Study Using Australian Data . by Nanak Kakwani (Cambridge University Ress, Cambridge, 1986)
Wealth and Welfare: Collected Essays on Economic Theory, Volume 1 . by J. R. Hicks (Blackwell, Oxford, 1986)
India's Economic Development Strategies , edited by 3. N. Mongia (Allied Publishers. India, in co-edition with D. Reidel, Dordrecht. Holland, 1985)
Farm Policy in Australia , by R. K. Hefford (University of Queensland Press, St Lucia. 1985)
New Developments in Applied General Equilibrium Analysis , edited by J. Piggott and J. Whalley (Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, 1986)     

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The Internationalization of the Japanese Economy , by C. Higashi and G. P. Lauter
The Measurement of Saving, Investment, and Wealth , edited by R. E. Lipsey and H. S. Tice
Money, Interest and Capital: A Study in the Foundations of Monetary Theory , by C. Rogers
Economic Organizations as Games , edited by K. Binmore and P. Dasgupta
Capitalism in a Mature Economy, Financial Institutions, Capital Exports and British Industry , 1870–1939 by J. J. Van Helten and Y. Cassis
The Commercial Bank of Australia: History of an Australian Institution 1866–1981 , by R. J. Wood
Budgetary Stress. The South Australian Experience , edited by Richard Blandy and Cliff Walsh
The Australian Macroeconomy in the 1980s
Disequilibrium and Macroeconomics , by V. Böhm
Market Volatility , by R. J. Shiller
Third World Debt, The Search for a Solution , edited by Graham Bird
Knights, Raiders, and Targets: The Impact of the Hostile Takeover , edited by J. C. Coffee, Jr, L. Lowenstein, and S. Rose-Ackerman
Corporate Takeovers: Causes and Consequences , edited by A. J. Auerbach
Mergers and Acquisitions , edited by A. J. Auerbach
Mergers and Merger Policy , edited by J.A. Fairbum and J. A. Kay     

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The Australian Economy in the Long Run , edited by Rodney Maddock and Ian W. McLean
Privatisation, the British Experience: an Australian Perspective , by Kenneth W. Wiltshire
Privatisation and Regulation: the UK Experience , edited by John Kay, Colin Mayer and David Thompson
Mathematical Economics: Twenty Years of Gerard Debreu , by G. Debreu
Data-FTT An Interactive Econometric Software Package , by M Hashem Pesaran and Bahrain Pesaran
The Treasury Line , by G. Whitwell
Lifestyle Economics: Consumer Behaviour in a Turbulent World , by P. Earl
Inside the Firm: The Inefficiencies of Hierarchy , by H. Leibenstein
ASEAN-Australia Trade in Manufactures , edited by David Lim
Student Economics Briefs 198718: twelve essays on key issues of economics, Australian economic policy, finance and commerce , by D. Clark
Theories of Income Distribution , by A. Asimakopulos, Recent Economic Thought Series
International Economic Policy Coordination , edited by W.H. Buiter and R.C. Marston     

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Money, Finance and Development, by P. J. Drake
Development and Dependency:The Political Economy of Papua New Guinea, by A. Amarshi, K. Good and R. Mortimer
Essays in the Political Economy of Australian Capitalism:Volume Four, edited by E. L. Wheelright and Ken Buckley
Australia's Resources and Their Development, by R. K. Wilson
Economics for Historians, by G. R. Hawke
Conference in Applied Economic     

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Book reviewed in this article:
Government Management: Brief to the Incoming Government 1987, Volume II, Education Issues , New Zealand Treasury
Adaptation and Survival in Australian Agriculture , by PJ. Higgs
Land Degradation: Problems and Policies , edited by A. Chisholm and R. Dumsday
Selected Essays On Economic Planning , by M Kalecki, edited, translated and introduced by Jan Toporowski
Classical Economics , by Samuel Hollander
Production Distribution and Value: A Marxian Approach , by R. Dixon
Interest and Profit in the Theories of Value and Distribution , by Carlo Panico
No Paradise for Workers: Capitalism and the Common People in Australia 1788–1914 , by K. Buckley and T. Wheelwright
Economic Growth for Australia; Agenda for Action by PJ. Drake and J.P. Nicuwenhuysen
Domestic and International Banking , by M.K. Lewis and K.T. Davis
The Political Economy of International Monetary Interdependence , by K. Hamada
Rent Control , by R. Albon and D.C. Stafford
The Theory of Public Utility Pricing , by S.J. Brown and D.S. Sibley
Public Choice, Public Finance and the Public Policy , by D. Greenaway and G.K. Shaw
Refereed and Nonrefereed Economic Journals: A Guide to Publishing Opportunities , compiled by A. Carolyn Miller, and Victoria J. Punsalan with Kenneth G. Rohm     

