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Book reviewed in this article: Sustainable Development in Agriculture, edited by J.K. Parikh Agriculture and the GATT: Rewriting the Rules, by Dale E. Hathaway Keynes's Vision, by A. Fitzgibbons The Canada-United States Free Trade Agreement: The Global Impact, edited by J.J. Schott and M.G. Smith From School to Unemployment?, edited by P.N. Junankar Empirical Modeling of Exchange Rate Dynamics, by F.X. Diebold K.A. Chrystal and R. Sedgwick (Wheatsheaf Books, Sussex, 1987) Floating Exchange Rates: Theories and Evidence, by R. MacDonald Essays in Honour of Kenneth Arrow: Volume I, Social Choice and Public Decision Making; Volume II, Equilibrium Analysis; Volume III, Uncertainty, Information and Communication, edited by Walter P. Heller, Ross M. Starr and David A. Starrett Keynes and Public Policy After Fifty Years: Volume 1—Economics and Policy, edited by O.F. Hamouda and J.M. Smithin Keynes and Public Policy After Fifty Years: Volume 2—Theories and Method, edited by OF. Hamouda and J.M. Smithin Handbook of Econometrics Volume III, edited by Z. Griliches and M.D. Intriligator Applied Welfare Economics and Public Policy, by R.E. Just, D.L. Hueth and A. Schmitz The Economic Theory and Measurement of Environmental Benefits, by P. Johansson Applications of Modern Production Theory: Efficiency and Productivity, edited by A. Dogramaci and R. Fare Australian Protectionism: Extent, Causes and Effects, by Kym Anderson and Ross Garnaut Policy Options for the Singapore Economy, by C.Y. Lim and associates German Political Economy: The History of an Alternative Economics, by T. Riha World Agricultural Trade: Building A Consensus, edited by W.M. Miner and D.E. Hathaway Industry Assistance Reform and the Labour Market: The New Zealand Experience, by R. Blandy and M. Baker     

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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: Collected Papers of Kenneth J. Arrow, Volume 1, Social Choice and Justice by K. J. Arrow Collected Papers of Kenneth J. Arrow, Volume 2, General Equilibrium, by K. J. Arrow Collected Papers of Kenneth J. Arrow, Volume 3, Individual Choice under Certainty, by K. J. Arrow Collected Papers of Kenneth J. Arrow, Volume 4, The Economics of Information, by K. J. Arrow Rational Expectations: Macroeconomics for the 1980's?, by M. Carter and R. Maddock Public Policy for Sustainable Growth, a special issue of the Australian Economic Review, 3rd Quarter 1984 Growth, Profits and Property. Essays in the Revival of Political Economy, edited by Edward J. Nell Free Market Conservatism. A Critique of Theory and Practice, edited by Edward J. Nell Incomes and Policy, by Ian Manning Optimization in Economic Analysis by G. Mills     

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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:
Economic and Technical Problems of Australia's Rural Industries. By D. B. W illiams
Ownership and Control of Australian Companies. By E. L. W heelwright
Income and Wealth Series VI. Edited by M ilton G ilbert and R ichard S tone
An Economic Theory of Democracy. By A nthony D owns
Sales Taxation. By J ohn F. D ue
An Economic Survey of Northern Ireland. By K. S. I sles and N orman C uthbert
Economic Backwardness and Economic Growth. By H arvey L eibenstein
Business Cycles and Economic Policy. By E rik L undberg
Activity Analysis and the Theory of Economic Equilibrium. By H elen M akower
Labor in a Growing Economy. By M elvin W. R eder
International Monetary Policy. By W. M. S cammell
French Banking Structure and Credit Policy. By J. S. G. W ilson
Europe and the Money Muddle. By R obert T riffin
Social Security in the British Commonwealth. By R onald M endelsohn     

