Emeritus Professor Malcolm Treadgold

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Books and monographs

1974    The Economy of the Torres Strait Area:  A Social Accounting Study, Vol. II of The Torres Strait Islanders (Canberra:  Department of Economics, Research School of Pacific Studies, The Australian National University), pp. x + 42.

1976    Economic Growth and Inequality in Papua New Guinea, An Inaugural Lecture (Armidale:  University of New England), pp. 24.

1978    The Regional Economy of Bougainville:  Growth and Structural Change, Development Studies Centre Occasional Paper No. 10 (Canberra:  Australian National University), pp. vii + 81.

1988    Bounteous Bestowal:  The Economic History of Norfolk Island, Pacific Research Monograph No. 18 (Canberra:  National Centre for Development Studies, Australian National University), pp. xvi + 317.

1992    The Economy of Fiji:  Performance, Management and Prospects, AIDAB International Development Issues No. 25 (Canberra:  Australian Government Publishing Service), pp. viii +94.

1994    (with P. Lewis, P. Drake, J. Jüttner & K. Norris), A Guide to the Australian Economy: Structure, Performance, Policy (Melbourne: Longman Cheshire), pp. xvi + 342.

1998    (with P. Lewis, A. Garnett, P. Drake, J. Jüttner & K. Norris), Issues, Indicators and Ideas: A Guide to the Australian Economy, 2nd edition (South Melbourne: Addison Wesley Longman Australia), pp. xx + 297.

2003    (with P. Lewis, A. Garnett & K. Hawtrey), Issues, Indicators and Ideas: A Guide to the Australian Economy, 3rd edition (Frenchs Forest, NSW: Pearson Education Australia), pp. xviii + 249.

2006    (with P. Lewis, A. Garnett & K. Hawtrey), Issues, Indicators and Ideas: A Guide to the Australian Economy, 4th edition (Frenchs Forest, NSW: Pearson Education Australia), pp. xviii + 254.

2010    (with P. Lewis, A. Garnett & K. Hawtrey), The Australian Economy: Your Guide, 5th Edition (Frenchs Forest, NSW: Pearson Australia), pp. xiv + 246.

2014 (with B. Nahar & M. Siriwardana), Trade Reforms, Poverty and Inequality in Bangladesh (New York: Nova Science Publishers), pp. xx + 241.

Chapters in books

1971 "Projections of Economic Activity in Papua New Guinea (with special reference to the Bougainville Copper Project)" in R.T. Shand and M.L. Treadgold, The Economy of Papua New Guinea:  Projections and Policy Issues (Canberra:  Department of Economics, Research School of Pacific Studies, The Australian National University), pp. 1-53.

1974    "The Economic Significance of the Disputed Islands" in E.K. Fisk, Maree Tait, W.E. Holder and M.L. Treadgold, The Border and Associated Problems, Vol. V of The Torres Strait Islanders (Canberra:  Department of Economics, Research School of Pacific Studies, The Australian National University), pp. 44-54.

1976    "Economic Problems and Policies of an Independent Papua New Guinea" in E.P. Wolfers (Ed.), Australia's Northern Neighbours:  Independent or Dependent? (Melbourne:  Nelson), pp. 150-165.

1978    "Benefits versus Costs of Economic Growth" in E.C.T.A. Readings in Economics, Vol. Two (Belfield:  Economics and Commercial Teachers' Association of N.S.W.), pp. 128-134.

1984 "Aboriginal Incomes:  An Aggregative Analysis of the 1976 Census Results" in B.J. Chapman, J.E. Isaac and J.R. Niland (Eds.), Australian Labour Economics:  Readings, Third Edition (South Melbourne:  Macmillan), pp. 602-619. [Revised version of article in Australian Bulletin of Labour (1980) listed below.]

1991    "Economic Development" in Raymond Nobbs (Ed.), Norfolk Island and its Second Settlement, 1825-1855 (North Sydney:  Library of Australian History), pp. 73-98.

1996    "Macroeconomic Policy Issues in the Asia-Pacific Economies", in Dilip K. Das (Ed.), The Emerging Growth Pole: The Asia-Pacific Economy (Singapore: Prentice Hall), pp. 405-444. [Revised version of article in Asian-Pacific Economic Literature (1990) listed below.]

1998  (with P. H. Hall), "Aggregate Demand Curves: A Guide to Use and Abuse Revisited" in B. Bhaskara Rao (Ed.), Aggregate Demand and Supply: A Critique of Orthodox Macroeconomic Modelling (Houndmills: Macmillan), pp. 25-43.

Journal articles

1963    (With H.D. Evans), "Secondary Industry in Western Australia - the 1950's in Retrospect", Economic Activity in Western Australia, Vol. 6, No. 2 (April), pp. 31-44.

1966    "International Liquidity:  The Problem and Some Plans", Economic Activity in Western Australia, Vol. 9, No. 1 (January), pp. 16-23.

1966    (With R.P. Byron), "Projections of the Western Australian Work Force, 1961-76", Economic Activity in Western Australia, Vol. 9, No. 2 (April), pp. 21-31.

1967    (With Richard W. Hooley), "Decontrol and the Redirection of Income Flows:  A Second Look", Philippine Economic Journal, Vol. VI, No. 2 (Second Semester), pp. 109-128.

