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2009

• Sustainable development : Have we got our priorities right?
  NZIER Viewpoint WP 2009/7 by Peter Clough

• Economic progress and puzzles : Long-term structural change in the New Zealand economy, 1953-2006
  WP 2009/6 by Dr Ralph Lattimore & Dr Trinh Le (NZIER), Iris Claus (Inland Revenue) & Adolf Stroombergen (Infometrics)
  see also media release

• Global imbalances and prospects for the world economy
  WP 2009/5 by  Dr Steven Dunaway
  see also media release

• Trade, diaspora and migration to New Zealand
  A paper prepared for the NZIER 50th Anniversary Research Award
  WP 2009/4 by David Law (Commerce Commission) , Murat Genc (University of Otago) and John Bryant (Independent Researcher)
  see also media release and background paper

• Short term gain, long term pain? Impact of New Zealand's fiscal stimulus | A dynamic general equilibrium analysis
  WP 2009/3 by James Giesecke (Monash University) & Chris Schilling (NZIER)

• The unemployment challenge - Labour market policies for the recession
  WP 2009/2 by Grant Andrews and Jean-Pierre de Raad

• Distance isn't dead - an empirical evaluation of food miles based preference changes
  WP 2009/1 by John Ballingall (NZIER) and Niven Winchester (University of Otago)

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Previous years

• 2008
• 2007
• 2006
• 2005
• 2004
• 2002
• 2001
• 2000
• 1999
• 1998
• 1997
• 1996
• 1995
• 1994
• 1993
• 1992
• 1991
• 1990
• 1989
• 1988
• 1987
• 1986
• 1985
• 1984
• 1983
• 1982

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2008

• Is poor household saving the cause of New Zealand's high current account deficit?
  WP 2008/1 by Trinh Le (NZIER) and Bryce Wilkinson (Capital Economics)
  
  
• The impact of the proposed Emissions Trading Scheme on New Zealand’s economy
  Also see summary report
  WP 2008/2 by John Stephenson and Chris Schilling
  
  
• When will New Zealand catch up with Australia?
  WP 2008/3 by Trinh Le

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2007

• Does New Zealand have a household savings crisis?
  WP 2007/1 By Trinh Le

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2006

• Electricity contracts: composition and risk allocation in the New Zealand electricity market
  WP 2006/1 By Simon Hope, in association with Strata Energy Consulting Ltd

• Recent trends in China's trade
  WP 2006/2 by Alice Wang

• Fuel expenditure - Impacts on households
  WP 2006/3

• Trust Ownership and Vector
  sponsored by the Auckland Energy Consumer Trust
  WP 2006/4

• New Zealand Australian income differential
  WP 2006/5

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2005

• LNG - Everything you wanted to know but were afraid to ask...
  WP 2005/1 by Simon Hope

• Climate change - a guide to domestic and international policy
  WP 2005/2 by Simon Wear

• A quantitive description of the Chinese economy, 1960-2004
  WP 2005/3 by Alice Wang

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2004

• Monitoring New Zealand's star performers
  WP 2004/1 a report prepared with funding from the Foundation for Research, Science and Technology; by John Ballingall

• QSBO bibliography: selected research using the NZIER Quarterly Survey of Business Opinion
  WP 2004/2 by Robert Buckle and Brian Silverstone

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2002

• A look at New Zealand's comparative advantage
  WP 2002/4 updating the Porter Study's analysis of exports, by John Ballingall

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2001

• New Zealand's economic growth: Why has it been so low?
  WP 2001/2 by Phil Briggs, Phil Bishop and Emma Fan
  
• A comparison of Australia's and New Zealand's export performance using shift share analysis
  WP 2001/5 by John Ballingall and Phil Briggs
  
• Tariff rate quotas. Difficult to model or plain simple?
  WP 2001/7 Paper presented by Phil Bishop at the annual conference of the New Zealand Agriculturaland Resource Economics Society
  
• Economic development initiatives: reflections on evaluation methods.
  WP 2001/8 Paper presented by Ian Duncan to the Economic Society of Australia 30th Annual Conference of Economists, Perth
  
• From competition to cohesion: the changing focus of economic development in New Zealand.
  WP 2001/9 Paper presented by Paul Killerby and Joanna Smith to the 25th Annual Conference of the Australia New Zealand regional Science Association International, Bendigo

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2000

• Devolving Forest Ownership through Privatisation.
  WP 2000/3 Processes, issues and outcomes.
  
• Real barriers to trade in forest products
  WP 2000/4

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1999

• The economics of waste management and recycling in New Zealand
  WP 1999/5 by Peter Clough and Laurence Dolan
  
• The full social cost of road accidents
  WP 1999/6 by Jane Barnett, Peter Clough and Vhari McWha

1998

• Trend Data: New Zealand's international linkages
  WP 1998/2 by Ian Duncan and Doug Steel
  
• Parallel importing: a theoretical and empirical investigation
  WP 1998/4 by NZIER. A report to the Ministry of Commerce
  
• Foreign direct investment in New Zealand forestry
  WP 1998/5 by Mary Clarke. Paper for the New Zealand Institute of Forestry's conference on investment
  
• Immigration and economic and social participation
  WP 1998/8 by Alex Sundakov
  
• Fiscal modelling: comparison of Treasury and NZIER fiscal models
  WP 1998/9 by Diana Cook and Phil Briggs
  
• Fiscal modelling: middle ground scenarios
  WP 1998/10 by Diana Cook and Phil Briggs
  
• Fiscall modelling: a comparison of the 1992 NZIER LTFM with the current treasury LTFM
  WP 1998/11 by Diana Cook
  
• Fiscall modelling: policy change scenarios
  WP 1998/12 by Diana Cook
  
• Fiscall modelling: combination policy scenarios
  WP 1998/13 by Diana Cook
  
• Gender wage gap: scenarios of the gender wage gap
  WP 1998/14 by Diana Cook and Phil Briggs
  
• Gender wage gap: part two. An assessment of the relative impact of each industry
  WP 1998/15 by Jane Barnett
  
• New Zealand fisheries: co-management and property rights
  WP 1998/16 by Mary Clarke and Peter Clough
  
• Economic effects of a 1998 Wellington earthquake
  WP 1998/17 by Mary Clark
  
• Fiscal Modelling: scenarios
  WP 1998/19 by Diana Cook
  

1997

• NZIER/New Zealand consensus forecasts December 1996
  WP 1997/1 by Julian Peters
  
