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A Survey of Manufacturing Industry Policy: From the Tariff Board to the Productivity Commission

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  • Freedman, Craig
  • Stonecash, Robin

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Since World War II, Australian industry policy has shifted from providing extensive assistance, such as tariff protection to the manufacturing sector, to creating an environment for the efficient operation of markets. This paper surveys the evolution of the goals and instruments of industry policy in Australia and elsewhere. Copyright 1997 by The Economic Society of Australia.

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  • Freedman, Craig & Stonecash, Robin, 1997. "A Survey of Manufacturing Industry Policy: From the Tariff Board to the Productivity Commission," The Economic Record, The Economic Society of Australia, vol. 73(221), pages 169-183, June.
    • Handle: RePEc:bla:ecorec:v:73:y:1997:i:221:p:169-83
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    1. Satish Chand, 1999. "Trade Liberalization and Productivity Growth: Time‐Series Evidence from Australian Manufacturing," The Economic Record, The Economic Society of Australia, vol. 75(1), pages 28-36, March.
    2. Renuka Mahadevan, 2002. "Trade liberalization and productivity growth in Australian manufacturing industries," Atlantic Economic Journal, Springer;International Atlantic Economic Society, vol. 30(2), pages 170-185, June.
    3. Tony Dingle & Seamus O'Hanlon, 2009. "From Manufacturing Zone To Lifestyle Precinct: Economic Restructuring And Social Change In Inner Melbourne, 1971–2001," Australian Economic History Review, Economic History Society of Australia and New Zealand, vol. 49(1), pages 52-69, March.
    4. Linda Richardson, 1999. "Is Knowledge Enough? — Realising the Benefits of Free Trade," Agenda - A Journal of Policy Analysis and Reform, Australian National University, College of Business and Economics, School of Economics, vol. 6(2), pages 127-140.
    5. Mita Bhattacharya, 2002. "Group Profit, Market Share and Efficiency: Evidence from Australian Manufacturing," Review of Industrial Organization, Springer;The Industrial Organization Society, vol. 20(2), pages 187-199, March.
    6. JAYANTHAKUMARAN, Kankesu & PAHLAVANI; Mosayeb & Frank NERI, Frank, 2007. "Trade Reforms And Breakpoints In Australia’S Manufactured Trade: An Application Of The Zivot And Andrews Model," International Journal of Applied Econometrics and Quantitative Studies, Euro-American Association of Economic Development, vol. 4(2), pages 69-78.
    7. Steven Bond-Smith & Alfred Michael Dockery & Alan S Duncan & Daniel Kiely & Silvia Salazar, 2019. "Future-Proofing the WA Economy: A roadmap to industrial diversification and regional growth," Bankwest Curtin Economics Centre Report series FI04, Bankwest Curtin Economics Centre (BCEC), Curtin Business School.
    8. Turnbull, Christopher & Sun, Sizhong & Anwar, Sajid, 2016. "Trade liberalisation, inward FDI and productivity within Australia’s manufacturing sector," Economic Analysis and Policy, Elsevier, vol. 50(C), pages 41-51.
    9. James Ted McDonald & Mita Bhattacharya & Harry Bloch, 2004. "Labour Productivity, Import Competition and Market Structure in Australian Manufacturing," Econometric Society 2004 Australasian Meetings 48, Econometric Society.

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