Publications on Fiscal Policy
Publications
- "Public Finances after the Covid-19 Pandemic", OECD Journal on Budgeting, 2022(3) (Commissioned by OECD and presented to OECD Senior Budget Officials meeting, Oslo, July 2022.)
- Bigger Government: The Future of Government Expenditure in Advanced Economies, Arolla Press, 2020. [Financial Times "best economics books" of 2020]
- “Budget Reform Before and After the Global Financial Crisis”, OECD Journal on Budgeting, 2016(1). (Presented originally to OECD Senior Budget Officials meeting, Rome, June 2015.)
- "Accrual Budgeting and Fiscal Policy", OECD Journal on Budgeting, 9(1), 2009. Initially published as IMF Working Paper, 2009.
- “Medium-Term Fiscal Policy Issues and Challenges in Australia”, Proceedings of the 4th Banca d’Italia Workshop on Fiscal Policy, Rome, Banca d’Italia, 2003.
- “Accrual Financial Reporting and Australian Fiscal Policy”, Fiscal Studies, 23 (2), 2002.
- “Australian Fiscal Policy Rules”, paper presented to International Monetary Fund workshop on Fiscal Policy Rules, Singapore, 2002.
- “National and State Fiscal Rules in Australia: an Outline and Critical Analysis”, Proceedings of the 3rd Banca d’Italia Workshop on Fiscal Policy, Rome, Banca d’Italia, 2002.
- “Measuring Compliance with the Golden Rule”, Fiscal Studies, 19 (4), 1998.
- “Fiscal Policy” section of twice-yearly Queensland Economic Forecasts and Business Review, 1995-1999 (reviewing developments in public finances at the national and state government levels).
- Public Sector Net Worth: Is it Worth Measuring? Commonwealth Parliamentary Research Service, Research Paper No 36, 1995-96, Canberra, 1996.
- “Can Fiscal Responsibility Legislation Be Made to Work?”, Agenda, 3 (4), 1996.
- “The Case Against Balanced Budgets?”, Australian Journal of Public Administration, 1996.
- “Queensland Public Finance in the Nineties”, Economic Analysis and Policy, 1996.
- “Crisis and Response: State Financial Management in South Australia in the Nineties”, Accountability and Performance, 1995.
- "The Financial Strategy of the Victorian Coalition Government", Australian Journal of Public Administration, 53(2), 1994.