Publications

by members of

Curtin Business School
Curtin University of Technology
Perth, Australia

Working papers

2005

1. Harry Bloch & Sam Hak-Kan Tang, 2005. "The Effects of Export, Technical change and Markup on Total Factor Productivity Growth: Evidence from Singapore's Electronics Industry," Economics Discussion / Working Papers 05-29, The University of Western Australia, Department of Economics. [Downloadable!]

2004

1. James Ted McDonald & Mita Bhattacharya & Harry Bloch, 2004. "Labour Productivity, Import Competition and Market Structure in Australian Manufacturing," Econometric Society 2004 Australasian Meetings 48, Econometric Society. [Downloadable!]

2000

1. Harry Bloch & James Ted McDonald, 2000. "Import Competition and Labour Productivity," Melbourne Institute Working Paper Series wp2000n09, Melbourne Institute of Applied Economic and Social Research, The University of Melbourne. [Downloadable!]

1997

1. Austen, S., 1997. "Culture and the Labour Market," Department of Economics - Working Papers Series 582, The University of Melbourne.
2. Austen, S., 1997. "Social Norms and Minimum Wages," Department of Economics - Working Papers Series 583, The University of Melbourne.

1995

1. Bhattacharya, M. & Bloch, H., 1995. "The Dynamics of Industrial Concentration: An Empirical Model for Australian Manufacturing," Papers 1995-05, Tasmania - Department of Economics.
2. Bhattacharya, M. & Bloch, H., 1995. "Specification and Testing the Profit-Concentration Relationship: Some Empirical Findings for the Australian Manufacturing," Papers 1995-02, Tasmania - Department of Economics.
3. Bloch, H. & Olive, M., 1995. "Can Simple Rules Explain Pricing Behaviour in Australian Manfacturing," Papers 1995-03, Tasmania - Department of Economics.
4. Bloch, H., 1995. "Changes in the International Competitiveness of Australian Manufacturing 1968-1989," Papers 1995-09, Tasmania - Department of Economics.

1994

1. Bloch, H., 1994. "International Competition and the Degree of Monopoly in Australian Manufacturing," Papers 1994-07, Tasmania - Department of Economics.

1993

1. Bloch, H. & Sapsford, D., 1993. "Trend and Cycle in the Terms of Trade Between Primary Producers and Manufacturing," Papers 1993-01, Tasmania - Department of Economics.
2. Bloch, H., 1993. "Steindl's Analysis of Firm Growth and the Tendency Toward Industry Concentration," Papers 1993-05, Tasmania - Department of Economics.

1992

1. Bloch, H., 1992. "Sample-Selection Procedures for Estimating the Relationship Between Concentration and profitability from Cross-Industry Data," Papers 1992-05, Tasmania - Department of Economics.

1991

1. Bloch, H. & Sapsford, D., 1991. "Post-War Movements in Prices of Primary Products and Manufactured Goods," Papers 1991-03, Tasmania - Department of Economics.
2. Bloch, H., 1991. "Pricing in Australian Manufacturing," Papers 1991-07, Tasmania - Department of Economics.

1990

1. Bloch, H. & Sapsford, D., 1990. "Real Commodity Prices: Imperfect Competition, Relative Wage Growth And The Prebisch-Singer Terms Of Trade Hypothesis," Papers 1990-09, Tasmania - Department of Economics.

Undated

1. Harry Bloch & David Sapsford, . "Trend in the International Terms of Trade Between Primary Producers and Manufacturers," Working Papers ec3/94, Department of Economics, University of Lancaster.
2. Harry Bloch & David Sapsford, . "Prebisch and Singer Effects on the Terms of Trade Between Primary Producers and Manufacturers," Working Papers ec6/96, Department of Economics, University of Lancaster.
3. Harry Bloch, . "Pricing in Australian Manufacturing," Working Papers ec6/92, Department of Economics, University of Lancaster.
4. Harry Bloch and David Sapsford, . "Imperfect Competition in Manufacturing, Differential Wage Growth and the Prebisch-Singer Terms of Trade Hypothesis," Working Papers ec9/92, Department of Economics, University of Lancaster.