• New Zealand input/output table 1992/93 for GTAP version 4
  WP 1997/3 by Gerard Malcolm
  
• Global wood availability changes and New Zealand's forest products trade: a general equilibrium analysis
  WP 1997/6 by Gerard Malcolm
  
• The economic effects of the 1931 Hawkes Bay earthquake
  WP 1997/7 by Simon Chapple
  
• An investigation into aspects of the ECA
  WP 1997/10 by Tracy Mears and John Savage
  
• New Zealand migration: business-related flows - their role in internationalisation
  WP 1997/11 by Ian Duncan, John Yeabsley and Alan Bollard
  
• Settling policy: policy issues in migrant choice and settlement
  WP 1997/12 by John Yeabsley
  
• Economic determinants of trade, investment and migration: a transaction cost framework
  WP 1997/13 by Alan Bollard
  
• Interactions between trade and investment
  WP 1997/14 by Alan Bollard
  
• Implications of trade, investment and migration for economic internationalisation
  WP 1997/15 by Alan Bollard
  

1996

• Government involvement in health and safety: a literature review
  WP 1996/3 by Simon Chapple and Tracy Mears
  
• Phillips and the inflation-unemployment trade-off
  WP 1996-4 by Simon Chapple
  
• A preliminary report of the results of a survey on the Employment Contracts Act
  WP 1996/7 by John Savage and David Cooling
  
• A simple framework for analysing the impact of the ECA
  WP 1996/8 by John Savage
  
• What do we know about the economic impacts of the ECA?
  WP 1996/9 by John Savage
  
• Economic aspects of world trade and New Zealand's dairy industry
  WP 1996/10 by John Yeabsley
  
• Determinants of house prices in Auckland, Wellington and Christchurch: 1980-1995
  WP 1996/11 by Julian Peters and John Savage
  
• Sticky money and wages
  WP 1996/13 by Simon Chapple
  
• New Zealand real exchange rates 1984-1995
  WP 1996/14 by Gerard Malcolm
  
• Light handed regulation
  WP 1996/16 by John Yeabsley
  
• Tradeable absorption obligations for CO2 policy in New Zealand
  WP 1996/17 by S. Gale, P Read and P Clough
  
• Insolvency law: a review of economic literature
  WP 1996/18 by Tracy Mears and John Yeabsley
  
• Overseas direct investment: some international comparisons
  WP 1996/19 by Alan Bollard
  
• A review of EECA's Energetics/Wilkenfield report on minimum energy performance standards
  WP 1996/20 by NZIER, SRC International Pty Ltd and Energy Efficient Strategies with assistance from Dialogue Consultants Ltd
  
• Trade and the environment: implications for New Zealand
  WP 1996/21 by Allan Rae and Chris Nixon
  
• The effects of trade liberalisation on the New Zealand environment
  WP 1996/22 by Anton Meister
  
• Overseas direct investment: New Zealand investments in East Asia
  WP 1996/25 by Rolf Cremer
  
• Land transport pricing issues: theoretical analysis and assessment of discussion papers
  WP 1996/26 by Simon Chapple, Stephen Gale and Gerard Malcolm
  
• Demand elasticities in GTAP: a comparison with New Zealand empirical studies
  WP 1996/27 by Gerard Malcolm
  
• The exchange rate and macroeconomic management in New Zealand
  WP 1996/28 by John Savage
  
• Disinflation and equilibrium participation rates across the OECD
  WP 1996/29 by Simon Chapple
  
• Overseas direct investment: New Zealand investments in Chile (and Canada)
  WP 1996/30 by John Yeabsley
  
• Overseas direct investment: New Zealand company experiences
  WP 1996/31 by David Cooling
  

1995

• Capital flows in New Zealand: 1980 - 1993
  WP 1995/2 by Pat Colgate
  
• Before and after the fall: New Zealand economists on the post-war unemployment experience
  WP 1995/3 by Simon Chapple
  
• Literature review on the economic impact of immigration
  WP 1995/5 by Simon Chapple, Susi Gorbey, John Yeabsley and in collaboration with Jacques Poot
  
• Scepticism on NAIRU-based explanations of New Zealand's unemployment
  WP 1995/8 by Simon Chapple
  
• Open economy wage-led expansion
  WP 1995/9 by Simon Chapple
  
• Effective demand in Kalecki's early macroeconomics
  WP 1995/10 by Simon Chapple
  
• Trade in manufactured goods
  WP 1995/12 by Pat Colgate
  
• Estimation of market and non-market totals for gross fixed capital formation
  WP 1995/13 by Phil Briggs
  
• Tourism development: the role of local government
  WP 1995/16 by Ian Duncan
  
• Macrostability & expectational errors
  WP 1995/17 by Simon Chapple
  
• Reflecting on the Weddel case: some economic aspects
  WP 1995/19 By John Yeabsley
  
• Employment, job-loss and unemployment under rapid structural adjustment: a dynamic analysis of the New Zealand labour market
  WP 1995/20 by Henry W Herzog Jr
  
• Dynamic general equilibrium modelling of world agricultural trade imacts on New Zealand: an appraisal of a prototype model
  WP 1995/21 by Brian Philpott & Ganesh Nana
  
• Reviewing models of international trade
  WP 1995/22 by Chris Nixon
  
• Money wage stickiness: a preliminary investigation
  WP 1995/23 by Simon Chapple
  
• Outward direct investment: definitions and datasources
  WP 1995/26 by Doug James
  
• Outward direct investment: balance of payments statistics
  WP 1995/27 by Pat Colgate
  
  
• Outward direct investment: a framework for analysis
  WP 1995/28 by Alan Bollard and Rolf Cremer
  
• NZIER/New Zealand consensus forecasts: September 1995
  WP 1995/29 by Julian Peters
  
• Adding value to New Zealand's agriculture products: overseas comparisons
  WP 1995/30 by Chris Nixon
  
• Value added in New Zealand agriculture: a survey
  WP 1995/31 by Chris Nixon
  
• Outward direct investment: analysis of patterns from company data
  WP 1995/32 by David Cooling
  
• Uncharted seas? The economics of New Zealand maritime security
  WP 1995/35 by John Yeabsley
  

