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June 7 2011
Tim Harford – reviews
Tim Harford, columnist for the Financial Times and author a new book, Adapt, will be delivering the opening keynote address at the NZAE conference on 29 June in Wellington. The…
June 1 2011
A Biographical Dictionary of Australian and New Zealand Economists
Keith Rankin provides a review in Agenda, Volume 15, Number 2, 2008 of “A Biographical Dictionary of Australian and New Zealand Economists” edited by J. E. King. Some excerpts from…
May 29 2011
Small business is personal
It started out as a simple question: is a $75,000 liquidator’s fee for the $117,000 sale of a small shop appropriate? Thus I enter the disreputable world of business deaths…
May 13 2011
Game(s) theory
My family just got a new game, Rummikub. The last game we bought was Yahtzee. We bought both of them at the shop, and paid $28 to $40 for each…
May 3 2011
What did we know, and when did we know it?
There’s been an interesting discussion on some economics blogs about the state of economics knowledge. It’s part of a larger and perennial discussion/debate about what we should research and teach.
April 14 2011
April 2011 NZEP a special issue on Economic Psychology and Experimental Economics
The contents of New Zealand Economic Papers, Volume 45, Issue 1-2, 2011 (available online or by subscription):
April 5 2011
New energy policy
The Government’s new energy policy was released, apparently by accident. Groups and businesses involved in the energy sector have already started commenting on it.
March 28 2011
Economics of blogging about economics
Putting together my first post made me think about the economics of blogging. Blogging is a tournament game: low barriers to entry, with a very few earning fame and fortune.…
March 26 2011
The nuclear power option
There has been a lot of attention given to nuclear power given Fukushima. I don’t know what the real story is, but there are alternative viewpoints to consider. For illustration, here are…
March 2 2011
Initial Christchurch earthquake impact on spending
Nationwide spending through the Paymark electronic payments network dropped 6% from year-ago levels on Tuesday 22 February, the day of the second major Christchurch earthquake, mostly due to a 33%…
January 14 2011
Stories of early NZAE years sought
The NZAE invites readers to send personal records, memories or anecdotes of the NZAE (economists@nzae.org.nz) with “NZAE History” in the Subject line. These will be collated with those previously gathered…
January 14 2011
Invitation to members to list your profile
If you are a member of the NZAE and would like your profile included in the Member Profiles section, please email your details to the NZAE (economists@nzae.org.nz) with “Member Profile”…
July 1 2010
John Yeabsley elected NZAE Life Member
It is with great pleasure the Association honours John Yeabsley with the award of life membership of the NZ Association of Economists. The spring board to John’s career was the…
July 1 2010
Bert Brownlie elected NZAE Life Member
Bert Brownlie was an early supporter and inaugural member of the New Zealand Association of Economists from its foundation in 1959. He served on the editorial board of its journal,…
March 10 2009
Outliers by Malcolm Gladwell
We all like success. But do we really understand why some succeed and others do not? Outliers by Malcolm Gladwell is a superb book offering some insights. Just as importantly,…
March 1 2009
Grant Scobie elected NZAE Life Member
It is with great pleasure the Association honours Grant Scobie with the award of life membership of the NZ Association of Economists. Grant, a multi-university attender, graduated in three countries…
March 1 2009
Sir Frank Holmes elected NZAE Life Member (d. 2012)
There were economists in New Zealand before Frank, but not many, and he provides a more or less direct link to the origins of the economics profession in New Zealand.…
March 1 2009
Bob Buckle elected NZAE Life Member
It is with great pleasure the Association honours Bob Buckle with the award of life membership of the NZ Association of Economists. Starting with a masters degree from Auckland University…
