Research Publications, 2000-09

2009

Journal Articles

Down, S. and Reveley, J. ‘Between Narration and Interaction: Situating First-Line Supervisor Identity Work’, Human Relations, 2009, 62(3): 379-401. Tier A (ABDC)

Pol, E. and Ville, S., ‘Social innovation: Buzz word or enduring term’. Journal of Socio-Economics (accepted Feb 2009). Tier B (ABDC)

Reveley, J, and Ville, S. ‘Enhancing Industry Association Theory: A Comparative Business History Contribution’ Journal of Management Studies Accepted Oct 2008. Tier A* (ABDC)

Rodgers, J. R. and John L. Rodgers, J.L.. ‘Contributions of Longitudinal Data to Poverty Measurement in Australia’ Economic Record 2009, 85(special issue), pp.S35-S47. Tier A (ABDC)

Rodgers, J. R., Siminski, P. & Bishop, J. ‘Changes in Poverty Rates During the Howard Era’ Australian Economic Review 2009, 42(3): 300-320. Tier B (ABDC)

Siminski, P ‘A Welfare Analysis of the Commonwealth Seniors Health Card’ Economic Record 85(269): 164-180. 2009 Tier A (ABDC)

Siminski, P ‘Do Government Benefits for High Income Retirees Encourage Saving?’ Australian Journal of Labour Economics, Tier B (ABDC) 2009 (forthcoming) accepted in June 2009

Valadkhani, A. & Ville, S. ‘Ranking and Clustering of the Faculties of Commerce Research Performance in Australia’, Applied Economics 2009 (forthcoming) Tier A (ABDC)

Valadkhani, A. & Ville, S. ‘Discipline-Specific Forecasting of Research Output in Australian Universities’, Applied Economics Letters, 2009 forthcoming Tier B (ABDC)

Ville, S. ‘“Making connections”: insights into relationship marketing from

the Australasian stock and station agent industry’ Enterprise & Society 2009 10, 3. Tier A (ABDC).

Merrett, D. and Ville, S. ‘Financing Growth: New Issues by Australian Firms, 1920–1939’, Business History Review 83, 3 2009 Tier A (ABDC).

2008

Journal Articles

Moschini, G. & Yerokhin, O. ‘Patents, Research Exemption, and the Incentive for Sequential Innovation’ Journal of Economics and Management Strategy, 2008, 17 (2), 379-412.

Neri, F. and Ville, S. ‘Social Capital Renewal and the Academic Performance of International Students in Australia’ Journal of Socio-Economics 2008, 37 (4), 1515-1538. Tier B (ABDC)

O’Brien, M., Valadkhani, A & Townsend, K. ‘The Australian Labour Market in 2007’ Journal of Industrial Relations 2008, 50 (3), 383–398.

Reveley, J. ‘Repositioning Path Dependence: Institutional Change in New Zealand’s Port Labour Markets, 1950-1989’, Journal of Transport History, 2008, 29(2): 193-212.

Reveley, J. and McLean, P. ‘Rating Tales: An Evaluation of Divergent Views of Occupational Identification’, Management and Organizational History, 2008, 3(2): 127-145.

Rodgers, J. R. & Robson, D. ‘Travail to no Avail? Working Poverty in Australia since 2000’ Australian Journal of Labour Economics 2008, 11(1),
7-25. Tier B (ABDC)

Siminski, P. ‘Order Effects in Batteries of Questions’ Quality and Quantity 2008, 42 (4): 477-490. Tier B (ABDC)

Siminski, P., Bezzina, A., Lago, L., Eagar, K. ‘’Primary Care’ Presentations at Emergency Departments - Rates and Reasons by Age and Sex’ Australian Health Review 2008, 32 (4): 700-709 Tier B (ERA)

Siminski, P., Bezzina, A., Lago, L., Eagar, K. ‘ Trends in Primary Care Presentations at Emergency Departments in New South Wales (1999-2006)’ Australian Journal of Primary Health 2008 14 (3): 45-52 Tier C (ERA)

Ville, S., D. Merrett and S. Morgan, ‘Industry Associations as Facilitators of Social Capital: the Establishment and Early Operations of the Melbourne Wool Brokers Association’, Business History, 2008 50, 6: 781-94. Tier A (ABDC)

Yerokhin, O. & Moschini, G. Intellectual Property Rights and Crop-Improving R&D under Adaptive Destruction. Environmental and Resource Economics, 2008, 40, (1), 53-72. Tier A (ABDC)

2000 - 2007

Books

Reveley, J. and Tull, M., Eds., Port Privatisation: The Asia-Pacific Experience, Edward Elgar: Cheltenham, 2008.

