Publications

by members of

School of Economics and Finance
University of Tasmania
Hobart, Australia

Working papers

2007

1. Ray, Ranjan, 2007. "Dietary Changes, Calorie Intake and Undernourishment: A Comparative Study of India and Vietnam," Working Papers 2133, University of Tasmania, Department of Economics and Finance, revised Jul 2007. [Downloadable!]
2. Wells, Graeme, 2007. "Teaching Aggregate Demand and Supply Models," Working Papers 2173, University of Tasmania, Department of Economics and Finance, revised Sep 2007. [Downloadable!]
3. Jacob Poke & Graeme Wells, 2007. "The Term Spread And Gdp Growth In Australia," CAMA Working Papers 2007-27, Australian National University, Centre for Applied Macroeconomic Analysis. [Downloadable!]

2006

1. Graeme Wells & Thanasis Stengos, 2006. "Estimates Of Technology And Convergence: Simulation Results," CAMA Working Papers 2006-07, Australian National University, Centre for Applied Macroeconomic Analysis. [Downloadable!]

2004

1. Nagaratnam J Sreedharan, 2004. "A VECM Model of Stockmarket Returns," Econometric Society 2004 Australasian Meetings 166, Econometric Society. [Downloadable!]
2. Geoffrey Lancaster & Ranjan Ray, 2004. "Does Child Labour Affect School Attendance and School Performance?Multi Country Evidence on SIMPOC data," Econometric Society 2004 Australasian Meetings 68, Econometric Society. [Downloadable!]
3. Ranjan Ray & Amita Majumder & Dipankor Coondoo & Geoffrey Lancaster, 2004. "Derivation of Nutrient Prices from Household level Food Expenditure Data: Methodology and Applications," Econometric Society 2004 Australasian Meetings 170, Econometric Society. [Downloadable!]

2002

1. Koolwal, Gayatri & Ray, Ranjan, 2002. "Estimating the endogenously determined intrahousehold balance of power and its impact on expenditure pattern : evidence from Nepal," Policy Research Working Paper Series 2814, The World Bank. [Downloadable!]
2. Basu, Kaushik & Ray, Ranjan, 2002. "The collective model of the household and an unexpected implication for child labor : hypothesis and an empirical test," Policy Research Working Paper Series 2813, The World Bank. [Downloadable!]

2001

1. D. Coondoo & A. Majumder & R. Ray, 2001. "On a Method of Calculating Regional Price Differentials with Illustrative Evidence from India," ASARC Working Papers 2001-06, Australian National University, Australia South Asia Research Centre. [Downloadable!]
2. Ranjan Ray, 2001. "Child Labour and Child Schooling in South Asia: A Cross Country Study of their Determinants," ASARC Working Papers 2001-09, Australian National University, Australia South Asia Research Centre. [Downloadable!]
3. Ranjan Ray, 2001. "Simultaneous Analysis of Child Labour and Child Schooling: Comparative Evidence from Nepal and Pakistan," ASARC Working Papers 2001-10, Australian National University, Australia South Asia Research Centre. [Downloadable!]
4. Ray, R. & Maitra, P., 2001. "The Impact of Resource Inflows on Child Health: Evidence from South Africa," Papers 2001-05, Tasmania - Department of Economics.
5. Lancaster, G. & Ray, R., 2001. "Tests of Income Pooling on Household Budget Data: The Australian Evidence," Papers 2001-02, Tasmania - Department of Economics.
6. Ray, R., 2001. "Simultaneous Analysis of Child Labour and Child Schooling: Comparative Evidence from Nepal and Pakistan," Papers 2001-04, Tasmania - Department of Economics.

