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Protection, Growth and Trade: Essays in International Economics , by W.M. Corden
Handbook of Labor Economics , Vols 1 and 2, edited by O.C. Ashenfelter and R. Layard
Unemployment and the Labour Market: Anatomy of the Problem B ureau of L abour M arket R esearch
International and Comparative Industrial Relations , by G.J. Bamber and R.D. Lansbury
The Scheme of Economics and Philosophy for a World of Uncertainty; Some Problems Resolved. Vols I & 2 , by N.F. Laing
Mainstreams in Industrial Organization, Books 1 and 2 , Studies in Industrial Organization, Volume 6, edited by H.W. De Jong and W.G. Shepard
The Theory of Duality and International Trade , by Pasquale M. Sgro
The Economics of Futures Markets , by J.L. Stein
The Australian Monetary System 1851–1914 , by S.J. Butlin     

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Security Markets: Stochastic Models , by Darrell Duffie
Theory of Financial Decision Making , by Jonathan Ingersoll
Financial Theory , by Robert Jarrow, Prentice Hall
Foundations for Financial Economics , by Chi-Fu Huang and Robert Litzenberger
Capital Markets Prices: Valuing Uncertain Income Streams , by Clement G. Krouse
Mean-Variance Analysis in Portfolio Choice and Capital Markets , by Harry Markowitz
Trade and Investment Relations Among the United States, Canada, and Japan , edited by R. M. Stern
A Market Theory of Money , by J. Hicks
Money, Interest and Capital; A Study in the Foundations of Monetary Theory , by Colin Rogers
Natural Monopoly Regulation: Principles and Practice , by S. V. Berg and J. Tschirhart
The Regulation of Monopoly , by R. Sherman     

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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 Labour Markets , edited by Richard Blandy and Owen Covick
Monetary Control in the United Kingdom , by M.J. Artis and M.K. Lewis
Essays in the Economics of Exhaustible Recourses , edited by M. C. Kemp and N. V. Long
Corporate Structure & Performance: The Role of Owners, Managers and Markets , by Michael L. Lawriwsky
Japanese and Australian Labour Markets: A Comparative Study , edited by Keith Hancock, Yoko Sano, Bruce Chapman and Pamela Fayle
Commodity Models for Forecasting and Policy Analysis , by Walter C. Labys and Peter K. Pollak
The Economics of Non-Wage Labour Costs , by Robert A. Hart
Arbitrator At Work: Sir William Raymond Kelly and the Regulation of Australian Industrial Relations , by B. Dabschek
Contemporary Capitalism and Marxist Economics , by Jacques Gouverneur     

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The Incredible Eurodollar: Or Why the World's Money System is Collapsing , by W. P. Hogan and I. F. Pearce
Stagflation Volume 2: Demand Management , by David Vines, Jan Maciejowski and James E. Meade
Exchange Rate Theory and Practice , edited by J. O. Bilson and R. C. Marston
Lectures on Schumpeterian Economics, Schumpeter Centenary Memorial Lectures, Graz 1983, edited by C. Siedl
The Economics of Australian Labour Markets , by Keith Norris
Comparative Industrial Relations , by J. Wilczynski
Submission to Committee of Inquiry into Labour Market Programmes, Bureau of Labour Market Research, Monograph Series No. 5
How Labour Markets Work: Case Studies in Adjustment, edited by R. Blandy and S. Richardson
Australia and Argentina: On Parallel Paths, by Tim Duncan and John Fogarty     

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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: 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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Financial Integration in East Asia , by Gordon de Brouwer
The Costs and Benefits of Price Stability , edited by Martin Feldstein
Work and Pay in Japan , by Robert A. Hart and Seiichi Kawasaki
Principles of Health Economics for Developing Countnes , by William Jack
Privatization, Restructuring, and Regulation of Network Utilities , by David M. Newbery
Employer Associations and Industrial Relations Change , edited by Peter Sheldon and Louise Thomthwaite
Valuing Nature with Travel Cost Models: a Manual , by F.A. Ward and D. Bed
Democratic Devices and Desires , by Geoffrey Brennan and Alan Hamlin
The History of Economic Analysis: Selected Essays by John Creedy and Development of the Theory of Exchange , by John Creedy
Corruption and Government , by Susan Rose-Ackerman
The Indonesian Economy , second edition, by Hall Hill     

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Financial Economics , by Jiirgen Eichberger and Ian R. Harper
International Parity Conditions: Theory. Econometric Testing and Empirical Evidence , by Imad A. Moosa and Razzaque H. Bhatti
Australian Readings in Monetary and Financial Economics , edited by P. Stemp and J. Milne-Pott
The Economics of Seasonal Cycles , by Jeffrey A. Miron
Can We Afford to Grow Old? A Perspective on the Economics of Aging , by Richard Disney
The Coming of Keynesianism to America. Conversations with the Founders of Keynesian Economics , edited by David C. Colander and Harry Landreth
Reforming Asian Socialism: The Growth of Market Institutions , edited by John McMillan and Barry Naughton
International Competitiveness and the Balance of Payments , by Barbara Dluhosch, Andreas Freytag and Malte Kruger
Against the Tide: An Intellectual History of Free Trade , by Douglas A. Irwin
Institutions and Monetary Policy: Credibility, Flexibility and Central Bank Independence , by Eric Schaling     

