John Freebairn

Natural disasters and economic policy challenges

J Freebairn

Journal article  |  2023  |  Australian Economic Papers

The frequency of and magnitudes of natural disasters associated with exogenous variation of climate vary between areas. Household,..

Economic Problems with Subsidies for Electric Vehicles

J Freebairn

Journal article  |  2022  |  Economic Papers

The use of motor vehicles in Australia generates external costs. The external costs are associated with government expenditure on ..

Company Income Tax and Business Investment

John Freebairn

Journal article  |  2022  |  AUSTRALIAN ECONOMIC REVIEW

There are many financial paths that link different savers who provide funds to different business investors. Path options consider..

What is petrol excise, and why does Australia have it anyway?

John Freebairn

Scholarly Contribution to Database/Website  |  2022

One government, in New Zealand, has already cut its fuel excise, by 25 cents per litre for the three months it hopes will be the w..

Macroeconomic Linkages to the Agricultural Supply Chain

HA Love, J Freebairn

Book Chapter  |  2022

This chapter is motivated by the seminal contribution of Gordon Rausser and his colleagues regarding macroeconomic linkages with t..

Adaptation to Climate Change by Australian Farmers

John Freebairn

Journal article  |  2021  |  CLIMATE

Climate change in the form of higher temperatures, changes of rainfall patterns, and for some, more natural disasters will reduce ..

Reform State Taxes to Increase Productivity

John Freebairn

Journal article  |  2020  |  Australian Economic Review

A larger and more productive economy would facilitate the reduction of COVID‐19 government deficits and their future repayment. Re..

The attacks are misguided: in a time of crisis the Bureau of Statistics is serving us well

Jeffrey Borland, Bob Gregory, John Freebairn, Roger Wilkins, Sue Richardson

Scholarly Contribution to Database/Website  |  2020

In critical times, we expect our public institutions to step up. Inevitably, we are going to judge them, as we should, because it ..

A portfolio policy package to reduce greenhouse gas emissions

J Freebairn

Journal article  |  2020  |  Atmosphere

Arguments for a portfolio of price, regulation and subsidy policy interventions to reduce the production and consumption of greenh..

Multinational corporations and profit shifting: problems and policy options

John Freebairn

Journal article  |  2019  |  Australian Tax Forum: a journal of taxation policy, law and reform

Multinational corporations have opportunities, and face competitive pressures, to shift profits from high corporate tax rate to lo..