Working Papers

2016

• Dynamic awareness and zero probability beliefs, Working Paper R16_1, John Quiggin

2015

• Minimal conditions for parametric continuity of a utility representation, Working Paper R15_1, Patrick O'Callaghan
• Bounded awareness and anomalies in intertemporal choice: Google Earth as metaphor and model , Working Paper R15_2, Stein T. Holden and John Quiggin

2014

• A theory of robust experiments for choice under uncertainty, Working Paper R14_1, Simon Grant, Jeff Kline, Idione Meneghel, John Quiggin and Rabee Tourky
• Sub-models for Interactive Unawareness, Working Paper R14_1, Simon Grant, J. Jude Kline, Patrick O’Callaghan and John Quiggin

2013

• Inferring the Strategy Space from Market Outcomes, Working Paper R13_1, Flavio M. Menezes and John Quiggin
• The Value of Information and the Value of Awareness, Working Paper R13_2, John Quiggin
• Savage Games: A Theory of Strategic Interaction with Purely Subjective Uncertainty, Working Paper R13_3, Simon Grant, Idione Meneghel and Rabee Tourky
• Ordinal, Non-linear Context Dependence, Working Paper R13_4, Patrick O'Callaghan
• Ambiguous Contracts: A Syntactic Approach, Working Paper R13_5, Simon Grant, Jeff Kline, John Quiggin
• Ordinal, nonlinear context-dependence: uncountably many alternatives, Working Paper R13_6, Patrick O'Callaghan

2012

• Differential Awareness, Ambiguity, and Incomplete Contracts: A Model of Contractual Disputes?, Working Paper R12_1, Simon Grant, J. Jude Kline and John Quiggin
• Optimal Access Regulation with Downstream Competition, Working Paper R12_2,Tina Kao, Flavio M. Menezes and John Quiggin
• Inductive Reasoning About Unawareness, Working Paper R12_3, Simon Grant and John Quiggin
• Bounded Awareness, Heuristics and the Precautionary Principle, Working Paper R12_4, Simon Grant and John Quiggin
• A Matter of Interpretation: Ambiguous Contracts and Liquidated Damages, Working Paper R12_5, Simon Grant, Jeff Kline and John Quiggin
• Meeting the Competition: Commitment and Competitive Behavior, Working Paper R12_6, Tina Kao, Flavio Menezes and John Quiqqin
• Preserving Capital Returns Under Increasing Pest Pressure, Working Paper R12_7, David Adamson and Daniel Quiggin

2011

• More competitors or more competition? Market concentration and the intensity of competition, Working Paper R11_1,Flavio M. Menezes and John Quiggin
• A Two-Parameter Model of Dispersion Aversion, Working Paper R11_2, Robert G. Chambers, Simon Grant, Ben Polak & John Quiggin
• Intensity of Competition and the Number of Competitors, Working Paper R11_3, Flavio M. Menezes & John Quiggin
• A Matter of Interpretation: Ambiguous Contracts and Liquidated Damages, Working Paper R11_4, Simon Grant, Jeff Kline & John Quiggin
• Capabilities as Menus: A Non-Welfarist Basis for QALY Evaluation, Working Paper R11_5, Han Bleichrodt & John Quiggin

2010

• The Computation of Perfect and Proper Equilibrium for Finite Games via Simulated Annealing, Working Paper R10_1, Stuart McDonald and Liam Wagner
• Uncertainty and Technical Effciency in Finnish Agriculture: A State-Contingent Approach, Working Paper R10_2, Celine Nauges, Christopher O'Donnell, and John Quiggin
• Production Under Uncertainty: A Simulation Study, Working Paper R10_3, Sriram Shankar, Christopher O'Donnell, and John Quiggin
• Economics as a Social Science: Financial Regulation After The Crisis, Working Paper R10_4, John Quiggin

2009

• Inductive Reasoning About Unawareness, Working Paper R09_1, 10/6/2009, Simon Grant and John Quiggin
• Markets for Influence, Working Paper R09_2, 11/09/2009 Flavio M. Menezes and John Quiggin
• A Matter of Interpretation: Bargaining over Ambiguous Contracts, Working Paper R09_3, Simon Grant, Jeff Kline and John Quiggin

2008

• Generalized Invariant Preferences: Two-parameter Representations of Preferences, Working Paper R08_1, 11/2/2008 Robert Chambers and John Quiggin
• Bounded Rationality and Small Worlds, Working Paper R08_2, 9/6/2008, Simon Grant and John Quiggin

