2000
Conference Presentations
- Crase, L., Patullock, E., Lamb, P. and Dollery, B. E. “Measuring the Demand for Mobile Telephony in Rural Australia: Is Mobile Telephony for Remote Australian Communities a Natural Monopoly?”, Paper delivered by Lin Crase, Proceedings of the Communications Research Forum 2000, Canberra, 7 October, 2000.
Publications
Refereed Journal Articles
- Worthington, A. C. and Dollery, B. E. “Can Australian Local Government Play a Meaningful Role in the Development of Social Capital in Disadvantaged Rural Communities?”, Australian Journal of Social Issues, 35(4), 349-362, 2000.
- Dollery, B. E. and Wallis, J. L. “A Note on the Timing of Microeconomic Reform in Australia”, Economic Analysis and Policy, 30(1), 63-72, 2000.
- Worthington, A. C. and Dollery, B. E. “The Debate on Australian Federalism: Local Government Financial Interrelationships with State and Commonwealth Governments”, Australian Journal of Public Administration, 59(4), 25-35, 2000.
- Burton, T. A., Dollery, B. E. and Wallis, J. L. “Rhetorical Patterns at the 1999 New South Wales Drug Summit”, Current Issues in Criminal Justice, 12(2), 207-215, 2000.
- Dollery, B. E., Stewart, M. and Worthington, A. C. “Australian Fiscal Federalism: An Empirical Note on Long-Term Trends in State and Local Government Finance, 1969/70 to 1994/95”, Economic Papers, 19(3), 16-17, 2000.
- Dollery, B. E., Witherby, A. and Marshall, N. A. “Section 94 Developer Contributions and Marginal Cost Pricing”, Urban Policy and Research, 18(3), 311-328, 2000.
- Soul, S. and Dollery, B. E. “The Effect of Municipal Population Size on Political Effectiveness: An Empirical Note on Four Local Government Jurisdictions in New South Wales”, Regional Policy and Practice, 9(2), 64-66, 2000.
- McNeill, J. and Dollery, B. E. “Financing Urban Infrastructure: An Evaluation of Water and Sewerage Developer Charges in New South Wales”, Transactions of Multi-Disciplinary Engineering, GE24, 1-14, 2000.
- Dollery, B. E. and Singh, S. “Explaining the Real Size of Government in Australia: An Application of the Ferris and West Model”, Economic Analysis and Policy, 30(2), 157-174, 2000.
- Crase, L., Dollery, B. E. and Worthington, A. C. “Economic Growth, Economic Policy Formulation and Structural Reform of the South African Economy”, Politics, Administration and Change, 34, 1-22, 2000.
- Dollery, B. E. and Wallis, J. L. “A Note on the Coherence of the New Public Management as a Managerial Philosophy”, International Review of Public Administration, 5(1), 81-91, 2000.
- Dollery, B. E. and Soul, S. “An Analysis of the Criteria Used by Australian Local Government Amalgamation Inquiries Between 1960 and 1992”, Regional Policy and Practice, 9(2), 41-52, 2000.
- Dollery, B. E. and Soul, S. “A Note on Australian Local Government and Regional Economic and Social Inequalities”, Australian Journal of Social Issues, 35(2), 159-168, 2000.
- Worthington, A. C. and Dollery, B. E. “Measuring Efficiency in Local Government”, Public Productivity and Management Review, 23(4), 469-485, 2000.
- Crase, L. and Dollery, B. E. “Breakeven Output and Efficient Scale of Livestock Selling Complexes in Victoria”, Accounting, Accountability and Performance, 6(1) 1-18, 2000.
- McNeill, J. and Dollery, B. E. “Funding Urban Infrastructure Using Developer Charges: The Case of Section 94 Contributions and Road Financing in New South Wales”, Public Works Management and Policy, 4(4), 297-304, 2000.
- Worthington, A. C. and Dollery, B. E. “Productive Efficiency and the Australian Local Government Grants Process: An Empirical Analysis of New South Wales Local Government”, Australian Journal of Regional Studies, 6(2), 95-121, 2000.
- Crase, L., O’Reilly, L. and Dollery, B. E. “Water Markets as a Vehicle for Water Reform: The Case of New South Wales”, Australian Journal of Agricultural and Resource Economics, 44(2), 299-321, 2000.
