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Economics at Otago produced a bi-annual magazine containing articles of interest on contemporary issues in the field of Economics, from July 1998 to August 2019. The articles in EcoNZ@Otago were intended to promote thought and discussion on topics relevant to our everyday lives. The stories were written for a general audience in a lively and engaging style, and are suitable for use as learning materials in schools.
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EcoNZ@Otago Issue 43
- Rare-earth elements: A primer, by Murat Üngör
- An online tool for valuing people's health, including valuing 'dead', by Paul Hansen, Franz Ombler & Trudy Sullivan
- New free trade agreements in the age of Trump, by Tom Fraser & Murat Üngör
- Some highlights from recent research on economic growth, by Murat Üngör
- Commentary on the New Zealand economy, by Alan King
Read this issue 43 August 2019
EcoNZ@Otago Issue 42
- Electric or petrol/diesel? Which car would you choose?, by William Ogden and Paul Thorsnes
- Population ageing, global warming and the Sinbad Century, by Andrew Coleman
- Why more Kiwis are not effective altruists, by Stephen Knowles
- Reflections from the 2018 WAMS-LAEF in Queenstown, by Murat Üngör
- Commentary on the New Zealand economy, by Alan King
Read this issue 42 February 2019
EcoNZ@Otago Issue 41
- Deconstructing Auckland's housing shortage: Too few builders of too large houses for too many people, by Andrew Coleman and Özer Karagedikli
- Towards the knowledge society: Fostering and measuring skills, by Susanna G. Campbell and Murat Üngör
- Politics, profits and books, by David Fielding
- A new era of uncertainty in the age of globalisation, by Tom Fraser and Murat Üngör
- Commentary on the New Zealand economy, by Alan King
Read this issue 41 August 2018
EcoNZ@Otago Issue 40
- Taking ownership of ecosystem services, by Viktoria Kahui
- The world's deadliest diseases: The WHO priority list of antibiotic-resistant bacteria, by Paul Hansen
- Who cares? Some insights into the Japanese and New Zealand elderly care sectors, by Arlene Garces-Ozanne
- Structural transformation in CHINDIA: A comparison of the emerging giants, by Murat Üngör
- Commentary on the New Zealand economy, by Alan King
Read this Issue 40 February 2018
EcoNZ@Otago Issue 39
- Back to the future: The long-run persistence of social attitudes, by David Fielding
- How do people's values for cold water corals affect fisheries management?, by Claire W. Armstrong, Viktoria Kahui, Godwin K. Vondolia, Margrethe Aanesen and Mikołaj Czajkowski
- Housing and taxes, by Andrew Coleman
- Global population ageing, by Murat Üngör
- Commentary on the New Zealand economy, by Alan King
Read this Issue 39 August 2017
EcoNZ@Otago Issue 38
- Dirty dairying and rising water scarcity in New Zealand, by Thomas Benison
- Infrastructure: A dead end or a way to prosperity?, by Murat Üngör
- Otago researchers win the 2016 Economics Ig Nobel Prize!, by Shelagh Ferguson
- To emphasise the problem or the solution, that is the question!, by Stephen Knowles
- Is older age an endless bargain? Consumption, age and prices in New Zealand supermarkets, by Angus Milne and Andrew Coleman
- Commentary on the New Zealand economy, by Alan King
EcoNZ@Otago Issue 37
- China's changing comparative advantage: Trends and implications, by Murat Üngör
- Central bank communication and Twitter #FED, by Marc-André Luik and Dennis Wesselbaum
- Better decision-making!
- Terms of trade and real income changes, by Murat Üngör
- Philosophy, Politics & Economics @ Otago
- Economic psychology applied to business: Designing a mobile-banking app, by Roel Wijland, Paul Hansen and Fatima Gardezi
- Commentary on the New Zealand economy, by Alan King
EcoNZ@Otago Issue 36
- To give at home or abroad? That is the question, by Stephen Knowles and Trudy Sullivan
- What do New Zealanders want from their retirement income scheme?, by Andrew Coleman
- The return of the dragon: China's growth experience, by Murat Üngör
- Global competitiveness and higher education and training, by Hilal Yıldırır Keser
- Commentary on the New Zealand economy, by Alan King
- EcoNZ@Otago Essay Competition 2016
EcoNZ@Otago Issue 35
- Home economics, by Dan Farhat
- Squeezed in and Squeezed out – How might population ageing affect New Zealand's housing market?, by Andrew Coleman
- Who is counting LGBTIQs? Queer populations in national statistics, by Karin Schönpflug, Christine M. Klapeer and Roswitha Hofmann
- What determines academic performance in introductory economics?, by Nathan Berg and Daniel Hamill
- Who will win the Rugby World Cup?, by Niven Winchester
- Commentary on the NZ economy, by Alan King
EcoNZ@Otago Issue 34
- The cost of delaying leaving the parental home, by Robbie Bell
- The motherhood wage gap over the life cycle, by Tarja Viitanen
- Diminishing marginal utility, by David Fielding
- Which drugs, medical procedures and equipment should be funded?, by Trudy Sullivan and Paul Hansen
- Once we were an ecosystem people: lessons from resource management by indigenous Māori, by Viktoria Kahui and Amanda C. Richards
EcoNZ@Otago Issue 33
- The 2014 EcoNZ@Otago Secondary Student Essay Competition winning submission, by Rachael Grant (Napier Girls' High School)
- Is this working? A review of the traditional labour market model, by Molly Rebekah Benson
- Fighting fires: The rise of Keynesian thinking, by Shanae Sherriff
- Steering the ship or rocking the boat? Monetary versus fiscal policy for economic stabilisation, by Rajvir Singh
- Off target? Can four-percent inflation help us avoid the Liquidity Trap?, by Edmund Lou
- Commentary on the New Zealand economy, by Alan King
EcoNZ@Otago Issue 32
- Venture capital and patenting, by Simona Fabrizi, Steffen Lippert, Pehr-Johan Norbäck & Lars Persson
- Giving to charity, but only if you have time, by Stephen
- Knowles & Maroš Servátka
- The economics of propaganda, by Trent Smith
- The economics of gender equality and female empowerment,
- by David Fielding
- Shaking things up: The regional effects of the Canterbury
- earthquakes on productivity and tourism, by Evan Miller &
- Christopher Hajzler
- Commentary on the NZ economy
EcoNZ@Otago Issue 31
- Charitable giving: How recipient-country characteristics influence donors' behaviour
- Expectations versus reality
- Harvesting solar energy in sunny Dunedin
- What do EFTPOS data reveal about the state of the NZ economy
- Commentary on the NZ economy
EcoNZ@Otago Issue 30
- The rise and fall of 'economics'
- Who wants to be a criminal?