Journal articles

2007

1. Harry Bloch & A. Michael Dockery & C. Wyn Morgan & David Sapsford, 2007. "Growth, Commodity Prices, Inflation And The Distribution Of Income," Metroeconomica, Blackwell Publishing, vol. 58(1), pages 3-44, 02. [Downloadable!] (restricted)
2. Bloch, Harry & Tang, Sam Hak Kan, 2007. "The effects of exports, technical change and markup on total factor productivity growth: Evidence from Singapore's electronics industry," Economics Letters, Elsevier, vol. 96(1), pages 58-63, July. [Downloadable!] (restricted)
3. Harry Bloch & Michael Olive, 2007. "The Speed and Stability of Price Adjustment in Australian Manufacturing," The Economic Record, The Economic Society of Australia, vol. 83(s1), pages S46-S56, 09. [Downloadable!] (restricted)

2006

1. Ruhul Salim & Amzad Hossain, 2006. "Market deregulation, trade liberalization and productive efficiency in Bangladesh agriculture: an empirical analysis," Applied Economics, Taylor and Francis Journals, vol. 38(21), pages 2567-2580, December. [Downloadable!] (restricted)
2. Harry Bloch, 2006. "Steindl On Imperfect Competition: The Role Of Technical Change," Metroeconomica, Blackwell Publishing, vol. 57(3), pages 286-302, 07. [Downloadable!] (restricted)
3. Harry Bloch & A. Michael Dockery & David Sapsford, 2006. "Commodity Prices and the Dynamics of Inflation in Commodity-Exporting Nations: Evidence from Australia and Canada," The Economic Record, The Economic Society of Australia, vol. 82(s1), pages S97-S109, 09. [Downloadable!] (restricted)
4. Siobhan Austen & Therese Jefferson, 2006. "Comparing responses to critical realism," Journal of Economic Methodology, Taylor and Francis Journals, vol. 13(2), pages 257-282, June. [Downloadable!] (restricted)

2005

1. Ruhul Amin Salim, 2005. "Modelling entrepreneurship in small-scale enterprises," Applied Economics Letters, Taylor and Francis Journals, vol. 12(1), pages 51-57, January. [Downloadable!] (restricted)

2004

1. Harry Bloch & Jo Voola, 2004. "Strategic Responses to Advances in Seismic Technology in the Petroleum Industry," International Journal of the Economics of Business, Taylor and Francis Journals, vol. 11(1), pages 27-36, February. [Downloadable!] (restricted)
2. Harry Bloch & A. Michael Dockery & David Sapsford, 2004. "Commodity prices, wages, and U.S. inflation in the twentieth century," Journal of Post Keynesian Economics, M.E. Sharpe, Inc., vol. 26(3), pages 523-545, April. [Downloadable!] (restricted)
3. Mita Bhattacharya & Harry Bloch, 2004. "Determinants of Innovation," Small Business Economics, Springer, vol. 22(2), pages 155-162, 03. [Downloadable!]
4. Siobhan Austen, 2004. "Labour Supply and the Risk of Divorce: An Analysis of Australian Data," Australian Economic Review, The University of Melbourne, Melbourne Institute of Applied Economic and Social Research, vol. 37(2), pages 153-165, 06. [Downloadable!] (restricted)

2003

1. Siobhan Austen & Therese Jefferson & Vicki Thein, 2003. "Gendered Social Indicators And Grounded Theory," Feminist Economics, Taylor and Francis Journals, vol. 9(1), pages 1-18, January. [Downloadable!] (restricted)

2002

1. Madden, Gary & Bloch, Harry & Coble-Neal, Grant, 2002. "Labour and Capital Saving Technical Change in Telecommunications," Applied Economics, Taylor and Francis Journals, vol. 34(14), pages 1821-28, September. [Downloadable!] (restricted)

2001

1. Bloch, Harry, et al, 2001. "The Cost Structure of Australian Telecommunications," The Economic Record, The Economic Society of Australia, vol. 77(239), pages 338-50, December. [Downloadable!] (restricted)
2. Harry Bloch & Gary Madden & Scott Savage, 2001. "Economies of Scale and Scope in Australian Telecommunications," Review of Industrial Organization, Springer, vol. 18(2), pages 219-227, March. [Downloadable!] (restricted)
3. Harry Bloch & Michael Olive, 2001. "Pricing over the Cycle," Review of Industrial Organization, Springer, vol. 19(1), pages 99-108, August. [Downloadable!] (restricted)

2000

1. Bhattacharya, Mita & Bloch, Harry, 2000. "The dynamics of industrial concentration in Australian manufacturing," International Journal of Industrial Organization, Elsevier, vol. 18(8), pages 1181-1199, December. [Downloadable!] (restricted)
2. Bloch, Harry, 2000. "Steindl's Contribution to the Theory of Industry Concentration," Australian Economic Papers, Blackwell Publishing, vol. 39(1), pages 92-107, March. [Downloadable!] (restricted)
3. Bloch, Harry & Sapsford, David, 2000. "Whither the Terms of Trade? An Elaboration of the Prebisch-Singer Hypothesis," Cambridge Journal of Economics, Oxford University Press, vol. 24(4), pages 461-81, July.
4. Harry Bloch, 2000. "Schumpeter and Steindl on the dynamics of competition," Journal of Evolutionary Economics, Springer, vol. 10(3), pages 343-353. [Downloadable!] (restricted)
5. Mita Bhattacharya & Harry Bloch, 2000. "Adjustment of Profits: Evidence from Australian Manufacturing," Empirica, Springer, vol. 27(2), pages 157-173, June. [Downloadable!] (restricted)
6. Austen, Siobhan, 2000. "Culture and the Labor Market," Review of Social Economy, Taylor and Francis Journals, vol. 58(4), pages 505-21, December. [Downloadable!] (restricted)