Boyce, G., Macintyre, S. & Ville, S., Eds, How Organisations Connect Investing in Communication, 1 ed., Melbourne University Press: Melbourne, 2006.

Reveley, J. Registering Interest: Waterfront Labour Relations in New Zealand, 1953 to 2000. IMEHA: St. John’s, 2003.

Journal Articles

Gillman, M. & Yerokhin, O. Ramsey-Friedman Optimality with Banking Time. Topics in Macroeconomics, 2005, 5, (1), Article 16.

Levy, A., Neri, F. V. & Grass, D. Macroeconomic Aspects of Substance Abuse: Diffusion, Productivity and Optimal Control. Macroeconomic Dynamics 2006, 10, 145-164.

Masso, M., Siminski, P., Middleton, R., Bezzina, A.J., Smith P.B. & Eagar K. ‘Why patients attend emergency departments for conditions potentially appropriate for primary care: Reasons given by patients and clinicians differ’ Emergency Medicine Australasia 2007, 19 (4), 333-340.

Neri, F. V. & Rodgers, J. R. Ranking Australian Economics Departments by Research Productivity. Economic Record 2006, 82, S74-S84.

Neri, F. V. & Bradstreet, P. Comment on "Measuring Victoria's Genuine Progress: A GPI for Victoria". Economic Papers 2006, 25, (3), 295-297.

O’Brien, M. J., The Youth Labour Market in Australia and WorkChoices Legislation. International Employment Relations Review 2007, (forthcoming)

O’Brien, M. J., Older Male Workers and Job Mobility in Australia. International Journal of Employment Studies 2007, 15, (2), 1-26.

O'Brien, M. J., Denniss, R. & Burgess, J. The Australian Labour Market in 2005. Journal of Industrial Relations 2006, 48 (3), 305-318.

O'Brien, M. J. Industry Representation, Structural Change and the Older Male Worker in Australia (1985 to 2005). Australian Bulletin of Labour 2005, 31 (3), 270-294.

O'Brien, M. J., Burgess, J. & Lee, J. The Australian Labour Market in 2003. Journal of Industrial Relations 2004, 141-159.

O'Brien, M. J. & Burgess, J. Workforce Developments Affecting the Adequacy of Superannuation. Journal of Australian Political Economy 2004, 53, 179-190.

O'Brien, M. J., Valadkhani, A., Waring, P. & Denniss, R. The Australian Labour Market in 2006. Journal of Industrial Relations, 2007, 49 (3), 311-326.

Reveley, J. ‘Taxing Times: State-Led Income Redistribution in New Zealand’s “Golden Age”’, Australian Economic History Review, 2006, 46(3): 195-214.

Rodgers, J. L. & Rodgers, J. R. An Investigation into the Academic Effectiveness of Class Attendance in an Intermediate Microeconomic Theory Class. Education Research & Perspectives 2003, 30 (1), 27-41.

Rodgers, J. R. Hourly Wages of Full-Time and Part-Time Employees in Australia. Australian Journal of Labour Economics 2004, 7, 231-254.

Rodgers, J. R. Are Part-Time Works Poor?. Australian Journal of Labour Economics 2003, 6 (1), 177-193.

Rodgers, J. R. Encouraging Tutorial Attendance at University did not Improve Performance. Australian Economic Papers 2002, 41 (3), 255-266.

Rodgers, J. R. A Panel-Data Study of the Effect of Student Attendance on University Performance. Australian Journal of Education 2001, 45 (3), 284-295.

Rodgers, J. R. & Neri, F.V. Research Productivity of Australian Academic Economists: Human-Capital and Fixed Effects. Australian Economic Papers 2007, 46 (1), 67-87.

Rodgers, J. R. & Rodgers, J. L. The Effect of Geographic Mobility on Male Labor-Force Participants in the United States. Journal of Labor Research United States 2000, 21 (1), 117-132.

Rodgers, J. R. & Rodgers, J. L. Poverty Intensity in Australia. The Australian Economic Review 2000, 33 (3), 235-44.