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Book reviewed in this article:
Trends in, Australian Industrial Relations. J. E. I saac
Trade Unionism in Australia—Some Aspects. By O. DE E. F oenander .
Principles of Economics. By S ir D ennis R obertson .
Theory of Money. By W. T. N ewlyn .
International Trade:Theory and Economic Policy. By J. V anek .
National Income and the Price Level. By M. J. B ailey .
A Philosophical Interpretation of Economics. By J. K. M ehta .     

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Gain from the Pain: Australia Recovers from Its Economic Boom-Bust, Australian Financial Review , Economics Extra 2, by Michael Stutchbury.
What's Really Happening: Australia's Business World , by Robert Gottliebsen.
From Boom to Bust: Trial and Error in British Economic Policy , by David Smith.
False Promises: The Failure of Conservative Economics , edited by Robert C.
Demand and Exchange in Economic Analysis, A History from Coumot to Marshall , by John Creedy.
In Reserve: Central Banking in Australia, 1945-75 , by C.B. Schedvin.
Imperfect Competition, Differential Information, and Microfoundations of Macroeconomics , by Kiyohiko Nishimura.
Corporatization and Privatization Lessons from New Zealand , by Ian Duncan and Alan Bollard.
Modelling Individual Choice: The Econometrics of Corners, Kinks and Holes , by Stephen Pudney.
Inequality Re-examined , by Amartya Sen.
The Japanese Enterprise System. Competitive Strategies and Cooperative Structures , by W. Mark Fruin.
Efficiency Wages: models of unemployment, layoffs, and wage dispersionj , by Andrew Weiss.
International Trade Theory and Policy: Selected Essays of W. Max Corden , by W. Max Corden.
Corden, W.M. (1953), 'The Maximization of Profit by a Newspaper', Review of Economic Studies .
Inside the Bank: The Role of the Reserve Bank of Australia in the Economic, Banking and Financial Systems , by J. Linklater.
The Economics of Australian Labour Markets , by Keith Norris.
R iach , P.A. and R ich , J.(1987), 'Testing for Sexual Discrimination in the Labour Market'.
Responding to Unemployment: Perspectives and Strategies , edited by Ann Hodgkinson, Di Kelly and Nadia Verrucci.
Managing Government: Labor's Achievements and Failures , by Fred Gruen and Michelle Grattan.     

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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:
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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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     

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Book reviewed in this article:
Theories and Concept in Comparative Industrial Relations , edited by J. Barbasha and K. Barbash
State of Development Economics: Progress and Perspective , edited by Gustav Ranis and T. Paul Schultz
Market Socialism. edited by J. Le Grand and S. Estrin     

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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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Privatisation: An Australian Perspective , edited by P. Abelson
Traditions of Liberalism, Essays on John Locke, Adam Smith and John Stuart Mill , edited by K. Haakonssen
Unemployment After Keynes: Towards a New General Theory , by J. Hudson
Horizontalists and Verticalists, The Macroeconomics of Credit Money , by Basil J. Moore
Combining Fuzzy Imprecision with Probabilistic Uncertainty in Decision Making , edited by J. Kacprzy and M. Fedrizzi
Japan in the World Economy, by B. Balassa and M. Noland
The Japanese Financial System, edited by Y. Suzuki     

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Book reviewed in this article: Game Theory and Economic Modelling, by David M. Krcps Uncertainty in Economics–Readings and Exercises, by P. Diamond and M. Rothschild Retrospectives on Public Finance, edited by L. Eden Handbook of Monetary Economics, by B. M. Friedman and F. H. Hahn The Slate and the Monetary System, by K. Dowd Developments in Australian Monetary Economics, edited by Colm Kearny and Ronald MacDonald Industrial Economics and Organization (2nd edn), by D. A. Hay and D. J. Morris Deregulation or Better Regulation?, edited by B. Head and E. McCoy Aboriginal Employment Equity by the Year 2000, edited by J. C. Altman, Research Monograph No 2, 1991 Upgrading New Zealand's Competitive Advantage, by G. T. Crocombe, M. J. Enright, and M. E. Porter Aid and Development in the South Pacific, Pacific Papers 2, by P. Bauer, S. Siwatibau and W. Kasper Making Economies More Efficient and More Equitable: Factors Determining Income Distribution, edited by Toshiyuki Mizoguchi Japan's Foreign Exchange Policy 1971-82, by R. Komiya and M. Suda Global Linkages: Macroeconomic Interdependence and Cooperation in the World Economy, by W. J. McKibbin and I. D. Sachs     

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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:
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