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Sinclair Davidson

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Sinclair Davidson is Professor in the School of Economics, Finance and Marketing at RMIT and a Senior Fellow at the Institute of Public Affairs. He has written extensively on taxation policy in Australia and is a regular contributor to public debate. His opinion pieces have been published in The Age, The Australian, Australian Financial Review, Sydney Morning Herald, and Wall Street Journal Asia. Sinclair has also published in academic journals such as the European Journal of Political Economy, Review of Political Economy, Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization and the Cato Journal.

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Business Bearing the Burden

OCCASIONAL PAPER | Sinclair Davidson and Julie Novak

The size and Impact of State Government Business taxes.

Do sovereign wealth funds make economic or political decisions

OCCASIONAL PAPER | Sinclair Davidson

Professor Sinclair Davidson is Professor of Institutional Economics at RMIT University

Can free markets be as interesting as regulated markets?

IPA REVIEW ARTICLE | Sinclair Davidson

Sinclair Davidson reviews The Best Book on the Market: How to Stop Worrying and Love the Free Economyby Eamonn Butler (Capstone, 2008, 172 pages) Eamonn Butler has written a marvellous little book promot­ing the free market. The best book on...

The intellectual gap goes to university

IPA REVIEW ARTICLE | Sinclair Davidson

Following a campaign by the Australian Liberal Students Federation, a Senate committee is investigating the level of intellectual diversity at Australian universities. It is well-known that academia-and more often than not those who are university...

Federal government ads misleading on climate insurance cost

IPA REVIEW ARTICLE | Sinclair Davidson

In order to prepare the nation for the introduction of the ETS, the federal government has begun a large advertising campaign to argue that, without action, climate change will have a significant economic impact. In particular one of their most...

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Students are not cogs in a machine

Economics & Deregulation and Education | | Sinclair Davidson
Australian Financial Review 17th December, 2008

The Bradley review into Australian Higher Education does not talk enough about students. The word ‘‘student'' appears many times, but...

Government to blame for market turndown

Economics & Deregulation | | Sinclair Davidson
The Advocate 3rd December, 2008

There really is nothing new under the sun. So too with the current financial crisis. But moralists are making hay while the sun shines. Prime...

Planning to go into deficit misguided

Economics & Deregulation | | Sinclair Davidson
The Australian Financial Review 1st December, 2008

The commentators who just months ago were calling for the budget tax cuts to be cancelled are now calling for a budget deficit. Their argument is...

From beggars to choosers

Economics & Deregulation and States Policy Unit | | Julie Novak
Hobart Mercury 31st October, 2008

Tasmanians are the poorest Australians. According to Australian Bureau of Statistics data, Tasmanians have a per capita gross state product of just...

As world finances unravel, PM loses the plot

Economics & Deregulation | | Sinclair Davidson
The Age 20th October, 2008

The Federal Government's economic narrative has been mugged by reality and is completely shredded. In less than a year, the argument has gone from...