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| Publish Date | Media Title | Author |
| 16 March, 2011 | We're watching our pennies. so retailers are taking a pounding Why do so many people have trouble with credit cards? |
Joshua Gans |
| 23 February, 2011 | Swan defiant on exit fee ban Treasurer Wayne Swan has vowed to move ahead with a ban on mortgage exit fees. |
Mark Crosby |
| 15 February, 2011 | Banks not 'taking turns' on rate rises A study by Economics Professor at MBS has debunked the idea of the big four banks ‘taking turns’ on rate rises. |
Joshua Gans |
| 13 January, 2011 | The Steve Jobs Theory of Customer Relations Iconic CEO of Apple, Steve Jobs, regularly seems to deal directly with customers. Not large customers but ordinary ones. |
Joshua Gans |
| 19 December, 2010 | Labor at pains to push for no pregnant pause The government’s paid parental leave scheme. |
Joshua Gans |
| 16 December, 2010 | Safety net exposed taxpayers to $850BN risk This week Reserve Bank of Australia governor Glenn Stevens warned that taxpayers were being made responsible for risk involved in providing private finance. |
Joshua Gans |
| 15 December, 2010 | Don’t give big banks first bite of the Bond cherry The measures proposed by Treasurer Wayne Swan to increase competition between banks have some good points |
Sam Wylie |
| 8 December, 2010 | Today Tonight 'Cashed-up' Chinese investors are 'targeting' Australia's shores like never before. |
Mark Crosby |
| 28 November, 2010 | I heart Hockeynomicks Joe Hockey's nine policy suggestions |
Joshua Gans |
| 23 November, 2010 | Now that's what I call a price war Today, Amazon.com have made price comparisons simple. Really simple. |
Joshua Gans |
| 23 November, 2010 | Google changes the playing field on news Google News Links |
Joshua Gans |
| 22 November, 2010 | House prices too high I’ve never been alarmist on the possibility of house price bubbles in Australia, but I just came across a piece in Business Spectator by Chris Joye. |
Mark Crosby |
| 19 November, 2010 | Apps-parel Luxury brands including Chanel, Gucci, Louis Vuitton and Bulgari have been slow to embrace e-commerce, but are now starting to take the idea seriously. |
Mark Ritson |
| 15 November, 2010 | Controlling Imbalances US calls for G20 countries to rein in their current accounts raise a host of problems, starting at home. |
Mark Crosby |
| 15 November, 2010 | Big, Bigger, Biggest – The psychology of the muscle A story about muscle which is described as the final frontier, and why some men just have to have the biggest muscles. |
Brian Gibbs |
| 14 November, 2010 | Inside Business Foreign ownership and the so-called national interest have never been the most comfortable of bedmates |
Mark Crosby |
| 10 November, 2010 | Forget this golden opportunity Robert Zoellick, president of the World Bank, recently suggested a possible return to an international gold standard for currency |
Mark Crosby |
| 8 November, 2010 | Much ado about no real reform Treasurer Wayne Swan is limited in what he can do to increase the competitive pressure on the banks. |
Joshua Gans |
| 8 November, 2010 | How banning Happy Meals could make kids fatter After months of debate, San Francisco has banned the Happy Meal. |
Joshua Gans |
| 5 November, 2010 | Reserve knew what was coming next |
Mark Crosby |
| 4 November, 2010 | Swan should take his banking medicine Article by Joe Hockey |
Joshua Gans |
| 4 November, 2010 | Breakfast Article by Joe Hockey |
Joshua Gans |
| 3 November, 2010 | Mornings Interview with Mark Crosby, Associate Dean, Melbourne Business School |
Mark Crosby |
| 3 November, 2010 | Breakfast |
Joshua Gans |
| 1 November, 2010 | On the road to political extremism Media puts an emphasis on extremism rather than key political policy debate |
Joshua Gans |
| 29 October, 2010 | PM Agenda: The Contrarians) |
Joshua Gans |
| 25 October, 2010 | Continual learning in financial regulation Let's get a few things straight about our financial system. First, much to the surprise of everyone it weathered the global financial crisis. |
Joshua Gans |
| 18 October, 2010 | Why the booming buck stops here In the past couple of years, the Australian dollar has floated from around 61˘ to almost parity today. |
Mark Crosby |