2007

• Estimating Complex Production Functions: The Importance of Starting Values, Working Paper R07_1, 22/2/2007, Mark Neal
• Noise Risk and Derivative Price, Working Paper R07_2, 2/4/2007, Yusuke Osaki
• A Risk–Neutral Characterization of Optimism and Pessimism, and its Applications, Working Paper R07_3, 2/4/2007, Yusuke Osaki and John Quiggin
• Can Game Theory be Saved?, Working Paper R07_4, 1/2/2007, Flavio Menezes and John Quiggin
• Bargaining Power and Efficiency in Insurance Contracts, Working Paper R07_5, 15/3/07, John Quiggin and Robert G. Chambers
• Sharp and Diffuse Incentives in Contracting, Working Paper R07_06, Flavio Menezes and John Quiggin
• Markets for Influence, Working Paper R07_7, 1/8/2007, Flavio Menezes and John Quiggin
• Event Specific Data Envelopment Models and Efficiency Analysis Working Paper R07_8 1/11/2007, Robert Chambers, Atakelty Hailu and John Quiggin

2006

• Dual Approaches to the Analysis of Risk Aversion, Working Paper R06_1, 1/3/2006, Robert G. Chambers and John Quiggin
• Efficiency Analysis in the Presence of Uncertainty, Working Paper R06_2, Chris O’Donnell, Robert G. Chambers and John Quiggin
• Lost in Translation: Honest Misunderstandings and Ex Post Disputes, Working Paper R06_3, 14/8/2006, Simon Grant, Jeff Kline and John Quiggin

2005

• The State-Contingent Approach to Production Under Uncertainty , Working Paper R05_1, John Quiggin and Robert G. Chambers
• Economists and Uncertainty, Working Paper R05_2, John Quiggin
• Cost Minimization and Asset Pricing, Working Paper R05_3, Robert G. Chambers and John Quiggin
• Consistent Bayesian updating with unconsidered propositions, Working Paper R05_4, Simon Grant and John Quiggin
• Comparative Risk Aversion for State-Dependent Preferences, Working Paper R05_5, 18/6/2005, John Quiggin and Robert G. Chambers
• Outcomes and Strategy Choices in Tullock Contests, Working Paper R05_6, 18/6/2005, Flavio Menezes and John Quiggin
• Learning and Discovery, Working Paper R05_7, 24/7/2005, Simon Grant and John Quiggin

2004

• Output Price Subsidies in a Stochastic World, Working Paper R04_1, 1/1/2004, Robert G. Chambers and John Quiggin
• Supermodularity and Risk Aversion, Working Paper R04_2, 21/3/2004, John Quiggin and Robert G. Chambers
• Linear-Risk-Tolerant, Invariant Risk Preferences, Working Paper R04_3, 12/4/2004, Robert G. Chambers and John Quiggin
• Increasing Uncertainty: A Definition, Working Paper R04_4, 15/5/2004, Simon Grant and John Quiggin
• Supermodularity and the Comparative Statics of Risk, Working Paper R04_5, 20/6/2004, John Quiggin and Robert G. Chambers
• Fixed Wages and Bonuses in Agency Contracts: The Case of a Continuous State Space, Working Paper R04_6, 21/6/2004, Maria Racionero and John Quiggin
• Games without Rules, Working Paper R04_7, 21/7/2004, Flavio Menezes and John Quiggin
• The Risk Premium for Equity: Implications for Resource Allocation, Welfare and Policy, Working Paper R04_8, 30/8/2004, Simon Grant and John Quiggin
• Capital Market Equilibrium with Moral Hazard and Flexible Technology, Working Paper R04_9, 22/9/2004, John Quiggin and Robert G. Chambers

2003

• Bargaining Power and Efficiency in Principal--agent Relationships, Working Paper 1/RO3, 21/8/2003, John Quiggin and Robert G. Chambers
• Information and the Risk-Averse Firm, Working Paper R03_2, 1/10/2003, Robert G. Chambers and John Quiggin
• Narrowing the No-Arbitrage Bounds, Working Paper R03_3, 2/10/2003, Robert G. Chambers and John Quiggin
• Separability of Stochastic Production Decisions from Producer Risk Preferences in the Presence of Financial Markets, Working Paper R03_4, 30/9/2003, Robert G. Chambers and John Quiggin
• Comparative Statics for State-contingent Technologies, Working Paper R03_5, 30/11/2003, Robert G. Chambers and John Quiggin
• Dual Structures for the Sole-proprietorship Firm, Working Paper R03_6, 10/12/2003, Robert G. Chambers and John Quiggin