1994

• A theoretical framework for analysing the distributional effects of corporatisation and privatisation
  WP 1994/3 by Alan Bollard
  

• NZIER/New Zealand consensus forecasts: March 1994
  WP 1994/4 by Kathryn Featherstone
  

• Inflation targeting & the impact on the tradeable sector
  WP 1994/7 by Simon Chapple
  

• How great was the depression in New Zealand? A neglected estimate of inter-war GNP
  WP 1994/8 by Simon Chapple
  

• Assessment of NZIER forecast accuracy
  WP 1994/9 by Kathryn Featherstone and Doug James
  

• Searching for the heffalump? An exploration into sectoral productivity & growth in New Zealand
  WP 1994/10 by Simon Chapple
  

• NZIER/New Zealand consensus forecasts: June 1994
  WP 1994/11 by Kathryn Featherstone
  

• Demand for new motor vehicles
  WP 1994/12 by Kathryn Featherstone
  

• The GATT settlement: analysis of its impact on New Zealand agriculture
  WP 1994/13 by Allan Rae and Chris Nixon
  

• Michal Kalecki: a bibliographical essay
  WP 1994/14 by Simon Chapple
  

• HLFS - consistent labour market data
  WP 1994/16 by Simon Chapple
  

• Agriculture trade reform: the GATT outcome
  WP 1994/17 by Allan Rae and Chris Nixon
  

• Foreign direct investment in New Zealand: definitions, data and determinants
  WP 1994/18 by Ian Duncan
  

• Corporatisation and privatisation - welfare effects
  WP 1994/19 by Ian Duncan
  

• Population forecasting
  WP 1994/20 by Doug James
  

• Sources of shocks to the New Zealand economy
  WP 1994/21 by Kathryn Featherstone
  

• The world food economy and its impact on New Zealand
  WP 1994/22 by Brian Easton
  

• The long run : New Zealand as a high performing system
  WP 1994/23 by John Yeabsley
  

• NZIER/New Zealand consensus forecasts: September 1994
  WP 1994/24 by Kathryn Featherstone
  

• Full employment: whence it came and where it went
  WP 1994/26 by Simon Chapple
  

• NZIER Survey of participants at Auckland briefing
  WP 1994/27 by Phil Briggs
  

• The Layard and Nickell model of unemployment and some issues adapting it to New Zealand
  WP 1994/28 by Simon Chapple and Brian Silverstone
  

• The GATT agreement: a general equilibrium analysis of its impact on the New Zealand economy by the end of the century
  WP 1994/29 by Brian Philpott and Ganesh Nana
  

• Inflationary influences from manufacturing profit margins
  WP 1994/30 by Simon Chapple
  

• NZIER/New Zealand consensus forecasts: December 1994
  WP 1994/31 by Kathryn Featherstone
  

• New Zealand's economic environment
  WP 1994/32 by Chris Nixon
  

• The evolution of New Zealand's electricity supply structure
  WP 1994/33 by John Culy
  

1993

• Political economy of liberalisation in New Zealand
  WP 1993/2 by Alan Bollard.
  Paper presented to Conference of Institute of International Economics
  
• Notes on quantification of public benefit in the context of the Commerce Act
  WP 1993/4 by Alan Bollard
  
• Business dynamics in New Zealand 1987-1991
  WP 1993/6 by Gerard Malcolm
  
• The impact of Clinton's economic policies on New Zealand
  WP 1993/7 by Alan Bollard
  
• Investment and growth: current New Zealand issues
  WP 1993/8 by C J (Stan) Vandersyp
  
• Availability/utilisation links in general medical practise in New Zealand
  WP 1993/10 by Gerard Malcolm
  
• A note on AFTA and its implications for NZ
  WP 1993/12 by Alan Bollard
  
• NZIER/New Zealand consensus forecasts March 1993
  WP 1993/13 by Kathryn Featherstone
  
• Japanese direct investment in New Zealand
  WP 1993/15 by Masahiko Ebashi
  
• The real wage debate: a critical survey
  WP 1993/17 by Simon Chapple
  
• The impact of government fiscal and monetary policy on the household sector
  WP 1993/18 by Kathryn Featherstone, Phil Brigges, Brendan O'Donovan and Stan Vandersyp
  
• SWOPSIM modelling framework
  WP 1993/20 by Chris Nixon and Allan Rae
  
• The implication of a global trade reform on the New Zealand economy
  WP 1993/21 by B Philpott and G Nana
  
• Agricultural trade reform: analysis of current proposals
  WP 1993/22 by Allan Rae and Chris Nixon
  
• The impact of deregulation on the retail petrol industry
  WP 1993/24 by M Kidd
  
• The deregulation of the wheat and flour milling industries
  WP 1993/25 by I Ali
  
• Fast-growing firms: theoretical foundations and international evidence
  WP 1993/26 by David Harper and Alan Bollard
  
• Fast-growing firms: methodology and results
  WP 1993/27 by Gerard Malcolm
  
• Fast-growing firms: policy implications and economic effects
  WP 1993/28 by Alan Bollard
  
• Price-cost margins
  WP 1993/29 by Simon Chapple
  
• A cost-benefit analysis framework for the Resource Management Act.
  WP 1993/30 by Peter Clough and Doug Hicks
  
• Economic instruments and visitor services on the public estate
  WP 1993/32 by Peter Clough
  
• The impact of government fiscal and monetary policy on the household sector: model stimulation results
  WP 1993/33 by Kathryn Featherstone, with assistance from Phil Briggs and Brendan O'Donovan
  
• NZIER/New Zealand consensus forecasts: September 1993
  WP 1993/34 by Kathryn Featherstone
  
• Backdating the Household Labour Force Survey
  WP 1993/35 by Susi Gorbey, Phil Briggs and Simon Chapple
  
• Foreign direct investment in New Zealand
  WP 1993/37 by Masahiko Ebashi with Doug James
  
• NZIER/New Zealand consensus forecasts: December 1993
  WP 1993/40 by Kathryn Featherstone
  

1992

• New Zealand's experience with consumption tax
  WP 1992/1 by Alan Bollard
  
• Entrepreneurship in New Zealand: foundations for a public policy framework
  WP 1992/2 by David Harper
  
• New Zealand links with Asia
  WP 1992/3 by Masahiko Ebashi
  
• NZIER/New Zealand consensus forecasts
  WP 1992/4 prepared by C J (Stan) Vandersyp
  
