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Book reviewed in this article:
Lectures in Industrial Organization Theory , by K. Basu.
Advanced Industrial Economics , by S. Martin.
A Defence of Economic Rationalism , edited by Chris James, Chris Jones and Andrew Norton.
Economic Rationalism Dead End or Way Forward? , edited by Stephen King and Peter Lloyd.
Crisis, Stabilization and Economic Reform: Therapy by Consensus , by M. Bruno.
Maynard Keynes. An Economist's Biography , by D.E. Moggridge.
John Maynard Keynes. The Economist as Saviour 1920–1937 , by Robert Skidelsky.
Struggle and Survival on Wall St: The Economics of Competition Among Securities Firms , by John O. Matthews.
Distorted Probabilities and Choice under Risk , by C. Puppe.
Utility Theories: Measurements and Applications , edited by W. Edwards.
Generalized Expected Utility Theory , by J. Quiggin.
Business Cycles, by Andy Mullineux , David G. Dickinson, and Wensheng Peng.
The Macrodynamics of Business Cycles: A Comparative Evaluation , by Mohammad H.I. Dore.
Economic Crisis in Developing Countries: New Perspectives on Commodities, Trade and Finance (Essays in honour of Alfred Maizels) edited by Machiko Nissanke and Adrian Hewitt.     

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ORANI: A Multisectoral Model of the Australian Economy , by P. B. Dixon, B. R. Parmenter. J. Sutton and D. P. Vincent
Causality in Economics , by Sir John Hicks
Money, Interest and Wages: Collected Essays on Economic Theory , Volume II, by John Hicks
Regional and Urban Location , by Colin Clark
Jobs or Dogma: The Industries Assistance Commission and Australian Politics , by J. Warhurst
Micro Invaders. How the New World of Technology Works , by Ian Reinecke
External Economic Structure and Policy: An Analysis of New Zealand's Balance of Payments , edited by R. S. Deane, P. W. E. Nicholl and M. J. Walsh
The Youth Lobour. Force 1945–1995: A Cross-National Analysis . by Beatrice G. Reubens, John A. C. Harrison and Kalman Rupp     

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Theory of Production: A Long-Period Analysis , by Heinz D. Kurz and Neri Salvadori.
The Australian Economy. The Essential Guide , edited by Peter Kriesler.
Trends in Business Organization: Do Participation and Cooperation Increase Competitiveness? , edited by Horst Siebert.
A Soaring Eagle: Alfred Marshall 1842–1924, by Peter Groenewegen.
The Handbook of Experimental Economics , edited by John Kagel and Alvin Roth.
The Prudential Regulation of Banks , by Mathias Dewatripont and Jean Tirole.
Creating Economic Opportunities: The Role of Labour Standards in Industrial Restructuring , edited by Werner Sengenberger and Duncan Campbell.     

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Book reviewed in this article: Productive Relations? Australian Industrial Relations and Workplace Performance, by R. Drago, M. Wooden, and J. Sloan Challenges of Economic Reform and Industrial Growth: Chinas Wool War, edited by C. Findlay New Silk Roads. East Asia and World Textile Markets, edited by K. Anderson Sunk Costs and Market Structure Price Competition, Advertising, and the Evolution of Concentration, by John Sutton The Economics of Cost, Use, and Value, by Francis Seton Non-renewable Resources Extraction Programs and Markets, by John M. Hartwick International Financial Markets: Integration, Efficiency and Expectations, by J.L. International Finance and Global Financial Markets, 2nd edn, by D. Johannes Juttner Privatization: Symposium in Honor of Herbert Giersch, edited by Horst Siebert Recent Developments in Game Theory, edited by John Creedy, Jeff Borland and Jurgen Eichberger Optimal Control Theory and Static Optimization in Economics, by Daniel Leonard and Ngo Van Long Economics of the Public Sector (Second Edition), by J.E. Stiglitz Development Economics (4 vols), edited by Deepak Lai in the series The International Library of Critical Writings in Economics Monetarism and the Keynesians, Lloyds Bank Annual Review Volume 4, edited by Christopher Johnson     

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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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Understanding Saving: Evidence from the United States and Japan , by Fumio Hayashi.
An Encyclopedia of Keynesian Economics , edited by Thomas Cate.
Riches and Poverty: An Intellectual History of Political Economy in Britain, 1750–1834 , by Donald Winch.
Bayesian Analysis in Econometrics and Statistics: The Zellner View and Papers , by Arnold Zellner.
The New Zealand Economy: Issues and Policies edited by Stuart Birks and Srikanta Chatterjee.
Central Banking in Developing Countries by Anand Chandavarkar.
Environmental Taxes and Economic Welfare, Reducing Carbon Dioxide Emissions , by Antonia Cornwell and John Creedy.
Corporate Governance , edited by Kevin Keasey.
Political Cycles and the Macroeconomy , by Alberto Alesina.     

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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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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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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:
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: 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:
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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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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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:
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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The Accord and the Australian Labour Movement , by Gwynneth Singleton
Keynes: Philosophy, Economics & Politics. The Philosophical Foundations of Keynes's Thought and their Influence on his Economics and Politics , by R. M. O'Donnell
The Economics of Trade Protection by N. Vousden
Economic Policy Management: A Japanese Approach , by N. Maruo
Chinese State Enterprises: A Regional Property Rights Analysis , by David Granick
Games and Information: An Introduction to Game Theory , by Eric Rasmusen
The Economics of Small Firms: A European Challenge , Studies in Industrial Organisation
The Methodology of Economic Model Building , by Lawrence A. Boland
Value-form and the state: the tendencies of accumulation and the determination of economic policy in capitalist society , by G. Reuten and M. Williams
The Completion of the Internal Market , edited by Horst Siebert     

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Environmental Economics: Policies for Environmental Management and Sustainable Development, by Clem Tisdell The Elements of a Nonlinear Theory of Economic Dynamics, by Carl Chiarella Superannuation and the Australian Financial System, edited by K. Davis and I. Harper The Politics of Australian Immigration, edited by James iupp and Marie Kabala Long Term Control of Exhaustible Resources, Fundamentals of Pure and Applied Economics, Volume 49, by Pierre Lasserre Australian Industry–What Policy?, edited by Michael Costa and Michael Easson Central bank strategy, credibility and independence, by Alex Cukierman Counting the Cost of Global Warming, by John Broome     

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Book reviewed in this article:
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: 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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Book reviewed in this article:
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