Browsing by Series "Department of Economics Working Paper Series"
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Consumer trust and willingness to pay for certified animal-friendly products
(Department of Economics, University of Waikato, 2007-05)Increasing animal welfare standards requires changes along the supply chain which involve several stakeholders: scientists, farmers and people involved in transportation and slaughtering. The majority of researchers agree ... -
CPI bias and real living standards in Russia during the transition
(2004-09)The economies of the former Soviet Bloc experienced large declines in output during the decade of transition which began with the collapse of the Soviet Union in 1991. Yet there are many reasons to believe that measured ... -
Credit losses in Australasian banking
(2008-08)We analyse determinants of bank credit losses in Australasia. Despite sizeable credit losses over the past two decades, ours is the first systematic study to do so. Analysis is based on a comprehensive dataset retrieved ... -
Dairying in the Waikato Region of New Zealand: An overview of historical statistics
(Waikato Management School, 2008-09)The dairy industry is an important contributor to the economy of the Waikato region of New Zealand. An understanding of the history and development of the dairy sector in the different districts of the Waikato region is ... -
Designs efficiency for non-market valuation with choice modelling: how to measure it, what to report and why
(2007-10)We review the basic principles for the evaluation of design efficiency in discrete choice modelling with a focus on efficiency of WTP estimates from the multinomial logit model. The discussion is developed under the realistic ... -
The development impact of a best practice seasonal worker policy: New Zealand’s Recognised Seasonal Employer (RSE) Scheme
(Waikato Management School, 2010-11)Seasonal migration programs are widely used around the world, and are increasingly seen as offering a potential “triple-win”- benefiting the migrant, sending country, and receiving country. Yet there is a dearth of rigorous ... -
The distributional impact of KiwiSaver incentives
(2008-03)New Zealand’s approach to retirement incomes profoundly changed with the recent introduction of KiwiSaver and its associated tax incentives. Previous policy reduced lifetime inequality but KiwiSaver and its tax incentives ... -
Do research assessment exercises raise the returns to publication quality? Evidence from the New Zealand market for academic economists
(2008-08)Many countries have introduced research assessment exercises to help measure and raise the quality of research in their university sector. But there is little empirical evidence on how these exercises, such as the Quality ... -
Do returns to schools go up during transition? The not so contrary case of Vietnam
(Waikato Management School, 2009-10)A key stylized fact about transition economies is that the returns to schooling rise as economic reform progresses. Existing research suggests that Vietnam is an exception to this pattern, with a decrease in males’ return ... -
Does New Zealand have an innovation system for biotechnology?
(2002-05)While there is a large and growing international literature on economic aspects of biotechnology innovation (e.g. work by Carlsson, McKelvey, Orsenigo, Zucker and Darby) these studies concentrate on the United States and ... -
Does respondent perception of the status quo matter in non-market valuation with choice experiments? An application to New Zealand freshwater streams
(2010-07)In environmental valuation studies with stated preference methods, researchers often provide descriptions of status quo conditions which may differ from those perceived by respondents. Ignoring this difference in utility ... -
Dynamic modelling of a three-sector transitional economy
(Dept. of Economics, University of Waikato, 2001-10)Rural industry provides inputs and markets for agriculture, which in turn provides inputs and markets for rural industry. As the mutually supportive linkages between rural industry and agriculture develop, the size of both ... -
The economic consequences of ‘brain drain’ of the best and brightest: Microeconomic evidence from five countries
(Waikato Management School, 2010-08)Brain drain has long been a common concern for migrant-sending countries, particularly for small countries where high-skilled emigration rates are highest. However, while economic theory suggests a number of possible ... -
The economic value of biodiversity in New Zealand: Results from a household survey
(2009-06)This paper presents the results of a national study examining the economic value of biodiversity in New Zealand. Three valuation techniques were used to collect information from respondents: the contingent valuation method, ... -
‘Economics with training wheels’: Using blogs in teaching and assessing introductory economics
(University of Waikato, 2011-03)Blogs provide a dynamic interactive medium for online discussion, consistent with communal constructivist pedagogy. This paper explores the use of blogs in the teaching and assessment of a small (40-60 students) introductory ... -
The effect of infrastructure access and quality on non-farm enterprises in rural Indonesia
(2008-12)There is growing interest in the rural non-farm sector in developing countries as a contributor to economic growth, employment generation, livelihood diversification and poverty reduction. Access to infrastructure is ... -
Effects of maize fertilizer subsidies on food security in Malawi
(Waikato Management School, 2011-11)This study employs spatial analysis to examine the impact of smallholder fertilizer subsidies on national and household food security in Malawi. It illustrates that at national level, food security is positively linked to ... -
Evaluating research - Peer review team assessment and journal-based bibliographic measures: New Zealand PBRF research output scores in 2006
(University of Waikato, 2012-04)This paper concerns the relationship between the assessment of the research of individual academics by peer or expert review teams with a variety of bibliometric schemes based on journal quality weights. Specifically, for ... -
Evaluating the welfare effects of biodiversity on private lands: A choice modelling application
(2009-04)Biodiversity loss is a global problem, especially in reference to private lands. In response, we investigated whether private land biodiversity may be attained by developing incentives which include funding landholders ... -
Evaluation of agri-environmental policies for water quality improvement accounting for firm heterogeneity
(Waikato Management School, 2011-07)Policy makers worldwide are interested in the identification of cost-effective policy instruments to reduce diffuse pollution. A large economic model representing heterogeneous farms is used to evaluate a broad set of ...