• Changing patterns of foreign direct investment in the Pacific region: New Zealand country paper
  WP 1992/5 by Pat Colgate and Kathryn Featherstone
  
• Asset price volatility
  WP 1992/6 by Paul McNelix and Brendan O'Donovan
  
• Long run determinants of New Zealand manufactured exports
  WP 1992/7 by Pat Colgate and Kathryn Featherstone
  
• The impact of economic change on the construction sector
  WP 1992/8 by Alan Bollard
  
• Natural resource accounting for New Zealand's indigenous forests
  WP 1992/9 by Peter Clough
  
• Modelling of superannuation
  WP 1992/10 By Phil Briggs, Gerard Malcolm, Brendan O'Donovan and C J (Stan) Vandersyp
  
• How economically stressed firms adjust
  WP 1992/11 by Alan Bollard and L Fraser Jackson
  
• Economic stress in the NZ business sector
  WP 1992/12 by Alan Bollard and L Fraser Jackson
  
• The impact of the economy for business management
  WP 1992/13 by Alan Bollard
  
• Some practical aspects of the NZIER measure of capacity utilisation
  WP 1992/14 by Brian Silverstone
  
• Commercial office space demand: a note
  WP 1992/15 by C J (Stan) Vandersyp
  
• Development of more advanced embryo technologies for livestock. Embryology project no. 5
  WP 1992/17 by Chris Nixon
  
• The effects of more advanced embryo technologies on the livestock industry and the processing and marketing of livestock. Embryology projext no. 6
  WP 1992/18 by Chris Nixon
  
• Embryology technology: strategic marketing options study. Embryology project no. 7
  WP 1992/19 by Dr T D Cullwick and W R Jackson
  
• Islands of excellence? A study into private sector management in New Zealand
  WP 1992/20 by David Harper and Colin Campbell-Hunt with Bob Hamilton
  
• Recent developments in embryology for livestock
  WP 1992/21 by Dr R Welch
  
• An analysis of change at the level of the firm: a prelude to a definition of stress
  WP 1992/23 by L F Jackson and A E Bollard
  

1991

• The effects of embryology technology on the livestock industry
  WP 1991/2 by Chris Nixon
  
• Estimation and forecasting of forestry stocks data
  WP 1991/3 by John Savage
  
• Economic reform and internationalisation: an overview
  WP 1991/4 by Alan Bollard
  
• Economic liberalisation in New Zealand: it was the best of times, it was the worst of times
  WP 1991/5 by Alan Bollard
  
• A note on Chinese-New Zealand economic relations in the Year of the Sheep
  WP 1991/6 by Alan Bollard
  
• European integration and the competitiveness of New Zealand
  WP 1991/7 by David G Mayes
  
• The effect of electricity tariff reforms on cogeneration
  WP 1991/8 by Stephen Gale and Ian Douglas
  
• Electricity tariffs and the gas industry
  WP 1991/9 by Stephen Gale
  
• Public enterprise reform in New Zealand since 1984
  WP 1991/10 by Ian Duncan
  
• Fishing export statistics
  WP 1991/11 by Chris Nixon
  
• 1991 survey of structural change
  WP 1991/12 by David Harper and Gerard Malcolm
  
• Fishing industry employment statistics
  WP 1991/13 by Brendan O'Donovan
  
• From financial indulgence to fiscal repentance: Chile, Ireland and New Zealand
  WP 1991/14 by Paul McNelis and Alan Bollard
  
• Government sector reform in New Zealand 1984-1991
  WP 1991/15 by C J (Stan) Vendersyp
  
• Corporatisation and privatisation in New Zealand
  WP 1991/16 by Alan Bollard and David Mayes
  
• An economic evaluation of embryology for the dairy industry
  WP 1991/17 by Alan Bollard
  
• Evaluation of embryo techniques for New Zealand
  WP 1991/18 by Alan Bollard and Chris Nixon
  
• The effects of embryology technology on the processing and marketing of livestock
  WP 1991/19 by Alan Bollard and Chris Nixon
  
• New Zealand evidence on the relationship between inflation uncertainty and output
  WP 1991/20 by David Grimmond
  
• Research priorities and a public policy framework for small businesses in New Zealand
  WP 1991/21 by David Harper and Alan Bollard
  

1990

• Note on Asean regional trade and investment agreements
  WP 1990/1 by Alan Bollard
  
• Pricing of recreational facilities on publicly administered land
  WP 1990/2 by Peter Clough
  
• Unemployment in New Zealand: suggestions for research
  WP 1990/3 by John Savage
  
• Currency substitution: an assessment
  WP 1990/4 by C.J. (Stan) Vandersyp
  
• The market process, entrepreneurship and the growth of knowledge
  WP 1990/5 by David A Harper
  
• New Zealand/Peruvian economic relations
  WP 1990/6 by Alan Bollard
  
• The Chilean economy and implications for New Zealand
  WP 1990/7 by Alan Bollard
  
• A note on bargaining structures and their outcomes
  WP 1990/10 by John Savage
  
• Inflation inertia & optimal disinflation
  WP 1990/11 by Carl Walsh
  
• Oil and the international economy
  WP 1990/12 by Ian Duncan
  
• The New Zealand experience of liberalisation and deregulation
  WP 1990/13 by Stephen Gale
  
• Publication rates at NZIER 1986-1990 and comparison with Australasian University economic departments' output rates
  WP 1990/14 by Margaret Malan
  
• Embryology project no.1: commercialisation of developments in embryology technology for livestock
  WP 1990/15 by Alan Bollard
  
• The stevedoring industry and waterfront reform
  WP 1990/16 by Alan Bollard
  

1989

• The outlook for the New Zealand economy 1989-91
  WP 1989/1 by C J (Stan) Vandersyp

• Korea-New Zealand economic relations
  WP 1989/2 by Alan Bollard

• Taiwan-New Zealand economic relations
  WP 1989/3 by Alan Bollard

• VAR model forecasts for Quarterly Predictions March 1989
  WP 1989/4 by Phil Briggs

• Unemployment: March 1989
  WP 1989/5 by A Orr

• Pacific economic outlook: summary and implications
  WP 1989/6 by C J (Stan) Vandersyp

