Browsing AUT School of Economics by Date
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Factor-analysis-based Directional Distance Function: The Case of New Zealand Hospitals
(School of Economics. AUT University, 2019)This paper develops a new factor-analysis-based (FAB) approach for choosing the optimal direction in a directional distance function (DDF) analysis. It has the combined merits of factor analysis and slacks-based measure ... -
Efficiency of New Zealand's District Health Boards at Providing Hospital Services: a Stochastic Frontier Analysis
(Seoul National University, 2018)The majority of secondary and tertiary healthcare services in New Zealand are provided through public hospitals managed by 20 local District Health Boards (DHBs). Their performance were measured by a set of indicators ... -
The Impact of Social Workers in Schools: a Preliminary Investigation Using Linked Administrative Data
(Ministry of Social Development; Auckland University of Technology, 2018)No abstract. -
Liquidity, Monetary Policy and Unemployment: A New Monetarist Approach
(AUT School of Economics, AUT University, 2017)We discover a consumption channel of monetary policy in a model with money and government bonds. When the central bank withdraws government bonds (short-term or long-term) through open market operations, it lowers returns ... -
On the Economics of Trade Agreements: Who Gains and Who Loses?
(The Policy Observatory, AUT University, 2017)No abstract. -
Pension Saving Responses to Anticipated Tax Changes: Evidence From Monthly Pension Contribution Records
(Auckland University of Technology (AUT), 2016)A Danish tax reform, decided in May 2009 and taking effect from the beginning of 2010, lowered the marginal tax rate on top bracket taxable income from 63% to 56%. Because contributions to pension accounts are tax ... -
Does New Zealand Economics Have a Useful Past? The Example of Trade Policy and Economic Development
(Department of Economics, Faculty of Business and Law, Auckland University of Technology, 2015)We examine the history of economic thought on trade policy in New Zealand from the 1920s to the early 1980s. The focus is upon the different doctrinal perspectives taken by academic economists in New Zealand. Throughout ... -
The regulation of direct-to-consumer advertising of pharmaceuticals in a managed care setting
(John Wiley & Sons, 2015)We analyze direct-to-consumer advertising (DTCA) in the prescription drug market, when a regulator imposes a fine for misleading advertisements (truth-in-advertising regulation) and doctors face pressure to contain prescribing ... -
Binary choice probabilities on mixture sets
(The Centre for Mathematical Social Sciences (CMSS), the University of Auckland, 2014)No abstract. -
Binary choice probabilities on mixture sets
(School of Computer and Mathematical Sciences, Auckland University of Technology, 2014)Experimental evidence suggests that choice behaviour has a stochastic element. Much of this evidence is based on studying choices between lotteries – choice under risk. Binary choice probabilities admit a strong utility ... -
Fast decoding algorithms for coded aperture systems
(Elsevier, 2014)Fast decoding algorithms are described for a number of established coded aperture systems. The fast decoding algorithms for all these systems offer significant reductions in the number of calculations required when ... -
Does Economic Integration Stimulate Capital Mobility? An Analysis of Four Regional Economic Communities in Africa
(Elsevier, 2013)It is well known that high levels of regional integration enable portfolio risk diversification and capital mobility. While there have been a number of empirical attempts to verify the presence of capital mobility using ... -
What determines students’ choices of elective modules?
(University of Bristol, 2013)Prior literature emphasises supply side issues concerning the modularisation of university programmes such as curricula issues and enhanced learning opportunities. Comparatively little is known about the demand side, such ... -
Students’ perceptions on using blogs for reflective learning in higher educational contexts
(The Higher Education Research and Development Society of Australasia (HERDSA), 2013)Increasingly, blogs are being used by educators in higher education for teaching and learning as they have numerous pedagogical benefits. This study describes and analyses the use of blogs as a private journal or e-portfolio ... -
Demand in New Zealand hospitals: expect the unexpected?
(New Zealand Association of Economists, 2013)The health care sector in New Zealand has undergone substantial structural reform since 1983, and stands out relative to other OECD countries, in that it has a relatively low per capita health expenditure, and a high share ... -
Extrinsic versus intrinsic motivation: does major choice make a difference?
(New Zealand Association of Economists, 2013)Prior literature emphasises supply side issues concerning the modularisation of university programmes such as curricula issues and enhanced learning opportunities. Comparatively little is known about the demand side, such ... -
Estimating the cost of youth disengagement in Auckland
(Dept. of Economics, AUT University, 2013)There has been growing interest in recent years in the labour market issues that youth face. Youth exclusion, disengagement, and overall underutilisation in the labour market has short term costs to the economy, as well ... -
Can India plug into Asian international production networks through RTAs?
(Murdoch University, 2013)Recent literature has focused attention on the important question of whether the current trend of proliferation of bilateral and regional trade agreements can facilitate creation and development of international production ...