2000

1. J.V. Meenakshi & Ranjan Ray, 2000. "Impact of Household Size and Family Composition on Poverty in Rural India," ASARC Working Papers 2000-02, Australian National University, Australia South Asia Research Centre. [Downloadable!]
2. Pushkar Maitra & Ranjan Ray, 2000. "The Joint Estimation of Child Participation in Schooling and Employment: Comparative Evidence from Three Continents," ASARC Working Papers 2000-04, Australian National University, Australia South Asia Research Centre. [Downloadable!]
3. Maitra, P. & Ray, R., 2000. "The Joint Estimation of Child Participation in Schooling and Employement: Comparative Evidence from Three Continents," Papers 2000-08, Tasmania - Department of Economics.
4. Blacklow, P. & Ray, R., 2000. "Optimal Commodity Taxes in Australia and their Sensitivity to Consumer Preference and Demographic Specification," Papers 2001-01, Tasmania - Department of Economics.
5. Lancaster, G. & Ray, R., 2000. "International Poverty Comparisons on Unit Record Data of Developing and Developed Countries," Papers 2000-1, Tasmania - Department of Economics.
6. Maitra, P. & Ray, R., 2000. "Intra Household Resource Allocation And Their Impact On Expenditure Patterns: Comparative Evidence From South Africa And Pakistan," Papers 2000-09, Tasmania - Department of Economics.
7. Ray, R., 2000. "The Determinants of Child Labour and Child Schooling in Ghana," Papers 2000-5, Tasmania - Department of Economics.

1999

1. J.V. Meenakshi & Ranjan Ray, 1999. "Impact of Household Size, Family Composition and Socio Economic Characteristics on Poverty in Rural India," Working papers 68, Centre for Development Economics, Delhi School of Economics.
2. Blacklow, P. & Ray, R., 1999. "A Comparison of Income and Expenditure Inequality Estimates: the Australian Evidence, 1975/76 to 1993/94," Papers 1999-05, Tasmania - Department of Economics.
3. Ray, R., 1999. "Poverty, Household Size and Child Welfare in India," Papers 1999-01, Tasmania - Department of Economics.
4. Ray, Ranjan, 1999. "How child labor and child schooling interact with adult labor," Policy Research Working Paper Series 2179, The World Bank. [Downloadable!]
5. Maitra, P. & Ray, R., 1999. "The Effect of Transfers on Household Expenditure Patterns and Poverty in South Africa," Papers 99-16, Sydney - Department of Economics.

1998

1. Blacklow, P. & Ray, R., 1998. "Impact of Prices, Equivalence Scales and Consumer Preferences on Inequality in Australia, 1975/76-93/94," Papers 1998-06, Tasmania - Department of Economics.
2. Ray, R., 1998. "Child Health and its Determinants in Developing Countries: a Cross CountryComparison," Papers 1998-02, Tasmania - Department of Economics.
3. Ray, R., 1998. "Analysis of Child Labour in Peru and Pakistan: a Comparative Study," Papers 1998-05, Tasmania - Department of Economics.
4. Osborne, C. & Wells, G., 1998. "Tax Reduction, Debt Stabilisation and Policy Rules: An Application to New Zealand," Discussion Papers 382, Centre for Economic Policy Research, Research School of Social Sciences, Australian National University.
5. Benge, M. & Wells, G., 1998. "Growth in a Small Open Economy," Papers 350, Australian National University - Department of Economics.
6. Bourdot, B. & Frith, M. & Wells, G., 1998. "Convergence in an Open-Economy Growth Model," Discussion Papers 392, Centre for Economic Policy Research, Research School of Social Sciences, Australian National University.

1997

1. Ray, R, 1997. "Marginal and Non Marginal Commodity Tax Reforms with Rank Two and Rank Three Demographic Demand Systems," Papers 1997-02, Tasmania - Department of Economics.