| 14 October, 2010 | Oprah effect lost on Chinese as Sydney battles to reverse tourism decline Oprah coming is a good thing but that won’t do anything to encourage the Chinese,” said Mark Ritson |
Mark Ritson |
| 13 October, 2010 | When Your Customers Leave Your Business Model Behind Joshua Gans questions how companies should react if customer drift happens to your organization |
Joshua Gans |
| 8 October, 2010 | Crowdsourcing Effective Advertising Using social information to improve ad effectiveness has until now been at best a passive instrument. But this week Google publicized various innovations it is bringing to display advertising |
Joshua Gans |
| 18 September, 2010 | The Great Shift in Shopping Habits Retailers are scrambling to keep up with a shift in shopping habits |
Mark Ritson |
| 1 September, 2010 | Crackdown on cash The Australian Tax Office is tightening the net on tax evasion |
Catherine de Fontenay |
| 22 August, 2010 | The Friday Podcast: Allowance, Taxes And Potty Training It's really, really hard to create the right kind of economic incentives — even if you're a professional economist, and all you're trying to do is teach your kids to use the toilet. |
Joshua Gans |
| 14 August, 2010 | How to get yourself a pay rise Advice on the best ways to negotiate a pay rise |
Ian O. Williamson |
| 12 August, 2010 | The broadband premise: both sides have it wrong There is flawed reasoning on both sides of this infrastructure issue and both major parties are doing an inadequate sales job |
Joshua Gans |
| 10 August, 2010 | ABC 612 Brisbane Interview with Mark Crosby Mark Crosby says Australian Government owes relatively little |
Mark Crosby |
| 10 August, 2010 | Game Theory in Action Kwang Lim quotes MBS Associate Professor - Economics Sven Feldmann’s recommendations to his local city council |
Kwanghui Lim |
| 9 August, 2010 | Why Ford's focus is best in the business Mark Riston predicts that Ford is going to enjoy a remarkable five-year period of success |
Mark Ritson |
| 20 July, 2010 | US bid for Australian hospitals Australia’s second largest private hospital operator – which owns 14 facilities in NSW – is about to be taken over by an American firm. |
Kwanghui Lim |
| 16 July, 2010 | Pricing BP's infamy Mark Ritson, MBS Associate Professor of Marketing, disagrees with what he refers to as bizarre advice from RBS analysts who recommended buying shares in BP |
Mark Ritson |
| 29 June, 2010 | How Europe can solve its sovereign debt crisis without sacrificing growth Fiscal consolidation and economic growth need not be mutually incompatible writes Mark |
Mark Crosby |
| 26 June, 2010 | ANALYSIS - Economists say consumer debit fee savings limited The regulatory reform bill finalized early on Friday in the US will limit the fees that merchants pay banks for processing debit card purchases |
Joshua Gans |
| 23 June, 2010 | The chance of debt default looms large for Hungary The big spending country has one of the most inefficient public sectors, writes Mark. |
Mark Crosby |
| 15 June, 2010 | The Government’s RMBS Profit |
Joshua Gans |
| 1 June, 2010 | Business as Usual? Mark reminisces about the good old days 18 months ago |
Mark Crosby |
| 28 May, 2010 | The government's RMBS profit Policy regarding the residential mortgage-based securities market |
Christopher Joye |
| 19 May, 2010 | Finance update with Melbourne Business School's Associate Professor Mark Crosby Finance update with Melbourne Business School's Associate Professor Mark Crosby |
Mark Crosby |
| 5 May, 2010 | ABC News Radio National Broadband Network (NBN) |
Kwanghui Lim |
| 24 March, 2010 | US must face fact trade deficit a problem of Washington's making, not Beijing's The Chinese are right to go slowly, writes Melbourne Business School associate professor Mark Crosby |
Mark Crosby |
| 12 March, 2010 | More competition needed Melbourne Business School’s Mark Crosby discusses profit margins. |
Mark Crosby |
| 28 January, 2010 | Time to drive the carbon cowboys out of town GREEN bags - are they effective in helping to reduce our landfills, or are they simply a ''get out of jail free card''? |
Vivienne Groves |
| 5 December, 2009 | Mortgage switch no help in punishing banks Joshua Gans suggests an ideal for customers looking to switch home loan providers would be by accessing an online platform. |
Joshua Gans |
| 30 November, 2009 | Market rental rates Associate Professor Mark Crosby, discusses the rise in market rental rates. |
