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Regulation

economic-policy-regulation

Most people agree that some rules are necessary for markets to work. But what rules do we really need? And how can we make sure they do not become too much of a burden on businesses and consumers?

Publications

  1. June 2010 e-PreCIS

    Greg Lindsay | 01 Jun 2010 | e-PreCIS

    The Rudd government’s Resources Super Profits Tax (RSPT) confirms what Ronald Reagan said about politicians and their view... Read More...

  2. Towards a Red Tape Trading Scheme: Treating Excessive Bureaucracy as Just Another Kind of Pollution

    Oliver Marc Hartwich | 10 May 2010 | Issue Analysis

    Dr Oliver Marc Hartwich, CIS Research Fellow, argues that Government should measure the regulatory costs on the Australian... Read More...

  3. Harmacy: The Political Economy of Community Pharmacy in Australia

    David Gadiel | 10 Nov 2008 | Policy Monographs

    The regulatory environment that governs community pharmacy has created one of Australia’s most protected industries. It... Read More...

  4. Government Intervention in Mortgage Finance: The Case Against 'AussieMac'

    Stephen Kirchner | 08 Sep 2008 | Issue Analysis

    Steven Kirchner explains why an Australian GSE and the mortgage securitisation industry would likely expand only at the expense... Read More...

  5. Five Out of Ten: A Performance Report on the Regional Assistance Mission to the Solomon Islands (RAMSI)

    Gaurav Sodhi | 31 Jan 2008 | Issue Analysis

    The Solomon Islands is stagnating despite thirty years of aid flows of hundreds of millions of dollars, innumerable consultants’... Read More...

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Opinion & Commentary

  1. Red-tape trading scheme

    Oliver Marc Hartwich | 06 Jul 2010 | The Public Sector Informant

    Red tape should be treated like pollution and perhaps a ‘cap and trade’ scheme should be considered to minimise regulatory ... Read More

  2. Europe’s not-so common market

    Oliver Marc Hartwich | 01 Jul 2010 | Business Spectator

    The European common market does not work properly, says Oliver Marc Hartwich in Business Spectator, 1 July 2010.... Read More

  3. A European Triumph Amid The Chaos

    Oliver Marc Hartwich | 19 May 2010 | Business Spectator

    Amid the current EU financial crisis there still some positive policy ideas, such as the Netherland’s innovative way of ... Read More

  4. Cap and Trade Our Way Out of Red–Tape Pollution

    Oliver Marc Hartwich | 19 May 2010 | The Australian

    Red tape should be treated like pollution and perhaps a ‘cap and trade’ scheme should be considered to minimise regulatory ... Read More

  5. More inscrutable than the Chinese

    Stephen Kirchner | 19 Feb 2010 | The Australian

    Why are foreign investment criteria a secret?... Read More

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Ideas@TheCentre

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