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The great climate change rort: NZ Listener article
The recent article by Rebecca Macfie examining New Zealand's climate change policy is now available online. It quotes Suzi Kerr and Catherine Leining and takes a special look at the emissions trading scheme.
Researcher weighs in on carbon trading tool
The NZ Herald reports: A researcher who was heavily involved in the design of New Zealand's Emissions Trading Scheme says a new cap could make the much-criticised carbon trading tool effective again. More... This story was…
Surprising Pockets of Productivity in the Construction Sector
Previous studies of the New Zealand construction industry have found poor productivity performance. However, a new study from Motu Economic and Public Policy Research -- a not-for-profit, non-partisan research institute -- uses data from individual…
Re-activating the NZ ETS
While New Zealand’s Emissions Trading Scheme (NZ ETS) was a world first in many respects, it was calibrated to operate in a world which no longer exists. “Fundamentally, the NZ ETS offers a sound foundation for…
Adam Jaffe in "Nature" on Academic Return
A broader understanding of 'impact' could help governments to measure the diverse benefits of their investment in research. This article in Nature 533, S20–S21 by Michael Eisenstein quote Adam Jaffe extensively on the science of science…
Bernard Hickey: Land tax is long overdue
Bernard Hickey's Opinion column for the NZ Herald on 1 May 2016, stated that land tax is long overdue. Now that the Prime Minister has let the land tax genie out of the bottle we should…
Better businesses, healthier lives will flow from a low carbon economy
Rod Oram’s Sunday Star-Times column for May 1st, 2016 If you want to improve your business and your life there’s plenty of excellent, practical advice around. Even better the recommendations are from reputable organisations such as the…
Will the Land Tax Work - Q&A
Economist Arthur Grimes from Motu with TVNZ Q&A interviewer Michael Parkin about Land Tax. (6 minutes and 22 seconds of video clip.)
Land tax: easier to impose on all residential property, then allow a rebate
Arthur Grimes spoke to NBR Radio about land taxes. "It might be tidier for the government to impose a general land tax and not just one aimed at foreigners, one of New Zealand's leading experts on…
Measuring public science by dollar value alone 'stupid', says top science adviser
The NBR covers Adam Jaffe's presentation to the NZ Association of Scientists in this article.