1996

1. Ray, R., 1996. "Issues in the Design and Reform of Commodity Taxes: Analytical Results and Empirical Evidence," Papers 1996-02, Tasmania - Department of Economics.
2. Meenakshi, J.V. & Ray, R., 1996. "Regional Differences in India's Food Expenditure Pattern: A Complete Demand Systems Approach," Papers 1996-06, Tasmania - Department of Economics.
3. Lancaster, G. & ray, R., 1996. "Comparison of alternative Methods of Estimating Household Equivalence Scales: The Australian Evidence of Pooled Time Series of Unit Record Data," Papers 1996-11, Tasmania - Department of Economics.

1995

1. Ray, R., 1995. "Demographic Variables in Demand Systems: The Case for Generality," Papers 1995-08, Tasmania - Department of Economics.

1994

1. Ray, R., 1994. "The Reform and Design of Commodity Taxes in the Presence of Tax Evasion with Illustrative Evidence from India," Discussion Paper 108, Tilburg University, Center for Economic Research. [Downloadable!]

1993

1. Ray, R., 1993. "Nesting Demographically Extended Flexible Demend Functional Forms," UBC Departmental Archives 93-21, UBC Department of Economics.
2. Ray, R., 1993. "Modelling the Impact of Children on Household Expenditure Behaviour and Welfare," UBC Departmental Archives 93-10, UBC Department of Economics.
3. Ray, R., 1993. "Demography Variables in Demand Systems: The Case for Generality," UBC Departmental Archives 93-11, UBC Department of Economics.

1990

1. Wells, G., 1990. "Economic Reform And Macroeconomic Policy In New Zealand," Discussion Papers 229, Centre for Economic Policy Research, Research School of Social Sciences, Australian National University.

1989

1. Kakwani, Nanak & Ray, Ranjan, 1989. "Optimal commodity taxes under rationing," Policy Research Working Paper Series 203, The World Bank. [Downloadable!]

Undated

1. P. Maitra & Ranjan Ray, . "The Effect of Transfers on Household Expenditure Patterns And Poverty in South Africa," Working Papers 9916, University of Sydney, Department of Economics. [Downloadable!]

Journal articles

2006

1. Geoffrey Lancaster & Pushkar Maitra & Ranjan Ray, 2006. "Endogenous Intra-household Balance of Power and its Impact on Expenditure Patterns: Evidence from India," Economica, London School of Economics and Political Science, vol. 73(291), pages 435-460, 08. [Downloadable!] (restricted)
2. Pushkar Maitra & Ranjan Ray, 2006. "Household expenditure patterns and resource pooling: evidence of changes in post-apartheid South Africa," Review of Economics of the Household, Springer, vol. 4(4), pages 325-347, December. [Downloadable!] (restricted)

2005

1. Pushkar Maitra & Ranjan Ray, 2005. "The Impact Of Intra Household Balance Of Power On Expenditure Pattern: The Australian Evidence ," Australian Economic Papers, Blackwell Publishing, vol. 44(1), pages 15-29, 03. [Downloadable!] (restricted)

2004

1. Ranjan Ray, 2004. "Child Labour: a survey of selected Asian countries," Asian-Pacific Economic Literature, 2004 Asia Pacific School of Economics and Government, The Australian National University and Blackwell Publishing Asia Pty Ltd, vol. 18(2), pages 1-18, November. [Downloadable!] (restricted)
2. Pushkar Maitra & Ranjan Ray, 2004. "The Impact of Resource Inflows on Child Health: Evidence from Kwazulu-Natal, South Africa, 1993-98," The Journal of Development Studies, Taylor and Francis Journals, vol. 40(4), pages 78-114, April. [Downloadable!] (restricted)
3. D. Coondoo & A. Majumder & R. Ray, 2004. "A Method of Calculating Regional Consumer Price Differentials with Illustrative Evidence from India," Review of Income and Wealth, Blackwell Publishing, vol. 50(1), pages 51-68, 03. [Downloadable!] (restricted)
4. Steve Dowrick & Graeme Wells, 2004. "Modelling Aggregate Demand for Labour: A Critique of Lewis and MacDonald," The Economic Record, The Economic Society of Australia, vol. 80(251), pages 436-440, December. [Downloadable!] (restricted)