- Zapped by the Death Star
- Little orphan antidote
- A picture is worth a thousand words
- Rubber duckie, you're the one
- Tuition conspiracies
- Virtual economics: Not quite there?
- Prosumers to the left
- Commentary on NZ economy
EcoNZ@Otago Issue 29
- Economic liberalisation and obesity
- Tracking alcohol affordability
- Wellbeing: Foundation for a vibrant future
- The existence of cows and the tents of capitalism
EcoNZ@Otago Issue 28
- The costs and benefits of emigrating to New Zealand
- Climate change and crop yields in Sub-Saharan Africa
- Pay-as-you-go retirement schemes
- 2011 Nobel Prize in Economic Sciences
- Commentary on the NZ economy
EcoNZ@Otago Issue 27
- Entrepreneurship
- Is it time for time-of-use electricity pricing?
- Rugby World Cup 2011
- Giving to Africa
- Commentary on the NZ economy
- Highlights
EcoNZ@Otago Issue 26
- Akrasia
- Turkey in the Union
- Sea lion by-catch
- 2010 Nobel Awards
- Commentary on the NZ economy
- Highlights
EcoNZ@Otago Issue 25
- International student location choices
- Freer trade with the US
- Fiscal crisis in Greece
- NZ tax reforms
- Commentary on the NZ economy
- Highlights
EcoNZ@Otago Issue 24
- Education and trust
- A guide to opportunity cost
- 2009 Nobel Awards
- Highlights
- Commentary on the NZ economy
EcoNZ@Otago Issue 23
- The value of marine resources
- The NZ Emissions Trading Scheme
- The climate change impact of tourism
- The value of avoiding childhood illness
- Commentary on the NZ economy
EcoNZ@Otago Issue 22
- The global financial crisis
- House prices, sunshine and insulation
- Immigration and house prices
- A classroom teaching experiment
EcoNZ@Otago Issue 21
- Prioritising health care
- The price of oil
- Test match cricket
- Crime and stock market returns
EcoNZ@Otago Issue 20
- New Zealand beneficiaries
- The end of oil
- Measuring Trust
- Inflation and monetary policy
- Commentary on the NZ economy
EcoNZ@Otago Issue 19
- Poverty and the Grameen bank
- Exchange rate intervention
- Super Rugby Competition points
- NZ's current account deficit
- Commentary on the NZ economy
EcoNZ@Otago Issue 18
- Food Miles
- A common currency with Australia
- The growth rate of cities
- Globalization and the nation state
- Commentary on the NZ economy
EcoNZ@Otago Issue 17
- Football refereeing and inconsistency
- Social capital
- Global trade liberalisation and NZ
- An interview with a Nobel Prize winner
- Commentary on the NZ economy
- Studying economics
EcoNZ@Otago Issue 16
- Immigration to NZ
- Efficiency of NZ's secondary schools
- Economic development
- Monetary policy in the Caribbean
- Commentary on the NZ Economy
EcoNZ@Otago Issue 15
- Baseball and cricket batting
- Foreign aid and debt forgiveness
- Foreign direct investment
- Answers about financial options
- NZ's terms of trade
- Commentary on the NZ economy
EcoNZ@Otago Issue 14
- Marine reserves and paua
- 2004 Nobel Prize in Economics
- Trade liberalisation and NZ
- Financial options
- Commentary on the NZ economy
EcoNZ@Otago Issue 13
- Whaling
- Compliance Costs
- Bilateral Trade
- A New Land Tax
- Commentary on the NZ Economy
EcoNZ@Otago Issue 12
- Trade Liberalisation
- The Phillips Curve
- Crime and Punishment
- Futures Contracts
- Commentary on the NZ Economy