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The end of the Kuznets Curve: Explaining Piketty’s argument

The end of the Kuznets Curve: Explaining Piketty’s argument

When French economist Thomas Piketty published Capital in the 21st Century in 2014, his assertion of r>g– that the rate of return on capital is greater than the rate of growth – garnered most public debate.

Sisira Jayasuriya

Department of Economics

Failing returns: Why hedge funds are not value for money

Failing returns: Why hedge funds are not value for money

Evidence continues to mount that the trend among Australian superannuation fund managers to try to maximise investment returns through the use of hedge funds that utilise "active" strategies has not paid off.

Paul Lajbcygier

Department of Banking and Finance

Leaving it to fate: how personality influences wealth

Leaving it to fate: how personality influences wealth

Personality plays more of a role in determining a person's level of wealth at retirement than previously thought.

Sonja de New

Banks have diversified, but failure risk has risen – why?

Banks have diversified, but failure risk has risen – why?

Over the last decades, major Australian banks have morphed from their traditional role of deposit and loan firms, into big "one-stop shop" financial institutions with risk spread across different assets.

Barry Williams

Department of Business Law and Taxation

Nationalisation, state equity participation and resource rent tax in the extractive industry

Nationalisation, state equity participation and resource rent tax in the extractive industry

Papua New Guinea is a resource rich nation, with significant reserves of gas, copper, gold and zinc. Understandably, there is a desire to generate tax revenue by taxing the rent associated with these natural reserves, but there is also significant disagreement about the best way to do this in the PNG context.

Diane Kraal

Department of Business Law and Taxation

Is the TiSA trade deal shaky? Australia watches EU and US for signs

Is the TiSA trade deal shaky? Australia watches EU and US for signs

The fate of a major trade agreement involving Australia remains uncertain, amid Britain’s increasingly shambolic withdrawal from the European Union and ambivalence from the Donald Trump-led US administration.

Department of Business Law and Taxation

How network economics could reduce crime

How network economics could reduce crime

In 2014, Swedish police had a problem common to police forces around the world. They needed to reduce juvenile crime, but had very limited resources. This conundrum attracted the interest of network economist Professor Yves Zenou.

Yves Zenou

Department of Economics

Four ways companies can remain competitive

Four ways companies can remain competitive

Need to offer more innovative services? Here’s how companies can do it.

Herman Tse

Department of Management

Why refurbishing pays off for retailers

Why refurbishing pays off for retailers

Australian retailers face a myriad of challenging conditions, including online and multi-channels, as well as the arrival of high-profile international retailers. A glamorous refurbishment is a time-honoured way to catch the attention of those fickle customers.

Department of Marketing

This is for you: How personalisation could change branding forever

This is for you: How personalisation could change branding forever

With technology playing an increasingly important part in consumers’ lives, it’s important for brands to think about how they can create trust. One of the ways marketers are doing this is through personalisation.

Department of Marketing

Prescott Family Foundation lecture series: What does a modern worker look like?

Prescott Family Foundation lecture series: What does a modern worker look like?

The way we work is in constant flux, turbo-charged by demographic, technological and social changes. What does the present world of work for the modern worker look like? What can younger people today expect from their career? What expectations do they have of their leaders?

Department of Management

The future of retail

The future of retail

The retail industry has experienced a tumultuous and disruptive few years.

Department of Marketing