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Maules Creek Mine Economic Assessment Reviewed

Posted on October 30th, 2011 · Posted in News

Earlier this month we reviewed the economic assessment of the proposed Maules Creek Coal Mine.  Our review of the economic assessment formed part of a submission to the NSW Department of.. read more

Carbon (mis)information and cost-benefit analysis of carbon pricing

Posted on October 10th, 2011 · Posted in Blog

Tristan and I are winding up our work in Laos for WWF’s sustainable rattan project.  As we’re getting ready to head back home, we looked at the Australian news and.. read more

Maules Creek Community Council

Posted on September 8th, 2011 · Posted in News

In January we assisted the Maules Creek Community Council with their submission on the environmental assessment of the proposed extension to the Boggabri Coal Mine in northern NSW.   The.. read more

Ecolarge news July-August 2011

Posted on September 8th, 2011 · Posted in News

A lot has been happening in and out of Ecolarge HQ lately!   Economists at Large just got larger! In July, Rod addressed the environmental economics lectures at Monash and.. read more

First "The Research". Now "The Modelling".

Posted on August 18th, 2011 · Posted in Blog

Not to be outdone by the Institute for Public Affairs releasing “The Research” on carbon pricing, the Victorian government has commissioned Deloitte Access Economics to model the impacts of a.. read more

The Claim. The (lack of) Research. The IPA.

Posted on August 12th, 2011 · Posted in Blog

In last Friday’s Australian newspaper, there was a full-page ad on p5 from the Institute of Public Affairs.  It was sparsely laid out, with only a few lines of text. .. read more

Opportunity costs: Coal mining in Deans Marsh

Posted on August 8th, 2011 · Posted in Blog

Last week Mantle Mining withdrew an application to explore for brown coal in the Deans Marsh area southwest of Melbourne.  We were interested due to our involvement with other coal.. read more

Grand Prix economic assessment released!

Posted on August 2nd, 2011 · Posted in Blog

The pen is truly mightier than the sword!  In my recent BLOG POST I talked about my attempts to get hold of the economic assessment of the 2012 Australian Grand.. read more

Taking the bull out of live cattle exports

Posted on July 15th, 2011 · Posted in Blog

Economists at Large have a keen interest in animal welfare and economics, having worked for all of the world’s biggest animal welfare organisations.  We’re concerned that some of the recent.. read more

Grand Prix economic assessment

Posted on July 12th, 2011 · Posted in Blog

Economists at Large have been interested in the Australian Grand Prix at Albert Park for many years.  We did some work for anti-GP group, Save Albert Park, several years ago,.. read more

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