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Conference Presentations

  1. Dollery, B. E. and Wallis, J. L. “Local Government Failure”, paper delivered to the 30th Conference of Economists, Perth, 25 September, 2001.
  2. Dollery, B. E. “A Century of Australian Fiscal Federalism”, paper delivered to the 14th Annual Conference of the History of Economic Thought Society of Australia, Hobart, 11 July, 2001.
  3. Currie, P., Dollery, B. E. and Wallis, L “The Appropriateness of the New Zealand Model of Public Sector Reform for South Africa”, paper delivered by Currie to the 76th Annual Conference of Western Economic Association, San Francisco, 2 July, 2001.

Publications

Books

  1. Dollery, B. E. and Wallis, J. L. The Political Economy of Local Government: Market Failure, Reform and Leadership, Studies in Fiscal Federalism and State – Local Finance series edited by Wallace E. Oates, Cheltenham, Edward Elgar, 2001, x + 252.

Refereed Journal Articles

  1. Dollery, B. E. and Wallis, J. L. “Social Service Delivery and the Voluntary Sector in Contemporary Australia”, Australian Journal of Political Science, 36(3), 367-375, 2001.
  2. McNeill, J. and Dollery, B. E. “Equity and Efficiency: Section 94 Developer
    Charges and Affordable Housing in Sydney”, Regional Policy and Practice, 10(1), 33-37, 2001.
  3. Crase, L., Patullock, E., Lamb, P. and Dollery, B. E. “Mobile Telephony in Rural Australia: Is it a Natural Monopoly”, Media International Australia, No. 99, 105-118, 2001.
  4. Dollery, B. E. and Nathan, C. D. “A Note on Fiscal Federalism and Public Administration in a Transforming Society: The Case of South Africa”, Politics, Administration and Change, 35, 37-48, 2001.
  5. Dollery, B. E. and Wallis, J. L. “Government Failure, Social Capital and the Appropriateness of the New Zealand Model for Public Sector Reform in Developing Countries”, World Development, 29(2), 245-264, 2001.
  6. Dollery, B. E. and Wallis, J. L. “The Theory of Market Failure and Equity-based Policy Making in Contemporary Local Government”, Local Government Studies, 27(4), 59-70, 2001.
  7. Worthington, A. C. and Dollery, B. E. “Diversity in Australian Local Government: The Case Against the Imposition of National Uniform Standards”, International Review of Public Administration, 6(1), 49-58, 2001.
  8. Wallis, J. L. and Dollery B. E. “Local Government Policy Evolution in New Zealand: Radical Reform and the Ex Post Emergence of Consensus or Rival Advocacy Coalitions”, Public Administration, 79(3), 533-560, 2001.
  9. Worthington, A. C. and Dollery, B. E. “Measuring Efficiency in Local Government: An Analysis of New South Wales Municipalities’ Domestic Waste Management Function”, Policy Studies Journal, 29(2), 232-249, 2001.
  10. Dollery, B. E. and Wallis, J. L. “New Institutional Economics and the Analysis of the Public Sector”, Policy Studies Review, 18(1), 185-211, 2001.