2013

• The Queensland Commission of Audit Final Report: A Critical Review. Working Paper P13_1, John Quiggin
• Can Australia become the food bowl of Asia?, Working Paper P13_2, David Adamson
• Macroeconomic Policy after the Global Financial Crisis, Working Paper P13_3, John Quiggin
• Market Design for New Leaders, Working Paper P13_4, Flavio M. Menezes
• What’s it all about?: What does good economic management mean in Australia?, Working Paper P13_5, John Quiggin and Raja Junankar

2012

• The Economics of New Media, Working Paper P12_1, John Quiggin

2011

• The Lost Golden Age of Productivity Growth?, Working Paper P11_1, John Quiggin
• Consensus, Dissensus and Economic Ideas: The Rise and Fall of Keynesianism During the Economic Crisis?, Working Paper P11_2, Henry Farrell and John Quiggin

2010

• Bad Politics Makes Bad Policy: The Case of Queensland’s Asset Sales Program, Working Paper P10_01, John Quiggin
• The Poverty Burden: A Measure of the Difficulty of Ending Extreme Poverty, Working Paper P10_2, John Quiggin and Renuka Mahadevan
• Special Taxation of the Mining Industry, Working Paper P10_3, John Freebairn and John Quiggin

2009

• Risk Shifts in Australia: Implications of the Financial Crisis, Working Paper P09_01 25/11/2009 John Quiggin
• Six Refuted Doctrines, Working Paper P09_02, John Quiggin
• An Agenda for Social Democracy, Working Paper P09_03, John Quiggin
• The Value of Public Sector Information for Cultural Institutions, Working Paper P09_04, John Quiggin

2008

• Amateur Content Production, Networked Innovation and Innovation Policy Working Paper P08_01 1/10/2008 John Quiggin
• Underemployment and Labour Market Insecurity , Working Paper P08_2, 1/12/08 Stephen Bell and John Quiggin

2007

• Intellectual Policy and Indigenous Culture, Working Paper P08_01 25/02/2007, Robynne Quiggin and John Quiggin
• Risk and Social Policy, Working Paper P07_2 1/11/2007, John Quiggin
• Beyond Stop/Go?: Explaining Australia’s Long Boom , Working Paper P07_3, 18/11/07 Stephen Bell and John Quiggin

2006

• Blogs, Wikis and Creative Innovation, Working Paper P06_1, 10/2/2006, John Quiggin
• IR Reform: Choice and Compulsion, Working Paper P06_2, 1/3/2006, Mark Bahnisch & John Quiggin
• Cities, Connections and Cronyism, Working Paper P06_3, John Quiggin
• Stories about Productivity, Working Paper P06_4, 1/3/2006, John Quiggin

2005

• How to Kill a Country?: The US-Australia Free Trade Agreement, Pharmaceuticals and Intellectual Property , Working Paper P05_1, 13/1/2005, John Quiggin
• Unemployment, Labour Market Insecurity and Policy Options, Working Paper P05_2, 15/1/2005, Stephen Bell and John Quiggin
• Economic Liberalism: Fall, Revival and Resistance , Working Paper P05_3, 26/4/05, John Quiggin
• No More Free Beer Tomorrow? Economic policy and outcomes in Australia and New Zealand 1984-2003 , Working Paper P05_4, 26/4/2005, Tim Hazledine and John Quiggin
• Localisation, Globalisation and Finance, Working Paper P05_5, 15/12/2005, John Quiggin

2004

• The Y2K Scare: Causes, Costs and Cures, Working Paper P04_1, 18/2/2004, John Quiggin
• Economic Evaluation of the Proposed Free Trade Agreement between Australia and the United States, Working Paper P04_2, 24/4/2004, John Quiggin
• Asset Price Instability and Policy Responses: The Legacy of Liberalisation, Working Paper P04_3, 1/6/2004, Stephen Bell and John Quiggin

2003

• Looking Back on Microeconomic Reform: A Skeptical Viewpoint, Working Paper P03_1, 1/11/2003, John Quiggin

