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There seems to be a widely held view or suspicion in New Zealand that this country's real cost of capital is high, and that this obstructs investment and/or places New Zealand firms at a disadvantage to foreign competitors. Motivated by these concerns this paper examines the following questions: is the real cost of capital high in New Zealand by comparison with other countries? Read more
The Minimum Wage Act 1983 (the Act) states that the governor-general may prescribe by order in council minimum rates of wages payable to any class or classes of workers. The class or classes of workers are to be defined by reference to their ages. Read more
We have long regarded the existing legislation embodied in the Securities Amendment Act 1988 to be seriously deficient. No sound case was ever made for New Zealand's current insider trading law. Read more
The NZBR has intensively researched the issue of takeovers regulation in the last 15 years. We have consulted many international experts in finance and economics. Read more
CER has, without doubt, been of significant benefit to New Zealand. There are, however, a number of outstanding areas for reform. Read more
How can we decide what the goals of public policy ought to be? Should equality or some other form of equity be a social goal? Read more
Recently a newspaper column by former Metro editor Warwick Roger made me sit up and think. It was a kindly reflection on the late Bruce Jesson, a fellow journalist and non-stop critic of most of New Zealand's economic changes in the past 15 years. Read more
The power of ideas should never be underestimated. Good or bad ideas will usually influence public policy – if not in the short run then at least over the long run. Read more
Being ignorant of New Zealand's local circumstances, I am uncertain what I can offer to another country on topics such as the law and economics of resource management. What I hope to bring is a general theory that applies independently of local concerns. Read more
The Paper favours greater regulation of takeovers and insider trading and greater coordination, if not amalgamations, of regulatory institutions and regimes. It asks for comments on these proposals and provides 11 specific questions to guide respondents. Read more