Macroeconomic Policy



Public expenditure effectiveness is hard to capture, either by using expenditure tracking exercises or through econometric analysis. The accountability of public expenditure—linking “resources to results”—has… Read More ›

Gender Budgeting as Accountability Initiative: Public Expenditure Effectiveness on Fiscal Space and Gender Equality

Returning the Australian Government’s finances to a sustainable position following the Global Financial Crisis continues to present a challenge for government. While the 2017–18 Budget… Read More ›

Economic Scenario Analysis of the 2017–18 Budget Medium-Term Projections

The geopolitical risks surrounding South Korea are now on everybody’s mind. But in the past two decades they’ve had remarkably little impact on the performance of the… Read More ›

Australia-Korea Tax and Welfare Workshop: South Korea at the Strategic Heart of Australia’s Northeast Asian Economic Interests

Forty-one years ago this week the decision was taken to split the Department of Finance from the existing Treasury. Then-Prime Minister Malcolm Fraser and his… Read More ›

Rethinking Finance: Why Australia Needs a New Portfolio Approach

Budgetary issues in Australia have dominated public policy discussion at the federal level since the 2008-10 Global Financial Crisis (GFC). Governments at both national and… Read More ›

Tackling Australia’s Public Debt Problem

While negative gearing is often cited as the key tax concession on rental property investments, it is in fact only attractive to the extent that… Read More ›

Negative Gearing, the Capital Gains Discount and the Stability of Housing Markets

Legislative Budget Offices (LBOs) are independent institutions staffed with economists that provide rigorous and non-partisan analysis to legislatures on matters pertaining to the budget. Their… Read More ›

How do we Measure the Success of Legislative Budget Offices?

Many developing countries face the twin challenges of lower revenues from traditional tax sources and growing fiscal demands. In response, they embarked on fiscal reforms,… Read More ›

Tax Revenue Trends in Asia and Latin America: A Comparative Analysis

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