Rodgers, J. R. & Valadkhani, A. A Multi-Dimensional Ranking of Australian Economics Departments. Economic Record 2006, 82 (256), 30-43. (ABDC journal rank A)

Saunders, P. & Siminski, P. Home Ownership and Inequality: Imputed Rent and Income Distribution in Australia. Economic Papers 2005, 24 (4), 346-367.

Siminski, P. Patterns of Disability and Norms of Participation through the Life Course: Empirical Support for a Social Model of Disability. Disability and Society 2003, 18 (6), 707-718.

Siminski, P., Chalmers, J. & McHugh, M. Foster Carers in New South Wales: profile and projections based on ABS Census data. Children Australia 2005, 30 (3), 17-24.

Siminski, P., Cragg, S., Middleton, R., Masso, M., Lago, L., Green, J. & Eagar, K. Primary care patients’ views on why they present to Emergency Departments – inappropriate attendances or inappropriate policy? Australian Journal of Primary Health 2005, 11 (2), 87-95.

Siminski, P. & Saunders, P. Accounting for Housing Costs in Regional Income Comparisons. Australasian Journal of Regional Studies 2004, 10 (2), 139-156.

Siminski, P., Saunders, P. & Bradbury, B. Reviewing the Inter-temporal Consistency of ABS Household Income Data through Comparisons with External Aggregates. Australian Economic Review 2003, 36 (3), pp. 333-349.

Tull, M. and Reveley, J. ‘Privatisation of Ports – An Evaluation of the Malaysian Experience’, Economic Papers, 2002, 21(4): 63-80.

Tull, M. and Reveley, J. ‘The Merits of Public Versus Private Ownership: A Comparative Study of Australian and New Zealand Seaports’, Economic Papers, 2001, 20(3): 75-99.

Valadkhani, A. & Ville, S. A Disciplinary Analysis of the Contribution of Academic Staff to PhD Completions in Australian Universities. International Journal of Business & Management Education 2007, 15 (1), 1-22.

Ville, S. Rent-Seeking or Market Strengthening? Industry Associations in New Zealand Wool Broking. Business History Review 2007, 81 (summer): 297-321.

Ville, S. The Equity Premium in Australia and the United States, 1889-1978. Briefing Notes in Economics 2006, 70, September/October, 1-8

Ville, S. Social Capital Formation in Australian Rural Communities: The Role of the Stock and Station Agent. Journal of Interdisciplinary History 2005, 36 (2), 185-208.

Ville, S. & Merrett, D. A time series for business profitability in twentieth-century Australia. Australian Economic Review 2006, 39, 3, 330-339.

Ville, S., Valadkhani, A. & O'Brien, M. J. The Distribution of Research Performance Across Australian Universities, 1992-2003, and Its Implications for Building Diversity. Australian Economic Papers 2006, 45 (4), 343-361.

Book Chapters

Boyce, G., Macintyre, S. & Ville, S. Conclusion: Building Collaborative Capabilities. In How Organisations Connect Investing in Communication; Boyce, G., Macintyre, S. & Ville, S., Eds.; 1 ed.; Melbourne University Press: Victoria, 2006; pp 198-208.

Boyce, G., Macintyre, S. & Ville, S. Investing in the Inter-Organisational Domain. In How Organisations Connect Investing in Communication; Boyce, G., Macintyre, S. & Ville, S., Eds.; 1 ed.; Melbourne University Press: Victoria, 2006; pp 1-7.

Moschini, G. & Yerokhin, O. Economic Incentive to Innovate in Plants: Patents and Plant Breeders’ Rights. In Agricultural Biotechnology and Intellectual Property: Seeds of Change; Kesan, J., Ed.; CABI Publishing, 2007.

Reveley, J. and Tull, M. ‘Privatisation Postponed: Convergence and Divergence in Australian and New Zealand Port Reform’, in J. Reveley and M. Tull (Eds.) Port Privatisation: The Asia-Pacific Experience. Cheltenham, Edward Elgar, 2008.

Reveley, J. and Tull, M. ‘Centralised Port Planning: An Evaluation of the British and New Zealand Experience’, in G. Boyce and R. Gorski (Eds.) Resources and Infrastructures in the Maritime Economy, 1500-2000. St. John’s: IMEHA, 2002.

Rodgers, J. R. & Rodgers, J. L. The Effects of Income Disparities on Inter-Regional Migration in a Technologically Developed Country: Evidence from Australia. In Economic Growth, Inequality and Migration; 1 ed.; Edward Elgar Publishing Limited: Cheltenham, United Kingdom, 2002; pp 190-214.