• International commodity agreements: an overview
  WP 1989/7 by M A Thompson

• Mergers and the Commerce Act: the case of flour milling in New Zealand
  WP 1989/8 by R A Miller

• Natural monopolies and the Commerce Act
  WP 1989/10 by A Duncan

• VAR model run for June 1989 Quarterly Predictions
  WP 1989/11 by Phil Briggs

• Government intervention in East Asia agriculture
  WP 1989/12 by M A Thompson

• An economic comment on the Commerce Act Review
  WP 1989/15 by Alan Bollard

• VAR model forecasts used in the forecasting process for the September 1989 issue of Quarterly Predictions
  WP 1989/16 by Phil Briggs

• A listing of NZ/East Asian corporate investments
  WP 1989/17 by Alan Bollard

• Notes on modifications to the NZIER VAR model
  WP 1989/18 by Phil Briggs

• Non tariff barriers in East Asia: a survey
  WP 1989/19 by M Z Thompson

• An analysis of the sectoral effects of disinflation on output, employment and investment
  WP 1989/20 by David Grimmond

• The setting of interest rates by banks: a brief survey of industrial organisation approaches
  WP 1989/21 by David Harper

• Forecasting: issues and the New Zealand experience
  WP 1989/22 by C J (Stan) Vandersyp

• Australia-NewZealand economic relations
  WP 1989/23 by M A Thompson

1988

• The politics of economic decision making in the United States and Japan
  WP 1988/1 by M A Thompson
  
• Measurements of cost escalation for the building industry
  WP 1988/2 by Stephen Toplis
  
• Global adjustment and the future of the Asian-Pacific economy: a report on a conference
  WP 1988/3 by Alan Bollard
  
• VAR model forecasts to March 1990
  WP 1988/4 by Phil Briggs
  
• Links between education and the labour market
  WP 1988/5 by John Savage
  
• Technology development in smaller advanced industrial countries: the case of New Zealand
  WP 1988/6 by Alan Bollard
  
• Labour markets and adjustment - a microeconomic perspective : chapters 123456appendix
  WP 1988/7 by John Savage and M A Thompson
  
• Competitive effects of the proposed merger between NZCDC and ACMP
  WP 1988/9 by Alan Bollard
  
• A transaction cost approach to energy contracts and conservation
  WP 1988/10 by Stephen Gale
  
• Commercial building cost forecasting to March 1990
  WP 1988/11 by Stephen Toplis
  
• Some sectoral aspects of disinflation in New Zealand with particular emphasis on manufacturing
  WP 1988/12 by Neil Williams
  
• A note on peripheral workers and the secondary labour market
  WP 1988/13 by John Savage
  
• Taxation, savings and investment
  WP 1988/15 by Adian Orr and Stephen Toplis
  
• Structural adjustment in declining industries: the care of New Zealand
  WP 1988/16 by Alan Bollard
  
• Budget 1989: a summary and comment
  WP 1988/17 by C J (Stan) Vandersyp
  
• The challenge of technological change to Pacific trade and development
  WP 1988/18 by Alan Bollard
  
• Patterns in accuracy and bias of business expectations for several variables: New Zealand experience 1964-1987
  WP 1988/19 by R A Buckle, E Assendleft and L F Jackson
  
• Declining industries, structural adjustment, and trade policy implications in the Pacific basin economies
  WP 1988/20 by Alan Bollard
  
• Trade in services CER and GATT, report on a conference
  WP 1988/21 by M A Thompson
  
• Modelling runs for medium term outlook
  WP 1988/22 by Phil Briggs
  
• The extent, growth and determinants of intra-industry trade (IIY) between New Zealand and Australia
  WP 1988/23 by Sayeeda Bano and Peter Lane
  
• VAR model forecasts
  WP 1988/24 by Phil Briggs
  
• The funding of higher education: an assessment of the proposed tax debit scheme in the Wran report
  WP 1988/25 by M A Thompson
  
• The economic effects of proposed tax changes for non-profit organisations
  WP 1988/26 by Peter Clough
  
• A study of New Zealand's experience with the goods and services tax
  WP 1988/27 by Peter Clough
  
• The value of business expectations
  WP 1988/28 by R A Buckle, E Assendelft and L Fraser Jackson
  
• Job creation and energy management programmes
  WP 1988/29 by M A Thompson
  
• Factors affecting the ease of disinvestment by firms
  WP 1988/30 by Tim Hazledine and John Savage
  
• Commerce Act review
  WP 1988/31 by R A Miller
  
• Resale price maintenance and the Commerce Act
  WP 1988/32 by Alan Bollard and Robert D Bowie
  

1987

• Energy management in New Zealand: what is the optimal in dimension?
  WP 1987/1 by J Gallacher
  
• A note on labour market and business sector forecasting methods
  WP 1987/2 by John Savage
  
• More market: the deregulation of industry
  WP 1987/3 by Alan Bollard
  
• The applicability of contestability theory to New Zealand competition law and policy
  WP 1987/4 by Alan Bollard
  
• Allocation of costs for uneconomic extensions to the electricity distribution system
  WP 1987/5 by John Culy, Nichola Hunn and Philip Pryke
  
• Long term electricity supply after deregulation
  WP 1987/6 by John Culy
  
• Economic liberalisation in the energy sector
  WP 1987/7 by John Culy and Stephen Gale
  
• New Zealand-Australia intra-industry trade: the extent, growth and significance
  WP 1987/8 by Sayeeda Bano and Peter Lane
  
• Perspective on the New Zealand economy
  WP 1987/9 by C J (Stan) Vandersyp
  
• Defining research and development investment
  WP 1987/10 by Margriet Theron
  
• The funding and conduct of research and development in New Zealand by sector
  WP 1987/11 by V Jardine, M Theron, A Wylde and P MacDonald
  
• Economic aspects of the growth of television advertising in New Zealand
  WP 1987/12 by Robert D Bowie
  
• Sharemarkets and the economy: an assessment
  WP 1987/13 by C J (Stan) Vandersup and Neil Williams
  
• Public policy for research and development: a summary
  WP 1987/14 by Ron Sandrey
  
• Non-market valuation
  WP 1987/15 by E Assendelft
  
• Labour adjustment within firms: some evidence
  WP 1987/16 by John Savage
  
• Tax burden on New Zealand exports relative to trading partners
  WP 1987/18 M A Thompson and P Tomkinson
  