2013

• Carbon Pricing and the Precautionary Principle, Working Paper C13_1, John Quiggin
• How I learned to stop worrying and love the RET, Working Paper C13_2, John Quiggin

2011

• Stabilizing the Global Climate: A Simple and Robust Benfit Cost Analysis, Working Paper C11_1, John Quiggin

2010

• Climate Change, Uncertainty and Adaptation: The Case of Irrigated Agriculture in the Murray–Darling Basin in Australia, Working Paper C10_1, John Quiggin, David Adamson,Sarah Chambers, and Peggy Schrobback

2009

• Agriculture and Global Climate Stabilization: A Public Good Analysis, Working Paper C09_1, John Quiggin

2008

• Equity Between Overlapping Generations Working Paper C08_1, 1 June 2008, John Quiggin
• Uncertainty and Climate Change Policy Working Paper C08_2, 1 August 2008, John Quiggin
• The Impact of Climate Change on Agriculture Working Paper C08_3, 18 August 2008, John Quiggin
• Grandfathering and Greenhouse: The Role of Compensation and Adjustment Assistance in the Introduction of a Carbon Emissions Trading Scheme for Australia, Working Paper C08_4, Flavio Menezes, John Quiggin, and Liam Wagner

2007

• Stern and his Critics on Discounting and Climate Change Working Paper C07_1 19/06/2007, John Quiggin
• Declining Inflows and More Frequent Droughts in the Murray–Darling Basin: Climate Change, Impacts and Adaption Working Paper C07_2 1/07/2007, John Quiggin
• Complexity, Climate Change and the Precautionary Principle Working Paper C07_3 01/07/2007, John Quiggin
• The Practicalities of Emissions Trading Working Paper C07_4 06/08/2007, Joshua Gans and John Quiggin
• Counting the Cost of Climate Change at an Agricultural Level Working Paper C07_5 2/10/2005, John Quiggin

2006

• Fiddling While Carbon Burns: Why Climate Policy Needs Pervasive Emission Pricing as well as Technology Promotion, Working Paper C06_1, John C.V. Pezzey, Frank Jotzo and John Quiggin

2016

• Anchoring and Adjustment Heuristic: A Unified Explanation for Asset-Return Puzzles, Working Paper F16_1, Hammad Siddiqi

2015

• Analogy Based Valuation of Commodity Options, Working Paper F15_1, Hammad Siddiqi
• Analogy Based Valuation of Currency Options, Working Paper F15_2, Hammad Siddiqi
• Relative Risk Perception and the Puzzle of Covered Call Writing, Working Paper F15_3, Hammad Siddiqi
• Anchoring Heuristic in Option Pricing Working Paper F15_4, Hammad Siddiqi
• Anchoring Adjusted Capital Asset Pricing Model Working Paper F15_5 Hammad Siddiqi

2014

• The Financial Market Consequences of Growing Awareness: The Case of Implied Volatility Skew, Working Paper F14_1, Hammad Siddiqi
• Mental Accounting: A New Behavioral Explanation of Covered Call Performance, Working Paper F14_2, Hammad Siddiqi
• The Routes to Chaos in the Bitcoins Market, Working Paper F14_3, Hammad Siddiqi
• Analogy Making and the Puzzles of Index Option Returns and Implied Volatility Skew: Theory and Empirical Evidence, Working Paper F14_4, Hammad Siddiqi
• Network Formation and Financial Fragility Working Paper F14_5, Danilo Lopomo Beteto Wegner
• A Reinterpretation of the Gordon and Barro Model in Terms of Financial Stability Working Paper F14_6, Danilo Lopomo Beteto Wegner
• Analogy Making and the Structure of Implied Volatility Skew Working Paper F14_7, Hammad Siddiqi

2013

• Analogy Making in Complete and Incomplete Markets: A New Model for Pricing Contingent Claims, Working Paper F13_1, Hammad Siddiqi
• Managing Option Trading Risk with Greeks when Analogy Making Matters, Working Paper F13_2, Hammad Siddiqi

2012

• Government Safety Net, Stock Market Participation and Asset Prices, Working Paper F12_1, Danilo Lopomo Beteto
• Government Induced Bubbles, Working Paper F12_2, Danilo Lopomo Beteto
• Government Intervention and Financial Fragility, Working Paper F12_3, Danilo Lopomo Beteto