Mark Crosby |
| 29 November, 2009 | People remain torn over crucial issues Professor Joshua Gans says the idea of the CPRS is not to cause people to spend more on electricity |
Joshua Gans |
| 23 November, 2009 | Rudd: Two Years on the Verdict – Joshua Gans on The Economy One thing is for sure, if there was ever a time when one cannot distinguish the soundness of economic management from things beyond control, the last two years would be it, writes MBA Professor Joshua |
Joshua Gans |
| 17 October, 2009 | Company earnings decide stock returns For current investors, the reality is that what actually happens will depend, as in the past, on corporate earnings |
Mark Crosby |
| 16 October, 2009 | WSJ weighs in with 'Aussie Mac' in the making An 'Aussie Mac' in the making |
Joshua Gans |
| 13 October, 2009 | The Correct Call Associate Professor Mark Crosby believes that Federal Treasurer Wayne Swan’s decision not to wind back the stimulus is correct |
Mark Crosby |
| 6 October, 2009 | Existing mortgages cost more Research shows that banks charge their home-loan customers a higher variable rate than the average offered to new borrowers |
Joshua Gans |
| 1 October, 2009 | Staying Connected As the world gets more hectic and the demands on our time increase, we need to remember to invest time in staying connected. |
Ian O. Williamson |
| 11 September, 2009 | Intelligence While the stock market has rallied from the lows of early 2009 there is still debate about whether what is being witnessed is a proper ‘recovery’ ... |
Mark Crosby |
| 11 September, 2009 | More working part time Melbourne Business School Associate Professor Mark Crosby discusses unemployment figures. |
Mark Crosby |
| 29 August, 2009 | Finance update Mark Crosby says that in Australia more people were willing to invest in the last quarter. |
Mark Crosby |
| 25 August, 2009 | Providers should pay no mind to the cap Caps on broadband use are holding us back, writes Joshua Gans |
Joshua Gans |
| 24 August, 2009 | How the Government borrows money Associate Professor Mark Crosby sheds light on how the Federal Government actually borrows money. |
Mark Crosby |
| 23 August, 2009 | Net surfers ‘unlikely’ to pay for newspapers online Media mogul Rupert Murdoch is unlikely to convince internet users to pay for news, a leading economic commentator says. |
Joshua Gans |
| 20 August, 2009 | PetroChina deal Mark Crosby talks about yesterday's PetroChina deal |
Mark Crosby |
| 18 August, 2009 | Japan turns around Mark Crosby talks about remarks made by Ken Henry as well as Japan's turnaround |
Mark Crosby |
| 12 August, 2009 | Not in your best interest Beware of variable mortgages with hefty exit fees. |
Joshua Gans |
| 7 August, 2009 | Part time work on the rise Mark Crosby notes that job figures are steady and that more people are working part time. |
Mark Crosby |
| 6 August, 2009 | Holding up well Australia's labour market appears to be holding up well in these tough times with the unemployment rate remaining unchanged in July. |
Sam Wylie |
| 27 July, 2009 | Luxury selling well despite harder times Mark Crosby says that it makes sense for luxury brands to expand into Australia as they are cheaper for tourists to buy here than in China. |
Mark Crosby |
| 23 July, 2009 | Banks in a good position Associate Professor Mark Crosby discusses the latest inflation figures and says that the numbers are currently at their lowest rate in ten years. |
Mark Crosby |
| 18 July, 2009 | Hu row a small bump in China Journey Reversing our trade and investment relationship just won't happen says MBS Associate Professor Mark Crosby |
Mark Crosby |
| 17 July, 2009 | Growing China MBS Associate Professor Mark Crosby discusses the strength of the Chinese economy. |
Mark Crosby |
| 16 July, 2009 | Economists call for review In an open letter Joshua Gans and others argue that it is time to repeat the 1996 Wallis Inquiry that led to the current regulatory arrangements. |
Joshua Gans |
| 13 July, 2009 | NEWspaper Business Model News is all about delivery. Will the struggle between newspapers and the internet produce a new model, asks MBS Professor Joshua Gans |
Joshua Gans |
| 7 July, 2009 | Taskforce needs to loosen grip on hidden public data The Government's tight control of public information is outdated writes MBS Professor Joshua Gans. |
Joshua Gans |