Working Papers

  1. Wallis, J. L. and Dollery, B. E. “Economic Theories of the Voluntary Sector: a Survey of Government Failure and Market Failure Approaches”, University of Otago, Economics Discussion Papers, 0125, 2001.
  2. Wallis, J. L. and Dollery, B. E. “Local Government Capacity and Social Capital”, University of Otago, Economics Discussion Papers, 0124, 2001.
  3. Wallis, J. L. and Dollery, B. E. “Styles of Policy Leadership and Local Government Reform”, University of Otago, Economics Discussion Papers, 0123, 2001.
  4. Wallis, J. L. and Dollery, B. E. “Local Government Failure”, University of Otago, Economics Discussion Papers, 0121, 2001.
  5. Wallis, J. L. and Dollery, B. E. “A New Institutional Perspective on Alternative Governance Mechanisms at the Local Government Level”, University of Otago, Economics Discussion Papers, 0120, 2001.
  6. Wallis, J. L. and Dollery, B. E. “Cultural Change Within the New Zealand and Australian Treasuries”, University of Otago, Economics Discussion Papers, 0118, 2001.
  7. Wallis, J. L. and Dollery, B. E. “Cultural Re-Invention Within the New Zealand Treasury”, University of Otago, Economics Discussion Papers, 0014, 2001.
  8. Wallis, J. and Dollery, B. E. “Cultural Change Within the New Zealand and Australian Treasuries”, UNE Working Paper Series in Economics, Working Paper 2001-18, School of Economic Studies, University of New England, 2001 (ISSN 1442 2980).
  9. Wallis, J. and Dollery, B. E. “Understanding Cultural Changes Within an Economic Control Agency: The Case of the New Zealand Treasury”, UNE Working Paper Series in Economics, Working Paper 2001-17, School of Economic Studies, University of New England, 2001 (ISSN 1442 2980).
  10. Dollery, B. E. and Wallis, J. “Economic Approaches to the Voluntary Sector: A Note on Voluntary Failure and Human Service Delivery”, UNE Working Paper Series in Economics, Working Paper 2001-16, School of Economic Studies, University of New England, 2001 (ISSN 1442 2980).
  11. Burton, T., Dollery, B. E. and Wallis, J. “A Note on the Debate over ‘Economic Rationalism’ in Australia: An Application of Albert Hirschman's Rhetoric of Reaction”, UNE Working Paper Series in Economics, Working Paper 2001-15, School of Economic Studies, University of New England, 2001 (ISSN 1442 2980).
  12. Dollery, B. E. “A Century of Vertical Fiscal Imbalance in Australian Federalism”, UNE Working Paper Series in Economics, Working Paper 2001-14, School of Economic Studies, University of New England, 2001 (ISSN 1442 2980).
  13. Dollery, B. E. and Wallis, J. “Social Service Delivery and the Voluntary Sector in Contemporary Australia”, UNE Working Paper Series in Economics, Working Paper 2001-13, School of Economic Studies, University of New England, 2001 (ISSN 1442 2980).
  14. Byrnes, J., Dollery, B. E. and Wallis, J. “Local Government Failure in Australia: An Empirical Analysis of New South Wales”, UNE Working Paper Series in Economics, Working Paper 2001-12, School of Economic Studies, University of New England, 2001 (ISSN 1442 2980).
  15. Wallis, J. and Dollery, B. E. “The Impact of Alternative Styles of Policy Leadership on the Direction of Local Government Reform”, UNE Working Paper Series in Economics, Working Paper 2001-11, School of Economic Studies, University of New England, 2001 (ISSN 1442 2980).
  16. Dollery, B. E. and Wallis, J. “Social Service Delivery and the Voluntary Sector in Contemporary Australia: A Conceptual Note on ‘Constructive Compassion’, and the McClure Report”, UNE Working Paper Series in Economics, Working Paper 2001-10, School of Economic Studies, University of New England, 2001 (ISSN 1442 2980).
  17. Themeli, B., Dollery, B. E. and Crase, L. “An Empirical Examination of the Impact of Public Enterprise Reform on the South African Labour Market”, UNE Working Paper Series in Economics, Working Paper 2001-8, School of Economic Studies, University of New England, 2001 (ISSN 1442 2980).
  18. Dollery, B. E. and Wallis, J. “A Taxonomic Analysis of Government Failure in Local Government”, UNE Working Paper Series in Economics, Working Paper 2001-7, School of Economic Studies, University of New England, 2001 (ISSN 1442 2980).
  19. Dollery, B. E and Wallis, J. “The Theory of Market Failure and Policy Making in Contemporary Local Government”, UNE Working Paper Series in Economics, Working Paper 2001-6, School of Economic Studies, University of New England, 2001 (ISSN 1442 2980).

Other Activities

Workshops, Seminars and Short Courses

A seminar was scheduled for May/June 2001 at Uralla on the Northern Tablelands dealing with Business Models for Local Government. This has now been incorporated in the conference "The Cutting Edge of Change".

A Four-day Short Course on Performance Based Codes. In April a four day short-course was run on "The Performance-Based Approach to Development Codes". The short course was practical, hands-on, and based on the National User's Guide to Performance Based Codes.

A Four-day Short Course on Contemporary Regional Development Practice. Over the last five years regional development has become one of the hot policy issues in Australia across all three tiers of government. Many regions are increasingly concerned with how to stem population decline, energise local economies, or build on local growth prospects. Local government has been playing a growing role in this complex, fast-moving and difficult arena for the last 20 years but many are unsure of the development options they confront and where they fit into the overall public policy picture. This short-course on contemporary regional development practice clarified current thinking on these matters.

Submissions, etc.

1. Submission to the Sproats Enquiry into inner Sydney Local Government. Prepared by Witherby, this was part of a broader submission by South Sydney Council.

2. Planning Hearing into the Bruderhof Community village proposal at Inverell. Witherby chaired the planning hearing which reported to Council and the Department of Urban Affairs and Planning on the feasibility of rezoning a rural property for an integrated village.

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.

3. Regional Organisations of Councils - a Review. Marshall and Witherby secured UNE Research Grant to examine regional organisations of councils throughout Australia.

4. Modelling a New State. Marshall, Dollery and Witherby secured a UNE Research Grant to financially model a new state in north-east NSW. The project was designed to provide sound information to inform the re-activated debate on a new state.

A Visiting Fellow from Indonesia, Dr Hanafi S Guciano, was with the Centre for 5 months from October, 2001.