Archived publication for 2008 in Occasional Paper
Recent publications
Business Bearing the Burden
The size and Impact of State Government Business taxes.
Australia as a destination for foreign capital
The current international economic uncertainty provides Australia with challenges and opportunities. Amidst this uncertainty, Australia's inherent advantages should allow it to market itself as a ‘safe haven' investment destination capable...
The need for oversight and the Foreign Investment Review Board
Martin Feil is the former Director of the Industries Assistance Commission.
Capital xenophobia and the national interest
Tony Makin is a Professor in the Department of Accounting, Finance and Economics at Griffith University
Counting the cost of regulation
Jeff Rae is an Economic Consultant at ITS Global
Public attitudes toward foreign investment
Inconsistencies in treatment of foreign investment in trade agreements
Kristen Bondietti is from the Australian APEC Study Centre.
Acquisitions as a mechanism for technology transfer
Is the Foreign Investment Review Board acting fairly?
Do sovereign wealth funds make economic or political decisions
Professor Sinclair Davidson is Professor of Institutional Economics at RMIT University