| 6 July, 2009 | Disgruntled sounds from parallel universe MBS academic Joshua Gans’ recent article in The Age is quoted |
Joshua Gans |
| 29 June, 2009 | Managing your valuable asset: The GFC. Are employers taking their people for granted, expecting unreasonable levels of job loyalty because they feel staff are lucky to have a job at all right now? |
Ian O. Williamson |
| 25 June, 2009 | Australia needn’t fear inflation The RBA should have no trouble staying ahead of the game, writes Mark Crosby |
Mark Crosby |
| 24 June, 2009 | Bank swap service fails to catch on This article comments on the largely ignored Rudd government initiative to make it easier for people to switch banks. |
Joshua Gans |
| 22 June, 2009 | China Emerges Radio Comment from Mark Crosby |
Mark Crosby |
| 19 June, 2009 | Banks fairing better Melbourne Business School’s Associate Professor Mark Crosby says bank funding costs have dropped by about 3.3%. |
Mark Crosby |
| 9 June, 2009 | Read between the lines: book protection has failed. Some publishers might suffer, but removing restrictions would help authors and readers, writes MBS Professor Joshua Gans. |
Joshua Gans |
| 8 June, 2009 | The present is past….the future has arrived China has been the driver of our economy since 2001 |
Mark Crosby |
| 7 June, 2009 | Recession truth hit in September Australia is in recession and has been since September, according to MBS economics associate professor Mark Crosby. |
Mark Crosby |
| 5 June, 2009 | Economists take swipe at Turnbull over debt Kevin Rudd has seized an open letter from 21 leading economists, including Melbourne Business School’s Joshua Gans, to claim that the Coalition’s campaign against govt. debt lacks mainstream support |
Joshua Gans |
| 5 June, 2009 | Is the data telling us big, fat GDP lies? Accuracy isn't a hallmark of the national accounts |
Mark Crosby |
| 3 June, 2009 | Makers must look to China: analyst A key player in the Button car plan has urged Australia’s car industry to look to China for its future despite Holden Australia’s survival of parent GM’s formal bankruptcy. |
Mark Crosby |
| 3 June, 2009 | Debt no problem, for now Debt for development makes sense, say 21 prominent Australian economists including Melbourne Business School’s Joshua Gans |
Joshua Gans |
| 3 June, 2009 | Button plan architect says no use `Holden out' from China Melbourne Business School associate professor Mark Crosby casts doubt on the future of Holden Australia's assembly operations. |
Mark Crosby |
| 20 May, 2009 | Salvation in death and the GST Some painful tax measures will need to be considered to close the deficit gap, writes MBS associate professor, Mark Crosby |
Mark Crosby |
| 19 May, 2009 | Spending their way out of trouble New Straits Times journalist K.C Boey writes about the 2009 Federal Budget: For economist Joshua Gans, it was always going to be the case that the government would stick to its guns. |
Joshua Gans |
| 19 May, 2009 | Businesses on the hunt with boomerangs Companies are learning to turn employee defections into opportunities, writes Fiona Smith. |
Ian O. Williamson |
| 16 May, 2009 | Missing a rich vein Government is thrashing around in the dark, with sticks for swords, confusing income and wealth, writes Jessica Irvine. |
Joshua Gans |
| 14 May, 2009 | Going boldly backwards The Government, in the face of world economic turmoil, has stayed the course. |
Joshua Gans |
| 11 May, 2009 | Treasurer faces a whole new world after year of crisis This article looks at the events that occurred post Wayne Swan’s first Federal Budget in 2008 |
Joshua Gans |
| 9 May, 2009 | Political realities Geraldine Doogue discusses the idea of "fairness" in political realities and economic policy ahead of the Federal Budget. |
Mark Crosby |
| 6 May, 2009 | How long to settle the debt? Presenter Madonna King interviews Melbourne Business School’s Associate Professor Mark Crosby. |
Mark Crosby |
| 20 April, 2009 | Book Review - Parentonomics Professor Joshua Gans' book 'Parentonomics' is reviewed by the Financial Times |
Joshua Gans |
| 14 April, 2009 | Broadband plan dissected Professor Joshua Gans participates in a panel discussing the Federal Government’s Broadband Plan |
Joshua Gans |
| 14 April, 2009 | The government's RMBS profit Policy regarding the residential mortgage-based securities market |
Christopher Joye |