Tull, M. and Reveley, J. ‘Introduction: Port Reform in the Asia-Pacific Region’, in J. Reveley and M. Tull (Eds.) Port Privatization: The Asia-Pacific Experience. Cheltenham, Edward Elgar, 2008.

Ville, S. ‘The institutional legacy and the development of an Australian national innovation system’ in R. Garside ed. Institutions and Market Economies: the Political Economy of Growth and Development, Houndmills: Palgrave Macmillan, 2007, pp. 112-36.

Ville, S. & Merrett, D. Investing in Inter-Organisational Communication: The Melbourne Wool Brokers Association. In How Organisations Connect Investing in Communication; Boyce, G., Macintyre, S. & Ville, S., Eds.; 1 ed.; Melbourne University Press: Melbourne, 2006; pp 171-197.

Ville, S. Stock and Station Agents and Wool Brokers. In City of Enterprise Perspectives on Auckland Business History; Hunter, I. & Morrow, D., Eds.;
1 ed.; Auckland University Press: Auckland, New Zealand, 2006; pp 132-151.

Selected Conference Publications

Lewis, D. E., Shorten, B., O'Brien, M. J. & Rogan, S. G. Do Students Benefit From Supplemental Instruction? Evidence from a First Year Statistics Subject for Commerce Students. In Economic Education Conference; University of South Australia: Adelaide, 2004; pp 1-19 (cd).

Neri, F. V. & Rodgers, J. R. Ranking Australian Economics Departments by Research Productivity. In ACE05: Australian Conference of Economists; Dixon, R. Eds.; University of Melbourne: University of Melbourne, 2005; pp 1-30.

O'Brien, M. J. Older Male Workers and Job Mobility in Australia. In Shifting the boundaries of employment and work; De Cieri, H. & Costa, C. Eds.; Events Management Office: Monash University, Victoria, 2005; pp 2-20.

O'Brien, M. J. Structural Change and the Older Male Worker in Australia. In Proceedings of the 16th AIRAANZ Conference; McAndrew, I. & Geare, A. Eds.; AIRAANZ: New Zealand, 2002; pp 352-361.

Rodgers, J. R. & Rodgers, J. L. Chronic and Transitory Poverty in Australia 2001-2004. In ACSPRI Social Science Methodology Conference; ACSPRI: Sydney, December 10-13, 2006.

Siminski, P. The Effect of Increases to Concession Card Income Thresholds on Health Care Consumption. Presented at ERA 2006 - National Emerging Researchers in Ageing Conference, Sydney, November 21, 2006.

Siminski, P., Bezzina, A. & Eagar, K. (2006) ‘Primary Care Presentations at Emergency Departments: Demographic Profile and Reasons for Presentation’ presented at Health Outcomes 2006, Canberra, August 9-10.

Siminski, P. The effect of earnings on housework: Pros and cons of HILDA's time use data items. In ACSPRI Social Science Methodology Conference; Sydney, December 10-13, 2006. Available: http://melbourneinstitute.com/hilda/Biblio/cp/ACSPRI%20paper%20-%20Siminski.pdf

Valadkhani, A. and Ville, S. “An Assessment of the Research Performance of Commerce Faculties in Australia”, 36^th Annual Conference of Economists, 24-26 September 2007, Hotel Grand Chancellor, Hobart.

Valadkhani, A. and Ville, S. Analysing the Comparative Performance of Australian Universities under the Unified National System, 1992-2003. In Proceedings of the 35th Australian Conference of Economists, 2005; Economic Society of Australian Eds.; Economics Society of Australia: Curtin University of Technology 2006.

Ville, S. and D. Merrett, ‘Tariffs, subsidies and profits: a re-assessment of structural change in Australia 1901-1939’ (Asia-Pacific Economic and Business History Conference, University of Sydney). 2007

Ville, S. & Merrett, D. Size, profitability and survivorship: the performance of large scale enterprise in Australia. Asia-Pacific Economic and Business History Conference, University of Sydney 2007.

Ville, S. Business profitability and structural change in interwar Australia.
Economic Society of Australia Annual Conference, University of Melbourne. 2005. ISBN is 07340 26080. Available: http://gemini.econ.umd.edu/conference/ACE2005/program/ACE2005.html