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Book Chapters
2020, 'Economic impacts and implications of climate change in the Pacific', in Springer Climate, pp. 475 - 498, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-32878-8_13
,2018, 'The effects of skilled emigration on small island nations', in Handbook of Small States: Economic, Social and Environmental Issues, pp. 403 - 415, http://dx.doi.org/10.4324/9781351181846-21
,2018, 'The effects of skilled emigration on small states', in Handbook of Small States Economic, Social and Environmental Issues, Routledge, New York, pp. 403 - 415
,2014, 'Responding to natural versus human-made disasters: lessons from Fiji', in Sakai M; Jurriens E; Zhang J; Thornton A (ed.), Disaster Relief in the Asia Pacific, Routledge, London, pp. 189 - 205, http://www.routledge.com/books/series/routledge_contemporary_asia_series_SE0794/
,2009, 'Economic Policy Making', in May RJ (ed.), Policy Making and Implementation: Studies for Papua New Guinea, ANU E Press, Canberra, pp. 41 - 56
,2009, 'Swim or Sink: The post-coup economy in limbo', in Fraenkel J; Firth S; Lal BV (ed.), The 2006 Military Takeover in Fiji: A coup to End all Coups?, ANU E Press, Canberra, pp. 139 - 154
,Journal articles
2024, 'Can network analysis identify market problems in quasi-markets? A proof-of-concept study on the National Disability Insurance Scheme', Australian Journal of Public Administration, 83, pp. 510 - 525, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/1467-8500.12608
,2024, 'Effect of ageing on housing prices: A perspective from an overlapping generation model', Research in Economics, 78, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.rie.2024.100960
,2024, 'LAND TENURE ARRANGEMENTS AND RURAL-URBAN MIGRATION IN CHINA: EVIDENCE FROM SHANDONG AND HEBEI PROVINCE', Journal of Economic Development, 49, pp. 107 - 131, http://dx.doi.org/10.35866/caujed.2024.49.3.005
,2024, 'A critical examination of data for market stewardship: The case of the Australian National Disability Insurance Scheme', Australian Journal of Public Administration, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/1467-8500.12677
,2024, 'An Analysis of the Chinese Pension System Pointing to the Urgent Need for Reform', Chinese Economy, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/10971475.2024.2384168
,2024, 'The AUKUS agreement: a new form of the plurilateral defence alliance? A view from downunder', Defense and Security Analysis, 40, pp. 430 - 449, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/14751798.2024.2385704
,2023, 'Labour Mobility With Vocational Skill: Australian Demand and Pacific Supply', Australian Economic Review, 56, pp. 462 - 486, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/1467-8462.12522
,2023, 'Impact of COVID-19 on Utilisation of Funds by People With Disabilities: Lessons Drawn From the Australian National Disability Insurance Scheme', International Journal of Health Policy and Management, http://dx.doi.org/10.34172/ijhpm.2023.7663
,2023, 'Human capital investment under exit options: Evidence from a natural quasi-experiment', Journal of Development Economics, 163, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jdeveco.2023.103112
,2023, 'Resistance is fertile: A Bourdieusian analysis of accounting and land reform in Fiji', Critical Perspectives on Accounting, 91, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.cpa.2022.102435
,2022, 'Wage arbitrage through skilled emigration: Evidence from the Pacific Islands', Asia and the Pacific Policy Studies, 9, pp. 430 - 446, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/app5.355
,2022, 'Learning from machines to close the gap between funding and expenditure in the Australian National Disability Insurance Scheme', International Journal of Information Management Data Insights, 2, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jjimei.2022.100077
,2021, 'Should we change the way we think about market performance when it comes to quasi-markets? A new framework for evaluating public service markets', Public Administration Review, 82, pp. 897 - 901, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/puar.13392
,2021, 'Effects of air quality on house prices: evidence from China’s Huai River Policy', New Zealand Economic Papers, 55, pp. 52 - 65, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/00779954.2020.1827014
,2020, 'Factors influencing residents’ access to and use of country parks in Shanghai, China', Cities, 97, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.cities.2019.102501
,2020, 'The impact of a positive wealth shock on consumption: evidence from a housing reform in China', Pacific Rim Property Research Journal, 26, pp. 115 - 129, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/14445921.2020.1808297
,2019, 'AN EARLY WARNING of AN IMPENDING CURRENCY CRISIS in China', Singapore Economic Review, 64, pp. 1101 - 1125, http://dx.doi.org/10.1142/S021759081850025X