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Book reviewed in this article:
Selling Hope. State Lotteries in America , by Charles T. Clotfelter and Philip J. Cook
Handbook of Public Economics , Volume 2, edited by A. J. Auerbach and M. Feldstein
Fundamentals of Public Economics , by J. J. Laffont
Ethical Social Index Numbers , by Satya R. Chakravarty
Keynes and India: A Study in Economics and Biography , by Anand Chandavarkar
An Essay on the Principle of Population , by T. R. Malthus
Principles of Political Economy , by T. R. Malthus
Champions of Enterprise, Australian Entrepreneurship 1788–1990 , by Max Hartwell and Jacqui Lane
Industrial Organization , by O.E. Williamson
The Keynesian Revolution in the Making 1924–1936 , by Peter Clarke
Black hole tariffs and endogenous policy theory: Political economy in general equilibrium , by S.P. Magee, W.A. Brock and L. Young
Hunger and Public Action , by Jean Drèze and Amartya Sen
Government and Economies in the Postwar World, Economic Policies and Comparative Performance, 1945–85 , edited by Andrew Graham
A History of Australian Economic Thought , by Peter Groenewegen and Bruce McFarlane
The Economic Problem in Biblical and Patristic Thought , by Barry Gordon     

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Book reviewed in this article:
Regional Consumption Patterns , by S. Selvanathan and E.A. Selvanathan
Competing Gospels-Public Theology and Economic Theory , by Robert G. Simons
The Theory of Wages in Classical Economics: A Study of Adam Smith, David Ricardo and their Contemporaries , by Antonella Stirati
Great Inflations of the 20th Century , edited by Pierre Siklos
Income and Employment in Theory and Practice: Essays in Memory of Athanasios Asimakopulos , edited by Geoffrey Harcourt, Alessandro Roncaglia and Robin Rowley
Microeconomic Theory , by Andreu Mas-Colell, Michael D. Whinston and Jerry R. Green
Confidence, Credibility and Macroeconomic Policy: Past, Present and Future , by Richard Burdekin and Farrokh Langdana
Free to Work: The Liberalisation of New Zealand's Labour Markets , by Wolfgang Kasper
Economic Update 1996: The 50 most important graphs that explain the economy , by David Clark     

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Book reviewed in this article:
Wealth and Welfare: Collected Essays on Economic Theory , Volume 1, by John Hicks (Basil Blackwell, Oxford, 1981)
ASEAN in a Changing Pacific and World Economy , edited by Ross Garnaut (Australian National University Press, Canberra, 1980)
Energy Economics: Growth Resources and Policies , by R. Eden, M. Posner, R. Bending and J. Stanislaw (Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, 1981)
Mobility and Community Change in Australia , edited by I. G. Burnley, R. J. Pryor and D. T. Rowland
Free to Choose , by Milton and Rose Friedman (Penguin, Harmondsworth, 1980)     

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Market Resources and the Environment edited by, A. Moran, A. Chisholm, and M. Porter
Environment and Economy: Property Rights and Public Policy, by Daniel W. Bromley
Imperfect Competition and International Commodity Trade: Theory, Dynamics, and Policy Modelling, by Montague J. Lord
Barriers to Entry and Strategic Competition, by Paul Geroski, Richard J. Gilbert and Alexis Jacquemin
Labour Markets under Trade Unionism: Employment, Wages and Hours, by John Pencavel
The Soviets and the Pacific Challenge, edited by Peter Drysdale in association with Martin O'Hare (Allen & Unwin in association with the Australia-Japan Research Centre, Australian National University
Management for Australian Business: A Critical Text, by Liz Fulop with Faye Frith and Harold Hay ward
Techniques of Economic Analysis with Applications, by A. Parikh and D. Bailey
Contributions to Econometric Theory and Applications, Essays in Honour of A.L. Nagar, edited by R.A.L. Carter, J. Dutta and A. Ullah
A History of Economic Theory: Classic Contributions 1720–1980, by Jürg Niehans     