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Books reviewed in this article:
Economics–Australian Edition . By P. A. S amuelson , K. H ancock , and R. W allace
The Traditional Trade of Asia . By C. G. F. S imkin
A Theory of Economic History . By J ohn H icks
The Structure of Earnings . By H. L ydall
Economic Interdependence in Southeast Asia . Edited by T. MORGAN and N. SPOELSTRA
Economic Institutions and Policy . By J. McB. GRANT, A. J. H agger and A. H ocking
Credit Unions in the South Pacific . Edited by >N. R uncie
Elementary Statistical Method . By J. LUMSDEN
Economic Theory: Equilibrium and Change . By M. L. BURSTEIN
Manual of Industrial Project Analysis in Developing Countries . By I. M. D. L ittle and J. A. M irrlees
Balance-of-Payments Policy . By B. J. C ohen
Economic Analysis and Industrial Structure . By D. N eedham . (Holt, Rinehart and Winston     

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Book reviewed in this article:
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:
Fifty Years of Farm Management. By H. C. M. C ase AND D. B. W illiams .
Principles of Economic Policy. By K enneth E. B ouldding .
Economic Development:Theory, History, Policy. By G. M. M eier AND R. E. B aldwin .
The Elements of Accounting. By L. G oldberg AND V. R. H ill .
The Economics of International Migration. Edited by B rinley T homas .
Public Principles of Publica Debt. By J ames M. B uchanan .
The Development of the Soviet Budgetary System. By R. W. D avies .
Problems of the New Commonwealth. By S ir I vor J ennings , K.B.E., Q.C.
The Agricultural Register (New Series). Changes in the Economic Pattern 1956-7.
Economic Models…An Exposition. By E. F. B each .
The National Economic Accounts of the United States…Review, Appraisal and Recommendations. A Report by the National Accounts Review Committee of the National Bureau of Economic Research.     

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Book reviewed in this article:
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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Book reviewed in this article:
Australia in the World Economy. By J. O. N. P erkins .
Economics at Large. By C. G. F. S imkin .
Effects of U.K. Direct Investment Overseas. By W. B. R eddaway , S. J. P otter and C. T. T aylor .
Input-Output Analysis and Resource Allocation. By B. C ameron .
The Commonwealth Bank of Australia: Origins and Early History. By R. G ollan .
Australian Economic Policy Discussion. By W. M. C orden .
Australian Trade Unions: Their Development, Structure and Horizons. Edited by P. W. D. M atthews and G. W. F ord .
Economic Policy in Australia: The Case for Reform. By B. M c F arlane .
The Battle for the Banks. By A. L. M ay .
Consumption and Production of Petroleum for the Australian Mainland 1968–1990. By K. S tacey .     

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Book reviewed in this article:
The Coalminers of New South Wales. By E. G ollan .
C ommittee for E conomic D evelopment of A ustralia Public Investment in Australia. An Outline of the First C.E.D.A. Research Project. By R. M athews .
Journeys Towards Progress. Studies of Economic Policy-Making in Latin America. By A. O. H irschman .
Economic Philosophy. By J oan R obinson
International Economic Papers No. 11. Edited by A. T. P eacock , W. F. S tolper , R. T urvey and H. L iesner
What Keynes Means. By A. M urad .
The Nature of Price Theory. By H. H. L iebhafsky .
Unemployment and Structural Change. Studies and Reports
The British Economy in the Nineteen-Fifties. Edited by G. D. N. W orswick and P. H. A dy .
History of Stockholm's Enskilda Bank to 1914. By O. G asslander .
The Demand for Canadian Imports 1926-55. By M urray C. K emp .
Explanation in Social Science. By R. B rown .
The Cambridge Economic History of Europe. Vol. III:Economic Organizations and Policies in the Middle Ages. Edited by M. M. P ostan , E. E. R ich and E. M iller .
The Progress of Economics. A History of Economic Thought. By W. B. C atlin .
The Development of Firms. By A. S. M ackintosh .
Institutional Economics:Veblen, Commons and Mitchell Reconsidered. By J. D orfman and others .
State and Regional Income Estimation. By A lex K err .
Economic Trends in the Soviet Union. Edited by A. B ergson and S. K uznets .
Asset Prices in Economic Analysis. By S. B. C hase , J r .
Disarmament and the Economy. Edited by E. B enoit and K. E. B oulding .     

