Fiscal Policy



The economic impacts of the COVID-19 health crisis have increased gender inequalities in the Australian labour market. With women over-represented in lower-paid, insecure and casual… Read More ›

Reducing Gender Inequality and Boosting the Economy: Fiscal Policy After COVID-19

In the current climate of declining university revenues, it is worthwhile considering ways in which to address the challenge while simultaneously supporting government policy on… Read More ›

Fostering Industry-University Collaboration in Light of the R&D Tax Incentive

A multitude of studies have estimated the effect of taxes on country-level economic growth. With so many studies working over a limited number of datasets,… Read More ›

Taxes and Economic Growth in OECD Countries: A Meta-Analysis

Extraordinary times require extraordinary policy responses. This blog explores the efficacy of ‘child budgeting’ in public financial management (PFM) to deal with the COVID-19 pandemic.… Read More ›

Child Budgeting During COVID-19: The Case of Indian State of Karnataka

Well over three months into a hastily implemented lockdown, India announced and has stepped into ‘Unlock Two’ starting 1 July 2020. The evident lack of… Read More ›

India’s Pandemic Response – Has It Been Enough?

The aging population in Australia threatens the sustainability of the Australian pension system. Projections from the Department of Treasury’s 2015 Intergenerational Report suggest that the… Read More ›

Behavioural Responses to Pension Age Increase Do Not Thwart Fiscal Savings

The current recession is very large. Subject to the key caveat that forecasts are subject to really wide bands of uncertainty, Deloitte Access Economics estimates… Read More ›

The Outlook for the Australian Budget

The 1987 federal election campaign was defined by the TV ad featuring “whingeing Wendy”, a suburban housewife questioning John Howard from her kitchen, with devastating… Read More ›

Snap Back to What? We Need a Steady March to Reform – and a Broader Tax Base

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