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Book reviewed in this article:
Growth Receiving: Economic Change in World History , by E. L. Jones (Oxford University Press, Oxford, 1988)
Review of the State Tax System: Tax worm and NSW Economic Development , New South Wales Tax Task Force (NSW Government Printer, Sydney, August 1988)
Incentive Cooperation and Risk Sharing: Economic and Psychological Perspectives on Employment Contacts . by H.F., Nalbantian (Rowman and Littlefield, New Jersey, 1987)
Alternative Systems of Buaivss Organization and Worked Remuneration . by J.E. Meade (Allen & Unwin, London. 1986)
The Costs of Academic Libraries An Econometric Interpretation . by John R. Brockman (Curtain University of Technology, Perth, 1988)
socialism, Economics and Development . by A. Nove (Allen & Unwin, London. 1986).
Stock Market Anomalies , edited by E. Dimson (Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, 1988)
The Flow of Funds in Theory and Practice: A Flow-Constrained Approach to Monetary Theory and Policy , by J. Cohen, Financial and Monetary Policy Studies 15 (Kluwer Academic Publishers. Dordrecht, 1987)
Technological Change Development and the Environment Socio-Economic Perspectives , edited by Clem Tisdell and Riyatosh Maitra (Routledge, London, 1988)
Dynamic Economic Analysis , by Milton Harris (Oxford University Press, New York. 1987)
Elements of Econometrics , by J. Kmenta (MacMillan. New York. 1986)
The Theory of International Trade , by J.R. Markusen and J.R. Melvin (Harper & Row, New York 1988)
An Assessment of Agricultural Research Priorities: An International Paspective , by J.S. Davis, P.A. Oram and J.G. Ryan (Australian Centre for International Research, Canberra. 1987)
A History of Economics The Past as the Present , by John Kenneth Galbraith (Hamish Hamilton, London 1987)     

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The New Zealand Macroeconomy: A Briefing On The Reforms , edited by P. Dalziel and R. Lattimore
The Korean Economy , by Hyung-Koo Lee
The Political Economy of Public Administration: Institutional Choice in the Public Sector , by Murray J. Horn
Firms, Markets and Economic Change: A Dynamic Theory of Business Institutions , by Richard Langlois and Paul Robertson
Evaluating Policy Advice: Learning from Commonwealth Experience , edited by John Uhr and Keith Mackay
Methods of Macroeconomic Dynamics , by Stephen J. Tumovsky
Foundations of International Macroeconomics , by Maurice Obstfeld and Kenneth Rogoff
Advanced Macroeconomics , by David Romer
Handbook of Development Economics: Volumes 3A and 3B , edited by Jere Behrman and T.N. Srinivasan
Unlocking the Infrastructure, The Reform of Public Utilities in Australia , by Stephen King and Rodney Maddock
Privatization, Deregulation and the Macroeconomy , by Peter A.G. van Bergeijk and Robert C.G. Haffner     

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Book reviewed in this article:
Tigers in Trouble: Financial Governance, Liberalisation and Crises in East Asia, edited by K.S. Jomo
Southeast Asia's Economic Crisis: Origins, Lessons and the Way Out, edited by H.W. Amdt and Hall Hill
The Keynesian Revolution and its Economic Consequences. Selected Essays, by Peter Clarice
John Maynard Keynes. Keynesianism into the Twenty-First Century, edited by Soumitra Sharma
Making Rural Australia: An Economic History of Technical and Institutional Creativity, 1788–1860, by Geoff Raby
Central Banking in Theory and Practice, by Alan S. Blinder
The Macroeconomics of Self-Fulfilling Prophecies, by Roger RA. Farmer, second edition
Unions in a Contrary World: The Future of the Australian Trade Union Movement, by David Peetz
Art and the Market. Roger Fry on Commerce in Art. Selected Writings, edited and with an Interpretation, by Craufurd D. Goodwin
Unit Roots, Cointegration, and Structural Change, by G.S. Maddala and I.M. Kim     

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Risk, Organizations, and Society. Studies in Risk and Uncertainty, edited by M. Shubik
Human Development Reports 1990-92, United Nations Development Program, published for the UNDP by Oxford University Press
Mastering Risk: Environment, Markets & Politics in Australian Economic History, by Colin White
Applied Econometric Techniques, by Keith Cuthbertson, Stephen G. Hall and Mark P. Taylor
Issues in Contemporary Economics, Proceedings of the Ninth World Congress of the International Economic Association, edited by Congress Editor, Amartia Sen. Volume 4: Women s Work in the World Economy, edited by Nancy Folbre, Barbara Bergman, Bina Agrawal, and Maria Floro
A Short History of Socialist Money, G. Peebles
Money in the People's Republic of China: A Comparative Perspective, G. Peebles
Growth through Competition, Competition through Growth: Strategic Management and the Economy in Japan, by Hiroyuki Odagiri
Commodities in Crisis, by Alfred Maizcls
Taxation and the Global Economy, edited by A. Razin and J. Slemrod
Conflicts and Cooperation in Managing Environmental Resources, edited by Rudiger Pethig
The Economics of Business Culture Game Theory, Transaction Costs, and Economic Performance, by Mark Casson