2003

1. Paul Blacklow & Ranjan Ray, 2003. "Intra-Household Resource Allocation, Consumer Preferences and Commodity Tax Reforms: Australian Evidence," The Economic Record, The Economic Society of Australia, vol. 79(247), pages 425-433, December. [Downloadable!] (restricted)
2. Maitra, Pushkar & Ray, Ranjan, 2003. "The effect of transfers on household expenditure patterns and poverty in South Africa," Journal of Development Economics, Elsevier, vol. 71(1), pages 23-49, June. [Downloadable!] (restricted)

2002

1. Ranjan Ray, 2002. "The Determinants of Child Labour and Child Schooling in Ghana," Journal of African Economies, Oxford University Press, vol. 11(4), pages 561-590, December.
2. Meenakshi, J. V. & Ray, Ranjan, 2002. "Impact of household size and family composition on poverty in rural India," Journal of Policy Modeling, Elsevier, vol. 24(6), pages 539-559, October. [Downloadable!] (restricted)
3. Lancaster, Geoffrey & Ray, Ranjan, 2002. "International Poverty Comparisons on Unit Record Data of Developing and Developed Countries," Australian Economic Papers, Blackwell Publishing, vol. 41(2), pages 129-39, June. [Downloadable!] (restricted)
4. Lancaster, Geoffrey & Ray, Ranjan, 2002. "Tests of Income Pooling on Household Budget Data: The Australian Evidence," Australian Economic Papers, Blackwell Publishing, vol. 41(1), pages 99-114, March. [Downloadable!] (restricted)

2000

1. Ranjan Ray, 2000. "Analysis of child labour in Peru and Pakistan: A comparative study," Journal of Population Economics, Springer, vol. 13(1), pages 3-19. [Downloadable!] (restricted)
2. Ray, Ranjan, 2000. "Child Labor, Child Schooling, and Their Interaction with Adult Labor: Empirical Evidence for Peru and Pakistan," World Bank Economic Review, Oxford University Press, vol. 14(2), pages 347-67, May. [Downloadable!]

1999

1. Lancaster, Geoffrey & Ray, Ranjan & Valenzuela, Maria Rebecca, 1999. "A Cross-Country Study of Equivalence Scales and Expenditure Inequality on Unit Record Household Budget Data," Review of Income and Wealth, Blackwell Publishing, vol. 45(4), pages 455-82, December.
2. Lancaster, Geoffrey & Ray, Ranjan & Valenzuela, Maria Rebecca, 1999. "A Cross-Country Study of Household Poverty and Inequality on Unit Record Household Budget Data," Economic Development and Cultural Change, University of Chicago Press, vol. 48(1), pages 177-208, October.
3. Ray, Ranjan, 1999. "Marginal and Non-marginal Commodity Tax Reforms with Rank Two and Rank Three Demographic Demand Systems," Oxford Economic Papers, Oxford University Press, vol. 51(4), pages 689-712, October.
4. Hal Hill & Lloyd Kenward & Dipak Mazumdar & William James & Graeme Wells & Robert Rice & Elaine McKay & Peter Dawson, 1999. "Book Reviews," Bulletin of Indonesian Economic Studies, Taylor and Francis Journals, vol. 35(1), pages 143-160, April. [Downloadable!] (restricted)

1998

1. Lancaster, Geoffrey & Ray, Ranjan, 1998. "Comparison of Alternative Models of Household Equivalence Scales: The Australian Evidence on Unit Record Data," The Economic Record, The Economic Society of Australia, vol. 74(224), pages 1-14, March.

1997

1. Ray, Ranjan, 1997. " Issues in the Design and Reform of Commodity Taxes: Analytical Results and Empirical Evidence," Journal of Economic Surveys, Blackwell Publishing, vol. 11(4), pages 353-88, December. [Downloadable!] (restricted)

1996

1. Ray, Ranjan, 1996. "Demographic Variables in Demand Systems: The Case for Generality," Empirical Economics, Springer, vol. 21(2), pages 307-15.