1970    "The Revised Philippine National Accounts", Philippine Economic Journal, Vol. IX, No. 2 (Second Semester), pp. 157-181.

1970    "Inflation, Real Wages and the Rate of Saving in the Philippines", The Developing Economies, Vol. VIII, No. 3 (September), pp. 280-298.

1971    "Bougainville Copper and the Economic Development of Papua-New Guinea", Economic Record, Vol. 47 (June), pp. 186-202.

1973    "Torres Strait:  The Islander Economy", New Guinea and Australia, the Pacific and South-East Asia, Vol. 8 (April), pp. 27-35.

1973    "The Future of Copper:  An Answer to Zorn", New Guinea and Australia, The Pacific and South-East Asia, Vol. 8 (October), pp. 31-37.

1974    "Recent Economic Performance in Papua New Guinea", Economic Record, Vol. 50 (March), pp. 39-56.

1974    "Income Flows and Economic Structure in the Torres Strait Area", Economic Analysis and Policy, Vol. 5, No. 2 (September), pp. 12-29.

1978    "Regional Inequality in Papua New Guinea:  Some New Evidence", Pacific Viewpoint, Vol. 19, No. 2 (September), pp. 129-148.

1980    "Aboriginal Incomes:  An Aggregative Analysis of the 1976 Census Results", Australian Bulletin of Labour, Vol. 7, No. 1 (December), pp. 31-46.

1981    "The Economic Foundations of Increased Political Autonomy in Norfolk Island", Australian Outlook, Journal of the Australian Institute of International Affairs, Vol. 35, No. 1 (April), pp. 46-58.

1982    (With P.H. Hall), "Aggregate Demand Curves:  A Guide to Use and Abuse", Australian Economic Papers, Vol. 21, No. 38 (June), pp. 37-48.

1984    "Growth, Structural Change, and Distribution in a Very Small Economy:  A Case Study of Norfolk Island", Journal of Developing Areas, Vol. 19, No. 1 (October), pp. 35-58.

1986    "Understanding the 1986-87 Budget", Management Forum, Vol. 12, No. 3 (September), pp. 175-179.

1987    "Inter-Provincial Income Inequality in Papua New Guinea", Pacific Economic Bulletin, Vol. 2, No. 1 (June), pp. 34-37.

1987    (With P.H. Hall), "Alternative Aggregate Demand Functions in Macroeconomics:  Some Comments", Australian Economic Papers, Vol. 26, No. 49 (December), pp. 337-338.

1988    "An Overview of the May 1988 Economic Statement", Management Forum, Vol. 14, No. 2 (June), pp. 107-109.

1988    "Intercensal Change in Aboriginal Incomes, 1976-1986", Australian Bulletin of Labour, Vol. 14, No. 4 (September), pp. 592-609.

1989    (With P.H. Hall), "Aggregate Demand Curves:  A Response", Journal of Macroeconomics, Vol. 11, No. 1 (Winter), pp. 141-3.

1990    "Macroeconomic Management in Asian-Pacific Developing Countries", Asian-Pacific Economic Literature, Vol. 4, No. 1 (March), pp. 3-40.

1992    "Openness and the Scope for Macroeconomic Policy in Micro States", Cyprus Journal of Economics, Vol. 5, No. 1 (June), pp. 15-24.

1992 (with E.M. Treadgold), "The Improvement in Indonesia's Real Resource Balance, 1986-89:  Absorption, Switching  and Growth Effects", Bulletin of Indonesian Economic Studies, Vol. 28, No. 3 (December), pp. 93-106.

1994    "Economic Growth, Unemployment and the White Paper", Economics, Vol. 30, No. 4 (December), pp. 5-7.

1995    (with J.M. Pullen), "Henry George in Northern New South Wales: Newspaper Accounts of Two Lectures", History of Economics Review, No. 23 (Winter), pp. 83-95.

1996    (with P. Laplagne), 'Some Implications of External Labour Mobility for the Development of Micro States", International Journal of Social Economics, Vol. 23, No.s 4/5/6, pp. 269-281.

1998    "The Size of the Norfolk Island Economy", Pacific Economic Bulletin, Vol. 13, No. 2, pp. 82-91.

1999    "Breaking Out of the MIRAB Mould: Historical Evidence from Norfolk Island", Asia Pacific Viewpoint. Vol. 40, No. 3 (December), pp. 235-249.

2000    "An Early Estimate of the Value of Australia's Stock of Human Capital", History of Economics Review, No. 32 (Summer), pp. 46-57.

2001    (with P. Laplagne and J. Baldry), "A Model of Aid Impact in Some South Pacific Microstates", World Development, Vol. 29, No. 2 (February), pp. 365-383.

2003    "The Philippine Currency Board Arrangement, 1945-48: A Case of Deflationary Bias?", Financial History Review, Vol. 10, Part I (April), pp. 57-74.

2005    "Colonial Currency Boards: The Seigniorage Issue", History of Economics Review, No. 41 (Winter), pp. 126-141.

2006    "Factors Inhibiting Deflationary Bias in Currency Board Economies: Evidence from the Colonial Era", Australian Economic History Review, Vol. 46, No. 2, pp. 130-154.

2012    (with S. Ahmad and A. Shamsuddin), "A Monetary Analysis of Foreign Exchange Market Disequilibrium in Fiji", International Journal of Economic Policy in Emerging Economies, Vol. 5, No. 1, pp. 66-81.