- Worthington, A. C. and Dollery, B. E. “An Empirical Survey of Frontier Efficiency Measurement Techniques in Local Government”, Local Government Studies, 26(2), 23-52, 2000.
Working Papers
- Wallis, J. L. and Dollery, B. E. “Evaluating the New Zealand Model of Strategic Reform: A Case Study of Local Government Policy Evolution Since 1987”, University of Otago, Economics Discussion Papers, 0004, 2000.
- Worthington, A. C. and Dollery, B. E. “Efficiency Measurement in the Local Public Sector: Econometric and Mathematical Programming Frontier Techniques”, Discussion Papers in Economics, Finance and International Competitiveness No. 78, Queensland University of Technology, 1-21, 2000.
- Worthington, A. and Dollery, B. E. “Effective Aspects of NSW Local Governments' Domestic Waste Management Service”, UNE Working Paper Series in Economics, Working Paper 2000-11, School of Economic Studies, University of New England, 2000 (ISSN 1442 2980).
- McNeill, J. and Dollery, B. E. “Financing Urban Infrastructure in New South Wales: An Evaluation of Water and Sewage Developer Charges Policy”, UNE Working Paper Series in Economics, Working Paper 2000-10, School of Economic Studies, University of New England, 2000 (ISSN 1442 2980).
- Soul, S. and Dollery, B. E. “An Analysis of the Criteria Used by Australian Local Government Amalgamation Inquiries Between 1960 and 1992”, UNE Working Paper Series in Economics, Working Paper 2000-9, School of Economic Studies, University of New England, 2000 (ISSN 1442 2980).
- Wallis, J. and Dollery, B. E. “The Appropriateness of the New Zealand Model of Public Management Reform to South Africa”, UNE Working Paper Series in Economics, Working Paper 2000-8, School of Economic Studies, University of New England, 2000 (ISSN 1442 2980).
- Wallis, J. and Dollery, B. E. “Local Government Reform in New Zealand”, UNE Working Paper Series in Economics, Working Paper 2000-7, School of Economic Studies, University of New England, 2000 (ISSN 1442 2980).
- Worthington, A. and Dollery, B. E. “Can Australian Local Government Play a Meaningful Role in the Development of Social Capital in Disadvantaged Communities?”, UNE Working Paper Series in Economics, Working Paper 2000-6, School of Economic Studies, University of New England, 2000 (ISSN 1442 2980).
- Dollery, B. E. and Soul, S. “A Note on Australian Local Government and Regional Economic and Social Inequalities”, UNE Working Paper Series in Economics, Working Paper 2000-5, School of Economic Studies, University of New England, 2000 (ISSN 1442 2980).
- Worthington, A. and Dollery, B. E. “An Analysis of Recent Trends in Australian Local Government”, UNE Working Paper Series in Economics, Working Paper 2000-4, School of Economic Studies, University of New England, 2000 (ISSN 1442 2980).
- Worthington, A. and Dollery, B. E. “An Empirical Analysis of Productivity Change in Local Government 1993/94 to 1995/96”, UNE Working Paper Series in Economics, Working Paper 2000-3, School of Economic Studies, University of New England, 2000 (ISSN 1442 2980).
- Worthington, A. and Dollery, B. E. “Diversity in Australian Local Government: The Case Against the Imposition of Uniform National Standards”, UNE Working Paper Series in Economics, Working Paper 2000-2, School of Economic Studies, University of New England, 2000 (ISSN 1442 2980).
- Worthington, A. and Dollery, B. E. “The Debate on Australian Federalism: Local Government Financial Interrelationships with State and Commonwealth Governments”, UNE Working Paper Series in Economics, Working Paper 2000-1, School of Economic Studies, University of New England, 2000 (ISSN 1442 2980).
Other Activities
Workshops, Seminars and Short Courses
Amalgamation Seminars. A seminar was scheduled for December 13th 2000 at Kempsey on the north coast of NSW and throughout the New England and North-West.
Research
1. The community outcomes project. Compared outcomes of local government reform processes. The study involved a selection of council in NSW and Victoria and was being undertaken in collaboration with RMIT.
2. E-commerce in regional and rural NSW. Dollery and McNeill secured Aust. Bus. Foundation research grant of $56,000 to investigate e-commerce in regional and rural NSW.