1994

1. Chatterjee, Srikanta & Michelini, Claudio & Ray, Ranjan, 1994. "Expenditure Patterns and Aggregate Consumer Behaviour: Some Experiments with Australian and New Zealand Data," The Economic Record, The Economic Society of Australia, vol. 70(210), pages 278-91, September.

1993

1. Ray, Ranjan, 1993. "Optimal Demogrants and Taxes in a Federal Welfare State," Journal of Population Economics, Springer, vol. 6(3), pages 199-214.

1990

1. Ranjan Ray, 1990. "Book Review: Conversations between Economists Anthropologists: Methodological Issues in measuring economic changes in rural India," Indian Economic Review, Department of Economics, Delhi School of Economics, vol. 25(2), pages 273-274, July.

1989

1. Murty, M N & Ray, Ranjan, 1989. " A Computational Procedure for Calculating Optimal Commodity Taxes with Illustrative Evidence from Indian Budget Data," Scandinavian Journal of Economics, Blackwell Publishing, vol. 91(4), pages 655-70.
2. Ray, Ranjan, 1989. "The Behavioural and Welfare Implications of Housing Demand under Rationing: The United Kingdom Experience," Journal of Population Economics, Springer, vol. 2(3), pages 211-24.
3. Wells, Graeme & Evans, Lewis, 1989. "Time Series Estimates of Tariff Incidence," Applied Economics, Taylor and Francis Journals, vol. 21(9), pages 1191-1202, September.

1988

1. Ray, Ranjan, 1988. " Optimal Commodity Taxes in the Presence of Children," Scandinavian Journal of Economics, Blackwell Publishing, vol. 90(1), pages 75-92.
2. Ray, Ranjan, 1988. "Optimally Uniform Commodity Taxes in a Non Linear Demographic Demand Model," Bulletin of Economic Research, Blackwell Publishing, vol. 40(3), pages 227-33, June.

1987

1. Murty, M. N. & Ray, Ranjan, 1987. "Sensitivity of optimal commodity taxes to relaxing leisure/goods separability and to the wage rate," Economics Letters, Elsevier, vol. 24(3), pages 273-277. [Downloadable!] (restricted)

1986

1. Ray, Ranjan, 1986. "Demographic Variables and Equivalence Scales in a Flexible Demand System: The Case of AIDS," Applied Economics, Taylor and Francis Journals, vol. 18(3), pages 265-78, March.
2. Ray, Ranjan, 1986. "Flexibility in Dynamic Demand Modelling and Its Implications for Testing Restrictions," The Manchester School of Economic & Social Studies, Blackwell Publishing, vol. 54(1), pages 1-21, March.
3. Ray, Ranjan, 1986. "Optimally uniform commodity taxes and non-linear engel curves : A generalisation of the linear case," Economics Letters, Elsevier, vol. 22(4), pages 365-368. [Downloadable!] (restricted)
4. Ray, Ranjan, 1986. "Sensitivity of `optimal' commodity tax rates to alternative demand functional forms : An econometric case study of India," Journal of Public Economics, Elsevier, vol. 31(2), pages 253-268, November. [Downloadable!] (restricted)
5. Evans, Lewis & Wells, Graeme, 1986. "Confidence Regions for Multipliers in Linear Dynamic Models," Econometrica, Econometric Society, vol. 54(3), pages 699-706, May. [Downloadable!] (restricted)

