Economics and Finance

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  • Accounting for Non-Profit Organisations
    Non-profit organisations have a challenge to balance fund-raising and expenditure. Dr Petrus Usmanij (Accounting, La Trobe University) explains how non-profit organisations distribute their funding, and the extra challenges of micro-financing.
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    14 min
  • Tourism in Australia
    Tourism to Australia has grown as an economic contributor, but there's ups and downs like there is in every market. Professor Geoffrey Crouch (tourism policy and marketing) looks at what does and doesn't work in tourism marketing in Australia.
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    17 min
  • How the Carbon Tax Works
    The carbon tax begins in Australia in July 2012, and has split opinions as to how effective it will be, and how much of a compromise it is. Professor Harry Clarke (Economics, La Trobe University) looks at the legislation and the probable impact.
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    15 min
  • How the Carbon Tax Works
    The carbon tax begins in Australia in July 2012, and has split opinions as to how effective it will be, and how much of a compromise it is. Professor Harry Clarke (Economics, La Trobe University) looks at the legislation and the probable impact.
    Copyright 2012 La Trobe University, all rights reserved. Contact for permissions.
    15 min
  • Will Plain-Packaging on Cigarettes Work?
    Plain-packaging will be applied to cigarettes in Australia from late 2012. Professor Harry Clarke (Economics, La Trobe University) looks at the legislation and whether he believes it will have an impact on sales.
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    12 min
  • Will Plain-Packaging on Cigarettes Work?
    Plain-packaging will be applied to cigarettes in Australia from late 2012. Professor Harry Clarke (Economics, La Trobe University) looks at the legislation and whether he believes it will have an impact on sales.
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    12 min
  • Voting Biases in Music Polls
    Are music polls a fair and accurate of popularity and music tastes? Dr Liam Lenten (Economics and Finance, La Trobe University) on the voting biases in the Triple J Hottest 100 music poll.
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    18 min
  • Does Western Accounting Cause Terrorism?
    This month marked the tenth anniversary of the 9/11 terrorist attacks in the USA. However, whilst the past ten years has witnessed lots of debate around issues of national security and foreign policy, the relationship between world trade, international accounting systems and peace has received comparatively little attention. The relationship between western accounting standards and the rise of terrorism asks whether the institution governing the development of global accounting standards needs to be transformed.
    Professor Ken McPhail is from the School of Accounting at La Trobe University.
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    17 min
  • Sin Taxes
    Cigarette sin taxes are favoured by economists and politicians, generating over $6B in revenue per year in Australia. Dr Wayne Geerling (Economics and Finance, La Trobe University). Is taxing vices an effective way to end them?
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    15 min
  • Economics of Everyday Life
    There are a lot of misconceptions of economics, and Dr Wayne Geerling (Economics and Finance, La Trobe University) uses economics to describe the way the think, feel, and act. Economics is just a toolkit, and goes beyond number-crunching.
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    15 min

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