• Some comments on structural change and social policy
  Wp 1987/19 by John Savage
  
• The macroeconomic effects of financial deregulation
  WP 1987/20 by David G Mayes and Nichola Hunn
  
• Characteristics of Maori employment and unemployment
  WP 1987/21 by John Savage and M A Thompson
  
• Reducing the US trade deficit: an assessment of policy options and their affects on US trading partners
  WP 1987/22 by M A Thompson
  
• New Zealand-Australia and the New Zealand-Canada salary comparisons
  WP 1987/23 by Robert D Bowie
  
• Introduction to the New Zealand economy: an overview and outlook
  WP 1987/24 by Robert D Bowie
  
• Comment on: Government economic statement: December 1987
  WP 1987/25 by C J (Stan) Vandersyp
  

1986

• How companies achieve sharp and sustained improvements in performance
  WP 1986/1 by David G Mayes
  
• Britain's position in the world
  WP 1986/2 by David G Mayes
  
• The preparation of quarterly economic forecasts
  WP 1986/3 by J D Mushin
  
• The role of exchange rate and other pricing policies in the adjustment process: a comment
  WP 1986/4 by David G Mayes
  
• The NZIER VAR model
  WP 1986/5 by Phil Briggs
  
• Evidence to the post facto review on the Maui gas contract
  WP 1986/6 by Brian Easton
  
• Recent developments in industrial economics in the United States
  WP 1986/7 by Alan Bollard
  
• Trans-Tasman migration: some evidence from two labour markets
  WP 1986/8 by John Savage and David G Mayes
  
• A memorandum on the Green Paper on Industrial Relations
  WP 1986/9 by John Savage David G Mayes
  
• The application of the Urban Transport Act to Auckland: submissions to the Local Government Commission, March 1985
  WP 1986/10 by Brian Easton
  
• The taxation of forestry: comments on the consultative document
  WP 1986/11 by Brian Easton
  
• Evidence to the Royal Commission on broadcasting and related communications
  WP 1986/12 by Brian Easton
  
• Floating the Dollar
  WP 1986/13 by David G Mayes
  
• Forestry as a growth sector
  WP 1986/14 by Brian Easton
  
• Commentary on two papers on liberalizing the labour market
  WP 1986/15 by Brian Easton
  
• The fourth labour government's economic strategy
  WP 1986/16 by Brian Easton
  
• Response to Dr Scott's paper on liberalisation and fiscal policy
  WP 1986/17 by Brian Easton
  
• Primary health care and the market
  WP 1986/18 by Brian Easton
  
• N.Z. Institute of Economic Research - strategic plan 1986-1991: III & III IV VVI VII VIII
  WP 1986/19 by David G Mayes
  
• Determinants on New Zealand manufactured exports
  WP 1986/20 by Sayeeda Bano
  
• Financial services deregulation: an industrial economics framework
  WP 1986/21 by David Harper
  
• Contestability, workability and reasonability: economies in U.S. competition policy
  WP 1986/23 by R A Miller
  
• Causes of change in manufactured exports
  WP 1986/24 by David G Mayes
  
• European industrial policy
  WP 1986/25 by David G Mayes
  
• Monetary targets and monetary management: the New Zealand experience
  WP 1986/26 by Peter Keenan and David G Mayes
  
• The economics of exclusion and collusion: an economic interpretation of the 1986 Commerce Act
  WP 1986/27 by Alan Bollard
  
• Some comments on the 1886-87 wage round
  WP 1986/28 by John Savage
  
• Competition and the real estate agency
  WP 1986/29 by Robert Bowie
  
• The 1986 recession and the Quarterly Survey of Business Opinion
  WP 1986/30 by Robert D Bowie and Brian Easton
  
• The probability of price change
  WP 1986/31 by L F Jackson
  
• Transaction costs/property rights and market failure in relation to science and technology policy
  WP 1986/32 by Clem Tisdell
  
• Economic liberalisation and the outlook for manufacturing
  WP 1986/33 by John Savage
  
• The economy
  WP 1986/34 by David G Mayes
  

1985

• The maternity benefit
  WP 1985/1 by L B Kay
  
• Urban transport
  WP 1985/2 by Brian Easton
  
• Subsidizing the Auckland public passenger urban transport system
  WP 1985/3 by Brian Easton
  
• The death of supply-side economics, or, Zanetti et. al. vs Treasury, Reserve Bank: an American View
  WP 1985/4 by G A Spiva
  
• Market structure and prices
  WP 1985/5 by Brian Easton
  
• Regulatory changes and prices in the New Zealand industry freight haulage industry
  WP 1985/6 by Alan Bollard
  
• Delicensing in the meat industry
  WP 1985/7 by D Grimmond
  
• Strong beer and light cans
  WP 1985/8 by D J O'Dea
  
• Price controls and the bread market
  WP 1985/9 by Brian Easton and Nichola Hunn
  
• Liberalization of the foreign exchange market
  WP 1985/10 by P J Keenan
  
• The intermediary role of the foreign exchange market
  WP 1985/11 by P J Keenan
  
• The pricing of financial transaction services: consequences of resource allocation and technological innovation
  WP 1985/12 by P J Keenan
  
• Submission to the Commerce Commission inquiry into price control methods and pricing practises in the cement industry
  WP 1985/13 by Brian Easton
  
• Economic research in New Zealand
  WP 1985/14 by Brian Easton
  
• Economics and other social sciences: a labour market case study
  WP 1985/15 by Brian Easton
  
• A note: an attempt to calculate retained profits of the business sector
  WP 1985/16 by L B Kay
  
• Is Victoria a computable equilibrium model?
  WP 1985/17 by Brian Easton
  
• The Kopits (or fiscal cost of capital) index for New Zealand
  WP 1985/18 by Cathryn Ashley-Jones
  
• The New Zealand economy 1985-2000: structure and directions
  WP 1985/19 by J Gallacher
  
• Prelude to a medium term critique
  WP 1985/20 by Brian Easton
  
• Interest in the medium term
  WP 1985/21 by Brian Easton
  
• The future of pricing electricity
  WP 1985/22 by Brian Easton and Philip Pryke
  
• Development bonds for developing countries
  WP 1985/23 by J Gallacher
  
• Is management overworked and under recognised?
  WP 1985/24 by Brian Easton
  
• Forecasting the oil price in New Zealand dollars
  WP 1985/25 by Brian Easton and M Benseman
  