1985

1. Ray, Ranjan, 1985. "On calculating the optimal commodity tax rate : An alternative to social welfare maximisation," Economics Letters, Elsevier, vol. 19(4), pages 355-358. [Downloadable!] (restricted)
2. Ray, Ranjan, 1985. "A dynamic analysis of expenditure patterns in rural India," Journal of Development Economics, Elsevier, vol. 19(3), pages 283-297, December. [Downloadable!] (restricted)
3. Ray, Ranjan, 1985. "A nested test of the Barten model of equivalence scales," Economics Letters, Elsevier, vol. 17(4), pages 411-412. [Downloadable!] (restricted)
4. Ray, Ranjan, 1985. "Prices, Children and Inequality: Further Evidence for the United Kingdom, 1965-82," Economic Journal, Royal Economic Society, vol. 95(380), pages 1069-77, December. [Downloadable!] (restricted)
5. Wells, Graeme & Evans, Lewis, 1985. "The Impact of Traded Goods Prices on the New Zealand Economy," The Economic Record, The Economic Society of Australia, vol. 61(172), pages 421-35, March.

1984

1. Blundell, Richard & Ray, Ranjan, 1984. "Testing for Linear Engel Curves and Additively Separable Preferences Using a New Flexible Demand System," Economic Journal, Royal Economic Society, vol. 94(376), pages 800-811, December. [Downloadable!] (restricted)
2. Kasekende, Louis & Ray, Ranjan, 1984. "Testing for linear Engel curves : An application of NLES to cross-country data," Economics Letters, Elsevier, vol. 14(4), pages 327-332. [Downloadable!] (restricted)
3. Ray, Ranjan, 1984. "A dynamic generalisation of the almost ideal demand system," Economics Letters, Elsevier, vol. 14(2-3), pages 235-239. [Downloadable!] (restricted)

1983

1. Ray, Ranjan, 1983. "Estimating dynamic demand systems : Some results on pooled indian budget data," Economics Letters, Elsevier, vol. 13(2-3), pages 291-296. [Downloadable!] (restricted)
2. Ray, Ranjan, 1983. "Measuring the costs of children : An alternative approach," Journal of Public Economics, Elsevier, vol. 22(1), pages 89-102, October. [Downloadable!] (restricted)
3. Evans, Lewis & Wells, Graeme, 1983. "An alternative approach to simulating var models," Economics Letters, Elsevier, vol. 12(1), pages 23-29. [Downloadable!] (restricted)
4. Evans, Lewis & Wells, Graeme, 1983. "Pierce and Haugh on characterizations of causality: A re-examination," Journal of Econometrics, Elsevier, vol. 23(3), pages 331-335, December. [Downloadable!] (restricted)

1982

1. Ray, Ranjan, 1982. "Generalised cost scaling : A new approach to demographic variables in demand analysis," Economics Letters, Elsevier, vol. 9(3), pages 295-299. [Downloadable!] (restricted)
2. Ray, Ranjan, 1982. "Estimating utility consistent labour supply functions : Some results on pooled budget data," Economics Letters, Elsevier, vol. 9(4), pages 389-395. [Downloadable!] (restricted)
3. Blundell, Richard & Ray, Ranjan, 1982. "A non-separable generalisation of the linear expenditure system allowing non-linear Engel curves," Economics Letters, Elsevier, vol. 9(4), pages 349-354. [Downloadable!] (restricted)
4. Ray, Ranjan, 1982. "Estimating Leisure Goods Models on Time Series of Cross Sections," Empirical Economics, Springer, vol. 7(3-4), pages 175-89.

1981

1. Ray, Ranjan, 1981. "Do relative price changes affect the general equivalence scale?," Economics Letters, Elsevier, vol. 8(3), pages 287-291. [Downloadable!] (restricted)

1980

1. Ray, Ranjan, 1980. "Analysis of a Time Series of Household Expenditure Surveys for India," The Review of Economics and Statistics, MIT Press, vol. 62(4), pages 595-602, November. [Downloadable!] (restricted)

1978

1. Wells, G. M. & Magill, W. G. & Felmingham, B. S., 1978. "The transmission of economic activity : Evidence for the U.S. and its trading partners," Economics Letters, Elsevier, vol. 1(4), pages 365-369. [Downloadable!] (restricted)

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