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Planning Regulations and Costs
Thursday, 16 April 2015, 11:28 am | Motu Economic and Public Policy Research
Yesterday, Grant Spencer, the Deputy Governor of the Reserve Bank of New Zealand made a speech about reducing housing imbalances. His speech quoted a working paper by Motu Economic and Public Policy Research - a not-for-profit, non-partisan research ... More >>
What did the GFC do to house prices in NZ?
Wednesday, 1 April 2015, 2:19 pm | Motu Economic and Public Policy Research
The global financial crisis is still having an impact on New Zealand eight years later. Researchers at Motu Economic and Public Policy Research - a not-for-profit, non-partisan research institute – have just published an article in an international ... More >>
Emissions Trading: Managing Economic Risk
Tuesday, 25 September 2007, 10:27 am | Motu Economic and Public Policy Research
An emissions trading system helps reduce global climate change, lowers the risk of New Zealand non-compliance with Kyoto, and reduces the risk that controlling New Zealand’s emissions will be extremely expensive to the economy. It also introduces ... More >>
Emissions trading: Choice of ‘point of obligation’
Monday, 24 September 2007, 10:34 am | Motu Economic and Public Policy Research
In any industry, there is a vertical chain of production and consumption, with several ‘layers’ from initial production to final consumption. For example, in the electricity sector fuel is imported and sold to generators; generators use fuel to create electricity ... More >>
Impact of Economic Shocks on Well-Being of NZers
Tuesday, 11 September 2007, 10:35 am | Motu Economic and Public Policy Research
How effective are New Zealand’s social safety nets in reducing the impact that changes in economic circumstances have on individual and household well-being? This is a question that Motu Economic and Public Policy Research has been awarded $600,000 ... More >>
Motu Economic and Public Policy Research
Monday, 23 July 2007, 11:40 am | Motu Economic and Public Policy Research
Motu Economic and Public Policy Research has been awarded close to $1.7 million of Foundation for Research, Science and Technology funding for nearly four years of research on the economics of climate change and its impact on New Zealand. More >>