Economists and decision makers everywhere, rejoice! The Business Council of Australia (BCA) have released a new paper, Policy Essentials: Cost-Benefit Analysis, which hopes to “raise understanding within the public sector and.. read more
By Jess Turnbull Last month the Australian Energy Market Operator (AEMO) released its 2012 Electricity Statement Of Opportunities (ESOO), a forecast of electricity supply adequacy and corresponding investment trends over.. read more
Last Thursday I attended a public lecture at University of Melbourne by prominent commentator on the Japanese economy, Richard Koo. Koo has advisory positions with various central banks and has.. read more
(Originally published on Renew Economy) The federal government’s decision to withdraw funding from the proposed HRL coal-fired power plant has been seen by some as “pulling the pin” on a chance to.. read more
When the Herald Sun declared “Jobs bonanza in new coal rush”, I rejoiced in seeing the word “bonanza” back in the headlines. My thoughts have obviously tapped into the public.. read more
Working with environmental economics I often find myself explaining the concept of Total Economic Value. The idea that a natural resource has value greater than the amount of timber in.. read more
Lobbying is becoming a pet topic of mine. I’ve written about incentive asymmetry – the bedfellow of lobbying – on the Ecolarge blog here and here. An article in The Age yesterday.. read more
Ross Gittins wrote an article (Valuing the environment a capital idea) a few days ago about the “natural capital declaration” made at the Rio+20 summit and efforts to create accounts.. read more
About 2000 people in Jakarta seem to give a cow about live cattle exports according to this report on the ABC website, which I was interested in given my earlier.. read more
The word “bonanza” doesn’t get used enough these days, so it was great to see the Herald Sun declare “Jobs bonanza in new coal rush” today. A PLAN to export.. read more