,2019, 'ANZ-Pacific Migration Governance System', International Migration, 57, pp. 294 - 308, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/imig.12524
,2019, 'Agents of alienation: accountants and the land grab of Papua New Guinea', Accounting, Auditing and Accountability Journal, 32, pp. 1558 - 1584, http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/AAAJ-10-2017-3185
,2019, 'Property rights integrity, tenure security and forestland rental market participation: Evidence from Jiangxi Province, China', Natural Resources Forum, 43, pp. 95 - 110, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/1477-8947.12170
,2019, 'The drivers of household indebtedness: Evidence from Thailand', Southeast Asian Journal of Economics, 7, pp. 1 - 40, http://dx.doi.org/10.4324/9780429440076
,2018, 'Unlocking Housing Equity for Pensions in Urban China', Journal of Housing for the Elderly, 33, pp. 1 - 15, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/02763893.2018.1451797
,2018, 'Fiscal Decentralisation in a Divided State: Bougainville in Papua New Guinea', Federal Law Review, 46, pp. 541 - 555, http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0067205x1804600404
,2017, 'Conducting Comparative Research into Defence Capability Formation', Applied Economics and Finance, 4, pp. 91 - 91, http://dx.doi.org/10.11114/aef.v4i6.2751
,2017, 'Economic Growth and Demand for Military Expenditure in the Indo-Pacific Asia Region', Defence and Peace Economics, 28, pp. 473 - 490, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/10242694.2016.1274059
,2017, 'Registration and release of customary-land for private enterprise: Lessons from Papua New Guinea', Land Use Policy, 61, pp. 413 - 419, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.landusepol.2016.11.039
,2016, 'Measuring peace using household-level data from post-conflict Solomon Islands', Conflict, Security and Development, 16, pp. 423 - 441, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/14678802.2016.1219512
,2015, 'Market Fundamentals, Rational Expectation and Housing Price Changes: Evidence from Housing Market in Beijing', Housing, Theory and Society, 32, pp. 289 - 301, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/14036096.2015.1043470
,2015, 'The Political Economy of Fiji: Past, Present, and Prospects', Round Table, 104, pp. 199 - 208, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/00358533.2015.1017252
,2015, 'Spatial spillovers of regional wages: Evidence from Chinese provinces', China Economic Review, 32, pp. 97 - 109, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.chieco.2014.12.001
,2014, 'The Trade-off between Equity and Efficiency: Evidence from the Reform of China’s Wage Policy', Journal of Politics and Law, 7, http://dx.doi.org/10.5539/jpl.v7n3p79
,2014, 'Socio Political Consequences of Forced Migration: The Case of Indian Indentured Workers to Fiji', Studia Historica Gednanensia, 5, pp. 139 - 153, http://dx.doi.org/10.4467/23916001HG.14.007.2672
,2013, 'Mitigating the Impact of a Financial Crisis: Some Lessons from Hong Kong During the 1997 Asian Financial Crisis', Academic Journal of Interdisciplinary Studies, http://dx.doi.org/10.5901/ajis.2013.v2n8p285
,2012, 'Institutions for improving access to land for settler-housing: Evidence from Papua New Guinea', Land Use Policy, 29, pp. 143 - 153, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.landusepol.2011.05.013
,2011, 'Land Reform in Developing Countries: property rights and property wrongs', ASIAN-PACIFIC ECONOMIC LITERATURE, 25, pp. 170 - 170, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1467-8411.2011.01287.x
,2011, 'The International Mobility of Talent: Types, Causes, and Development Impact', ECONOMIC RECORD, 87, pp. 169 - 170, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1475-4932.2010.00711.x
,2009, 'Land tenure and productivity: Farm-level evidence from Papua New Guinea', Land Economics, 85, pp. 442 - 453, http://dx.doi.org/10.3368/le.85.3.442
,2009, 'Land Tenure and Productivity', Land Economics, 85, pp. 442 - 453
,2008, 'Risks and rewards of allowing seasonal workers from the Pacific into Australia', Pacific Economic Bulletin, 23, pp. 226 - 229
,2008, 'Size matters: The impact of aid on institutions', Pacific Economic Bulletin, 23, pp. 145 - 165
,2007, 'Governance for growth: Priorities for a reform-minded Papua New Guinea government', Pacific Economic Bulletin, 22, pp. 70 - 82
,2005, 'Globalisation or self-inflicted wounds in the Fiji sugar and garment industries', Pacific Economic Bulletin, 20, pp. 124 - 129
,2005, 'Papua New Guinea economic survey: A response to Curtin', Pacific Economic Bulletin, 20, pp. 143 - 144
,2004, 'Papua New Guinea economic survey: Transforming good luck into policies for long-term growth', Pacific Economic Bulletin, 19, pp. 1 - 19
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