1999

1. Bloch, Harry & Olive, Michael, 1999. "Cyclical and Competitive Influences on Pricing in Australian Manufacturing," The Economic Record, The Economic Society of Australia, vol. 75(230), pages 268-79, September.
2. Bloch, Harry & Tang, Sam Hak Kan, 1999. "Technical Change and Total Factor Productivity Growth: A Study of Singapore's Manufacturing Industries," Applied Economics Letters, Taylor and Francis Journals, vol. 6(10), pages 697-701, October. [Downloadable!] (restricted)
3. James McDonald & Harry Bloch, 1999. "The Spillover Effects of Industrial Action on Firm Profitability," Review of Industrial Organization, Springer, vol. 15(2), pages 183-200, September. [Downloadable!] (restricted)

1997

1. Kalirajan, K P & Salim, R A, 1997. "Economic Reforms and Productive Capacity Realisation in Bangladesh: An Empirical Analysis," Journal of Industrial Economics, Blackwell Publishing, vol. 45(4), pages 387-403, December. [Downloadable!] (restricted)
2. Bloch, Harry & Sapsford, David, 1997. "Some estimates of Prebisch and Singer effects on the terms of trade between primary producers and manufacturers," World Development, Elsevier, vol. 25(11), pages 1873-1884, November. [Downloadable!] (restricted)

1996

1. Bloch, Harry & Olive, Michael, 1996. "Can Simple Rules Explain Pricing Behaviour in Australian Manufacturing?," Australian Economic Papers, Blackwell Publishing, vol. 35(66), pages 1-19, June.
2. Bloch, Harry, 1996. "International Competition and the Degree of Monopoly in Australian Manufacturing," International Review of Applied Economics, Taylor and Francis Journals, vol. 10(3), pages 373-87, September.

1993

1. Madden, Gary & Bloch, Harry & Hensher, David, 1993. "Australian telephone network subscription and calling demands: evidence from a stated-preference experiment," Information Economics and Policy, Elsevier, vol. 5(3), pages 207-230, October. [Downloadable!] (restricted)

1992

1. Bloch, Harry, 1992. "Pricing in Australian Manufacturing," The Economic Record, The Economic Society of Australia, vol. 68(203), pages 365-76, December.

1991

1. Bloch, Harry, 1991. "The Impact of World Manufacturing Growth on Australia's Trading Position," International Review of Applied Economics, Taylor and Francis Journals, vol. 5(1), pages 100-115, January.

1984

1. Bloch, Harry & Wirth, Michael, 1984. "The demand for pay service on cable television," Information Economics and Policy, Elsevier, vol. 1(4), pages 311-332. [Downloadable!] (restricted)
2. Bloch, Harry & Wirth, Michael, 1984. "The demand for pay services on cable television," Information Economics and Policy, Elsevier, vol. 1(4), pages 309-310. [Downloadable!] (restricted)

1981

1. Bloch, Harry, 1981. "Determinants of the Variance in Market Shares in Canadian Manufacturing," Journal of Industrial Economics, Blackwell Publishing, vol. 29(4), pages 385-93, June. [Downloadable!] (restricted)
2. Harry Bloch, 1981. "Concentration and Profitability in Canadian Manufacturing: An Indirect Test of the Effect of Aggregation," Canadian Journal of Economics, Canadian Economics Association, vol. 14(1), pages 130-35, February. [Downloadable!] (restricted)

1980

1. Bloch, Harry, 1980. "The Effect of Advertising on Competition: Comments on A Survey," Journal of Economic Literature, American Economic Association, vol. 18(3), pages 1063-66, September. [Downloadable!] (restricted)

1974

1. Bloch, Harry, 1974. "Advertising and Profitability: A Reappraisal," Journal of Political Economy, University of Chicago Press, vol. 82(2), pages 267-86, Part I, M. [Downloadable!] (restricted)
2. Harry Bloch, 1974. "Prices, Costs, and Profits in Canadian Manufacturing: The Influence of Tariffs and Concentration," Canadian Journal of Economics, Canadian Economics Association, vol. 7(4), pages 594-610, November. [Downloadable!] (restricted)

1973

1. Bloch, Harry, 1973. "The economics of advertising, Contributions to economic analysis, vol. 80 : Richard Schmalensee (North-Holland Publ. Co., Amsterdam, 1972) xiii+ 312 pp. ($19.00)," Journal of Econometrics, Elsevier, vol. 1(4), pages 401-402, December. [Downloadable!] (restricted)

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