• Contestability and the cement industry
  WP 1985/26 by Brian Easton
  
• Inventory investment in New Zealand, part 1
  WP 1985/27 by John Savage
  
• A comparison of labour market estimates
  WP 1985/28 by John Savage
  
• Monetarism
  WP 1985/29by P Keenan
  
• Notes on primary liquidity influences
  WP 1985/30 by P Keenan
  
• A critique of the new Victoria school
  WP 1985/31 by Brian Easton
  
• There is an alternative
  WP 1985-32 by Brian Easton
  
• Employment dynamics project; the generation of jobs and businesses in New Zealand manufacturing 1980-1984
  WP 1985/33 by Alan Bollard and David Harper
  
• Report on trip to Europe, May/June 1985
  WP 1985/34 by Brian Easton
  
• Translog cost functions for estimation of manufacturing sector energy demand elasticities - a critique
  WP 1985/35 by J Ayto
  
• A review of fiscal options for the regulation of alcohol consumption
  WP 1985/36 by Brian Easton, Nichola Hunn and P J Pryke
  
• The economists of child care
  WP 1985/37 by T A Keenan
  
• Response to comments on the subsidization of urban transport report
  WP 1985/38 by Brian Easton
  
• Trading between New Zealand and ASEAN (and Australia)
  WP 1985/39 by Brian Easton
  
• The budget and its aftermath
  WP 1985/40 by Brian Easton
  
• Unbridled economic power
  WP 1985/41 by Brian Easton
  
• The extent and determinants of intra-industry international trade: Canada-New Zealand case
  WP 1985/43 by S Bano
  
• Modelling electricity demand in New Zealand: a review
  WP 1985/44 by S Bano
  
• An assessment of New Zealand electricity conservation policies
  WP 1985/45 by Cathryn Ashley-Jones
  
• Professional economists and the economic summit
  WP 1985/46 by David Harper
  
• The New Zealand motor vehicle industry after the plan
  WP 1985/47 by Brian Easton
  
• U.S. protection begs world retaliation
  WP 1985/48 by D A Witt
  
• An economist's view
  WP 1985/49 by D A Witt
  
• Employment generation and establishment size in New Zealand manufacturing
  WP 1985/50 by Brian Easton
  
• Who pays for early childhood services and who benefits? Some aspects of early childhood services
  WP 1985/51 by Alan Bollard and David Harper
  
• The development of the Institute: 1985-1987
  WP 1985/52 by T A Keenan
  
• Manufacturing, growth and employment in OECD countries
  WP 1985/53 prepared by NZIER staff
  
• A public policy framework for research and development in New Zealand
  WP 1985/54 by David Harper and Mark Benseman
  

1984

• Education for economic development
  WP 1984/1 by Brian Easton
  
• Is the labour force homogenous?
  WP 1984/3 by Robert D Bowie
  
• Forecasting accuracy: how accurate were the Quarterly Predictions forecasts in their first decade?
  WP 1984/4 by D J O'Dea
  
• Non-wage labour costs
  WP 1984/6 by R P Braae
  
• The current economic situation, 1985 and after
  WP 1984/7 by Brian Easton
  
• Patterns of response to the Quarterly Survey of Business Opinion
  WP 1984/8 by N J Hunn
  
• The development of the Institute: 1984-1987
  WP 1984/9 by Brian Easton
  
• An investigation of the database of New Zealand's terms of trade
  WP 1984/10 by N J Hunn
  
• The roles of firms in economic developments
  WP 1984/11 by Brian Easton
  
• Ex-post simulation of aggregate and disaggregate import demand models
  WP 1984/12 by R P Braae and P M Marks
  
• Forecasting the Producers Price Index
  WP 1984/13 by D Grimmond
  
• Notes of visit of labour studies centres in Sydney, Canberra, and Melbourne, May 1984
  WP 1984/14 by J Gallacher
  
• The housing component of the CPI
  WP 1984/15 by P M Marks
  
• Estimated rates of protection (ERPs): their variation over the business cycle
  WP 1984/16 by D J O'Dea
  
• What is our underlying rate of growth?
  WP 1984/17 by Brian Easton
  
• The NZIER's Quarterly Survey of Business Opinion
  WP 1984/18 by Brian Easton
  
• The economics of education and training in New Zealand: a research agenda
  WP 1984/19 by D J O'Dea
  
• A comparison of plant sizes in Australian and New Zealand manufacturing
  WP 1984/20 by Alan Bollard and A Daley
  
• A bibliography of New Zealand industrial economic research
  WP 1984/21 by N J Wilson and Alan Bollard
  
• Economic factors determining fixed long-term property rentals
  WP 1984/22 by D J O'Dea
  
• Is pastoral farming the smokestack industry of New Zealand?
  WP 1984/23 by Brian Easton
  
• The research project on the labour market
  WP 1984/24 by Brian Easton
  
• Judgmental forecasting: the Quarterly Predictions example
  WP 1984/25 by Brian Easton
  
• A formal model of the Quarterly Predictions forecasting process
  WP 1984/26 by P M Marks
  
• Sawmilling : a review of the New Zealand sawmilling industry
  WP 1984/27 by Cathryn Ashley-Jones and D J O'Dea
  
• Constrasting export and non-export manufacturers: response in the Quarterly Survey of Business Opinion, June 1984
  WP 1984/28 by S Bano
  
• The politics of the Samaritan in the health system
  WP 1984/29 by Brian Easton
  
• The changing labour market: a challenge for research and policy
  WP 1984/31 by J Gallacher
  
• Cost-benefit analysis of mining projects from the national economic viewpoint
  WP 1984/32 by D J O'Dea
  
• Report on a trip to Australian centres of industrial economics
  WP 1984/33 by Alan Bollard
  
• Pricing strategy of firms
  WP 1984/34 by D Grimmond
  
• Forecasting changes in the Consumer Price Index
  WP 1984/35 by Nichola Hunn
  
• Replacing export incentives by a real devaluation: some empirical estimates
  WP 1984/36 by D J O'Dea
  
• Investment incentives: some issues
  WP 1984/37 by D J O'Dea
  
• Ideology and economic policy in New Zealand
  WP 1984/38 by Brian Easton
  
• A model of the New Zealand economy to 1987-1988 study indexation
  WP 1984/39 by Brian Easton and Nichola Hunn
  