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Book reviewed in this article:
Economic Fluctuations in Australia, 1948 to 1964. By A. M. C. W aterman .
The State as Entrepreneur. Edited by S. H olland .
New Zealand Manufacturing Production and Trade with Australia. By P. J. L loyd .
The Economy of Papua New Guinea: Projections and Policy Issues. By R. T. S hand and M. L. T readgold
Alternative Strategies for Papua New Guinea. Edited by A. C lunies Ross and J. L angmore .
Australia, New Guinea and the International Economy: Trade and Development. By D. G adiel .
The National Income of Western Samoa. By I. J. F airbairn .
Econometric Studies of Macro and Monetary Relations. Edited by A. A. P owell and R. A. W illiams .
Economic Growth in History: Survey and Analysis. By J. D. G ould .
International Economics and Development: Essays in Honor of Raul Prebisch. Edited by L. E. di M arco .     

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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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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:
Australian Trade Practices :Readings. Edited by J. P. N ieuwenhuysen .
Manufacturing in Melbourne. By P. J. R immer .
Freight Forwarding in Australia. By P. J. R immer .
Retailing in Melbourne. By R. J. J ohnston and P. J. R immer .
Land Tenure in the Pacific. Edited by R. C rocombe .
The Reinterpretation of American Economic History. Edited by R obert W illiam F ogel and S tanley L. E ngerman .
International Trade Theory and Regional Income Differences, United States 1880–1950. By E. O lsen .
Soviet Economic Development. By R. H utchings .
Western Technology and Soviet Economic Development 1930–1945. By A nthony C. S utton .
The Economic Analysis of Labour. By M alcolm R. F isher .
Money and Banking. By D. F isher .
Planning Investments with Economies of Scale. By L arry E. W estphal .
Economic Growth and Development:A Mathematical Introduction. By P hilip A. N eher .     

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Book reviewed in this article:
Socialism, Capitalism and Economic Growth. Essays Presented to Maurice Dobb. Edited by C. H. F einstein .
Agriculture in the Australian Economy. Edited by D. B. W illiams .
The Effects of U.K. Direct Investment Overseas: An Interim Report. By W. B. R eddaway .
Thailand: Social and Economic Studies in Development. Edited by T. H. S ilcock .
Australian Monopoly Law: Issues of Law, Fact and Policy. By G. D e Q. W alker .
An Introduction to a Mathematical Treatment of Economics. By G. C. A rchibald and R. G. L ipsey .
Technology, Investment and Growth. By B. E. W illiams .
The Construction and Use of Economic Models. By A. R. B ergstrom .
The Years of High Theory. By G. L. S. S hackle .
Why Growth Bates Differ: Postwar Experience in Nine Western Countries. By E. F. D enison .
Economic Development in Asian Perspective. By S. I shikawa .
A History of Economic Change in England, 1880–1939. By R. S. S ayers .     

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Book reviewed in this article:
Trade, Policy and Economic Welfare. By W. Corden
Australian Competition and Prices Policy:trade practices, tariffs and prices justification. By J. P. Nieuwenhuysen and N. R. Norman
Australian Labour Market Economics. By Robert V. Horn
International Money—Experiments and Experience:Papers and Proceedings of the Port Stephens Conference. Edited by W. Kasper
Rationality and the Social Sciences:Contributions to the philosophy and methodology of the social sciences. Edited by S. I. Benn and G. W. Mortimore
Readings in Political Economy. Vols. 1 and 2. Edited by E. L. Wheelwright and F. J. B. Stillwell
Beyond Economic Man:A New Foundation for Microeconomics. By Harvey Leibenstein     

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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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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:
Monetary Policy in Australia, by K. T. Davis and M. K. Lewis
Australian Monetary Policy 1950–1975, by D. C. Rowan
The Postwar International Monetary Crisis:An Analysis, by Victor Argy
Exit Full Employment:Economic policy in the Stone age, by Barry Hughes
School and Work in Prospect:14-Year-Old in Australia, by Trevor Williams, Margaret Batten, Sue Girling-Butcher and Jeff Clancy
The Development of Australian Fiscal Federalism:Selected Readings, edited by W. Prest and R. L. Mathews
ASEAN Economies in Perspective:A Comparative Study of Indonesia, Malaysia, The Philippines, Singapore and Thailand, by J. Wong