ASSIGNMENT: SPEAKER QUESTIONS

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1 Australia / New Zealand Economics Program Winter 2003 D. Black C. Link ASSIGNMENT: SPEAKER QUESTIONS There will be 21 presentations in Australia and New Zealand. (See attached list of speakers showing their positions and presentation topics) Based on this information, the UD lectures and the assigned readings in both courses, prepare a written question which would be appropriate for each of the 20 presentations numbered in parentheses. All questions should be brief, to the point, and clearly relate to the particular speaker s topic and expertise. Questions may be handwritten. Due date: No later than 9 am, Monday, January 6, 2003.

2 Australia / New Zealand Economics Program Winter Session 2003 D. Black C. Link Adelaide SPEAKERS Dr. Larry Lockshin, Associate Professor Wine Marketing and Director, Wine Marketing Research Group, School of Marketing, University of Adelaide Friday, 1/3, Economics of wine, wine marketing Saturday, 1/4, All day tour of local industry, Barossa Valley Professor David Round, Director, Centre for Applied Economics, University of South Australia; Member, Australian Competition Tribunal; Member, Australian Communications Authority Saturday, 1/4, All day tour of local industry, Barossa Valley (1)Monday, 1/6, Competition policy and issues in regulation the Australian and US approaches Thursday, 1/9, Forum on policy issues Friday, 1/10, Summary presentation Professor Mervyn Lewis, National Australia Bank Professor of Money and Banking, School of International Business, University of South Australia (2)Monday, 1/6, Monetary and Fiscal Policy in the Australian Economy and their interaction with employment, growth and exchange rates Mr. Ronald Donato, Lecturer, Economics, School of International Business, University of South Australia Tuesday, 1/7, Symposium on Australian Health Issues the Australian health care system, public and private health care, public hospitals, private insurance, and health system reform in the light of overseas experience

3 (3)Thursday, 1/9, Trade and Tariff Policy, WTO Issues; Exchange Rate Policy Ms. Brita Pekarsky, Senior Research Fellow, Department of General Practice, University of Adelaide (4)Tuesday, 1/7, An Economic Evaluation of the Pharmaceutical Sector in Australia Mr. Eric Granger, AXA Insurance (health) (5)Tuesday, 1/7, Health Insurance in Australia Mr. Ian Walton, Health Insurance Commission, (government organization) (6)Tuesday, 1/7, Current Policy Issues and Future Strategies in coordinating/integrating publicly-funded health care services Professor Richard Blandy, Chairman, Centre for Applied Economics, University of South Australia; formerly Director, University of Melbourne Institute of Applied Economic and Social Research; formerly Director, National Institute of Labour Studies, Flinders University (7)Wednesday, 1/8, Employment and Structural Unemployment in Australia, wages, and participation rates; Migration Issues Professor Mark Cully, Senior Research Fellow, National Institute of Labour Studies, Flinders University (8)Wednesday, 1/8, Industrial Relations minimum wages, collective bargaining, unions Dr. James Juniper, Lecturer, Economics, School of International Business, University of South Australia (9)Thursday, 1/9, Trade and Tariff Policy, WTO Issues, Exchange Rate Policy Mr. Trevor Peacock, Regional Director, Commonwealth Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (10)Thursday, 1/9, Australia and the WTO; importance of multilateral and bilateral trade policy relationships for Australia; current major trade policy issues facing Australia; future directions in Australian trade policy

4 Sydney Mr. Charles Littrell, Executive General Manager of Policy, Research and Consultig Division, Australian Prudential Regulation Authority; Mr. James Coleman, Group Chief Officer, Westpac Banking Corporation (11)Monday, 1/13, Integrated Prudential Supervision: The Regulator s Challenge (Littrell) and Modern Risk Management in Banking (Coleman) Mr. Guy Debelle, Head, Economic Analysis Department, Reserve Bank of Australia (12)Monday, 1/13, Monetary Policy in Australia Mr. Justin Smirk, Chief Economist, Westpac Banking Corporation (13)Wednesday, 1/15, Globalization and Australian Financial Markets Melbourne Mr. Wayne Jackson, Chief Executive Officer, Australian Football League; Mr. Ian Anderson, General Manager of Finance and Administration, AFL; Mr. Gillon McLachlan, Strategic Planner, AFL (14)Monday, 1/20, Economics of Professional Sports in Australia Mr. Saul Eslake, Chief Economist, ANZ Bank (15)Tuesday, 1/21, The Australian Economy Christchurch Professor Paul Dalziel, Professor of Economics, Department of Economics and Deputy Director, Commerce Division, Lincoln University (16)Friday, 1/24, New Zealand s Economic Reforms (17)Saturday, 1/25, Migration Issues in New Zealand Professor Caroline Saunders, Professor of Trade and Environmental Economics, Department of Economics, Lincoln University (18)Friday, 1/24, International Trade Issues, New Zealand

5 Dr. John Fountain, Senior Lecturer in Economics, University of Canterbury. (19)Saturday, 1/25, Incentive Issues in Health Care in New Zealand: moral hazard and adverse selection Auckland Dr. Paul Brown, Senior Lecturer in Health Economics, School of Population Health, Deputy Director, Centre for Health Services Research and Policy, University of Auckland (20)Friday, 2/7, To the Market and Back: New Zealand s Health Care Reforms