• Notes to delegation of Malaysian business leaders to the ASEAN/New Zealand Business Counsil
  WP 1984/40 by Brian Easton
  
• Employment opportunites generated by technology and productivity improvements: conceptions and misconceptions
  WP 1984/41 by Alan Bollard
  
• Labour force survey of the Wellington region
  WP 1984/42 by Robert D Bowie
  
• The economic outlook for the United States and some implications and uncertainties for the New Zealand outlook
  WP 1984/43 by J Gallacher
  
  
• The economic effects of CER: provisional list of publications
  WP 1984/44 by Mark Benseman and Alan Bollard
  
  
• Balance, growth and justice: policy issues for the new government
  WP 1984/45 by Brian Easton
  
  
• Long term energy research project, Phase A - diagnosis; world economic futures: an applied economist's perspective
  WP 1984/46 by J Gallacher
  
  
• Long term energy research project, Phase A - diagnosis; New Zealand economic futures
  WP 1984/47 by J Gallacher
  

1983

• A medium term version of the RBNZ core model
  WP 1983/1 by Brian Easton
  
  
• Labour productivity in the seventies
  WP 1983/2 by P A Marks
  
  
• The competitiveness of New Zealand's manufactured exports
  WP 1983/3 by L B Kay
  
  
• Future directions for social policy towards the New Zealand elderly
  WP 1983/4 by Brian Easton
  
  
• Medium term outlook for the New Zealand economy
  WP 1983/5 by J Gallacher
  
  
• Are wages too high?
  WP 1983/6 by Brian Easton
  
  
• Regional development: where do the Trustee banks belong?
  WP 1983/7 by Brian Easton
  
  
• Exchange rate definitions
  WP 1983/8 by J Gallacher
  
  
• The Quarterly Survey of Business Opinino and manufacturers' capacity utilisation
  WP 1983/9 by Graeme Wells
  
  
• National development strategy: where do the regions fit in?
  WP 1983/10 by Brian Easton
  
  
• Economic policy for the New Zealand elderly
  WP 1983/11 by Brian Easton
  
  
• Comments on Haywood and Moore: an examination of the Reserve Bank real wage-employment relationship
  WP 1983/13 by Graeme Wells
  
  
• Forestry in the economy
  WP 1983/14 by Brian Easton
  
  
• Stagflation
  WP 1983/16 by J L Whitwell
  
  
• Econometric modelling at the New Zealand Institute of Economic Research
  WP 1983/17 by Brian Easton
  
  
• Labour supply in New Zealand, 1976-1981: new and familiar problems for descriptive and empirical analysis
  WP 1983/19 by R P Braae and J Gallacher
  
  
• National economics relating to forestry joint ventures (significance of ownership categories)
  WP 1983/20 by D J O'Dea
  
  
• Planning and the market
  WP 1983/21 by Brian Easton
  
  
• The role of management in economic development
  WP 1983/22 by Brian Easton
  
  
• Rail or road: the wider economic issues
  WP 1983/23 by Brian Easton
  
  
• A preliminary forecasting equation of the Producers Price Index
  WP 1983/24 by D Grimmond
  
  
• How accurate are estimates of effective rates of protection?
  WP 1983/25 by D J O'Dea
  
  
• The slowdown of labour productivity in New Zealand in the 1970s
  WP 1983/26 by P A Marks
  
  
• Economies of scale and transport costs in New Zealand forest processing industries: the trade-off and its implications for mill location, with particular reference to sawmills
  WP 1983/27 by P A Marks
  
  
• Economy-wide models of New Zealand
  WP 1983/28 by Brian Easton and Graeme
  
  
• Investigation of relative transport costs within and between Australia and New Zealand: a progress report
  WP 1983/29 by G V Butcher
  
  
• Estimates of the household account, 1971-1982
  WP 1983/30 by P A Marks
  
  
• Capacity utilization: comparing Quarterly Survey of Business Opinion and other measures
  WP 1983/31 by L B Kay
  
  
• Structural change and the New Zealand economy
  WP 1983/32 by Brian Easton
  
  
• Report on "The emerging Pacific community: a conference of the Pacific Basin project
  WP 1983/33 by Brian Easton
  
  
• Property investment in the context of the national economy
  WP 1983/34 by J Gallacher
  
  
• Valuing human life in New Zealand: a new methodology and a review of previously used techniques
  WP 1983/35 by C Propper
  
  
• The forecasting of non-farm operating surplus
  WP 1983/36 by D Grimmond
  

1982

• Taxation and the exchange rate
  WP 1982/1 by Brian Easton
  
  
• Research notes on the state of the labour market
  WP 1982/2 by Richard Braae and Brian Easton
  
  
• The causes of unemployment and some policy implications
  WP 1982/3 by Brian Easton
  
  
• New Zealand's economic strategies: the Australian role
  WP 1982/4 by Brian Easton
  
  
• Impact of taxation on alcohol consumption: the problems of statistical analysis
  WP 1982/5 by Brian Eastin and Linda Kay
  
  
• The peripheral labour force
  WP 1982/6 by Robert D Bowie
  
  
• The dual labour market
  WP 1982/7 by Robert D Bowie
  
  
• Replies to the questionnaire about services offered to NZIER member companies
  WP 1982/8 by Cathryn Ashley-Jones
  
  
• "The rich get rich and...." Economic equality in New Zealand
  WP 1982/9 by Brian Easton
  
  
• Critique of paper "Economies of plant and firm size in the United States pulp and paper industries"
  WP 1982/10 by J Buongiorno, J C Stier, and J K Gilless
  
  
• Notes on the New Zealand motor industry
  WP 1982/11 by Graeme Wells
  
  
• Markets and regulation: two examples
  WP 1982/12 by Brian Easton, L B Kay and P A Marks
  
  
• Economic inequality in New Zealand
  WP 1982/13 by Brian Easton
  
  
• The measurement and forecasting of cost escalation
  WP 1982/14 by D J O'Dea
  
  
• Unemployment: a suggested framework for medium term debate
  WP 1982/15 by J Gallacher
  
  
• The labour market study: work in progress
  WP 1982/16 by Brian Easton
  
  
• Population, the economy and energy: research directions
  WP 1982/17 by Brian Easton