2011
Visiting Professorship Positions
In December 2010 and January 2011, Professor Dollery was visiting Professor at the Faculty of Economics, Yokohama National University.
Professor Dollery is working on research collaboration with members of the Petchey Centre for Entrepreneurship, University of East London, London.
Publications
Books & Special Editions
Brian Dollery and Bligh Grant are Guest Editors of a Special Edition of the Journal of Economic and Social Policy on Local Government and Local Government Policy in Australia.
Seminars & Refereed Published Conference Proceedings
Dollery, B. E. ‘Shared Services in Local Government’, paper presented to Mathematics Seminar No.2/2011, Mathematics With Economics Program, University of Malaysia (Sabah), Kota Kinabalu, Malaysia, 23 November, 2011.
Dollery, B. E. ‘Options for Rationalizing Local Government Structure’, paper presented as Special Topics Lecture, Master’s Program in English, Yokohama National University, Yokohama, Japan, 12 January, 2011.
Dollery, B. E. ‘Rationalizing Local Government Structure through Shared Services’, paper presented to local government officers at Oshu City in Iwate Prefecture, Japan, 18 January, 2012.
Grant, B. and Dollery, B. E. (2011). 'Regrets? He's had a few: The implications of Gerry Stoker's volte face for Australian local government reform'. In Australian Political Studies Annual Conference Proceedings, Crisis, Uncertaintly and Democracy, ANU, 26-28 September.
Fisher, J. and Grant, B. (2011). 'Strengthening business ethics pedagogy: The case for Mark Moore's theory of public value'. Australasian Journal of Professional and Applied Ethics 18th Annual Conference, School of Philosophy, University of Tasmania, 7-9 June.
Dollery, B. E., Crase, L. and Grant, B. (2011). 'The local capacity, local community and local governance dimensions of sustainability in Australian local government'. Commonwealth Local Government Conference 'Energising Local Economies: Partnerships for Prosperous Communities', Cardiff City Hall, Wales, 15-18 March.
Refereed Journal Articles
Mounter, S., Grant, B, Fleming, E. and Griffith, G. (2011). 'Latecomers: Charting a course for the New England Australia wine region'. Australasian Journal of Regional Studies 17(3) (in print). WINNER, John Dickinson Memorial Prize for the best article in AJRS in 2011.
Dollery, B. E., Crase, L. and Grant, B. (2011). 'The local capacity, local community and local governance dimensions of sustainability in Australian Local Government'. Commonwealth Journal of Local Governance 8/9 May/November: 162-183.
Dollery, B. E. Kortt, M.K. and Grant, B. (2011). 'A normative model of local government de-amalgamation in Australia'. Australian Journal of Political Science, 46(4): 601-616.
Smith, G. and Grant, B. (2011).'Thermodynamics and the economics of sustainability'. Journal of Interdisciplinary Economics and Business Law 1(1): 42-50.
James, K., Walsh, R. and Grant, B. (2011). 'Poverty in Paradise City: When the Jester has a broken heart'. Journal of Peace, Gender and Development Studies, 1(4): 138-154.
Grant, B. and Dollery, B. E. (2011). 'Political geography as public policy? 'Place-shaping' as a mode of local government reform'. Ethics, Policy and Environment 14(2): 1-17 (FEATURE ARTICLE).
Dollery, B. E. and Grant, B. (2011). 'Financial sustainability and financial viability in Australian local government'. Public Finance and Management, 11(1): 28-47.
Dollery, B. E., Grant, B. and Crase, L. (2011). 'Love thy neighbour: A social capital approach to local government partnerships'. Australian Journal of Public Administration 70(2): 156-166.
Dollery, B. E. and Grant, B. (2011). 'Introduction', in Journal of Economic and Social Policy, 13(3): Article 1.
Grant, B. and Fisher, J. (2011). 'Public Value: Positive ethics for Australian local government'. In Journal of Economic and Social Policy, 13(3): Article 7.
Conway, M-L. Dollery, B. E. and Grant. B. (2011). 'The construction of regional development in the boardroom: Evidence from NSW and Western Australia'. Journal of Economic and Social Policy, 13(3): Article 8.
Conway, M-L., Dollery, B. E. and Grant, B. (2011). 'Shared service models in Australian local government: The New England Strategic Alliance model five years on'. Australian Geographer 42(2):183-199.
Keleher, D., Dollery, B. E. and Grant, B. (2011). 'Trade liberalisation in Indonesian health services: prospects and policies'. International Journal of Public Administration 34(8): 528-538.
Grant, B., Dollery, B. E. and Hearfield, C. (2011). 'New England Australia: What follows from regional status? A comparative, political economy approach'. International Journal of Wine Business Research 23(1): 83-98.
Grant, B. Dollery, B. E. and Gow, J. (2011). 'Local democracy and local government efficiency: The case of elected executives in Australian local government'. Australian Journal of Political Science 46(1): 51-67.
Dollery, B. E. and Grant, B. (2011). 'Economic efficiency versus local democracy? An evaluation of structural change and local democracy in Australian local government'. Journal of Interdisciplinary Economics, 23(1): 1-20.
Crase, L., O’Keefe, S. and Dollery, B. E. (2011). ‘Nuances of Regional Growth and its Public Policy Implications: Some Flaws in the Grattan Institute’s Investing in the Regions, Making a Difference Report’, Economic Papers, 2011(in print).
Kortt, M., Dollery, B. E. and Pervan, S. (2011). ‘Religion and Education: Recent Evidence from the US’, Applied Economic Letters, 19(12), 1175-1178.
Kortt, M. and Dollery, B. E., (2011). ‘The Association between BMI and Health-related Quality of Life among an Australian Sample’, Clinical Therapeutics, (in print).
Kortt, M. and Dollery, B. E. (2011). ‘Religion and the Rate of Return to Human Capital: Evidence from Australia’, Applied Economics Letters, 19(10), 943-946.
Dollery, B. E. and Johnson, A. K. (2011). ‘When Will They Ever Learn? The Financial Implications of Water ‘Regionalisation’ For Non-Metropolitan New South Wales Local Councils’, International Journal of Public Policy, 2011.
Crase, L., Dollery, B.E. and O’Keefe, S. (2011). ‘Some Observations about the Reactionary Rhetoric Circumscribing the Guide to the Murray-Darling Basin Plan’, Economic Papers, 30(2), 195-207.
Valle De Souza, S. and Dollery, B. E. (2011). ‘Shared Services in Australian Local Government: The Brighton Common Service Model’, Journal of Economic and Social Policy, 14(2), Article 4, 1-25.
Crase, L., Dollery, B. E. and O’Keefe, S. (2011). ‘Managing Environmental Water: Lessons in Crafting Efficient Governance Arrangements’, Economics Papers, 30(2), 122-134.
Ramsland, D. and Dollery, B. E. (2011). ‘Enhancing Regional Cooperation between Local Councils: A Proposed Two-Tier Model for Australian Local Government’, Journal of Economic and Social Policy, 14(2), Article 3, 1-18.
Xianming Meng, Siriwardana, M. and Dollery, B. E. (2011). ‘A Computable General Equilibrium Analysis of Potential Policy Responses to a Negative Tourism Demand Shock in Singapore’, Tourism Analysis, (in print).
Dollery, B. E., Walker, G. and Bell, B. (2011). ,‘Bottom-up’ Internal Reform in Australian Local Government: The Lake Macquarie City Council Review,, Journal of Economic and Social Policy, 14(2), Article 5, 1-24.