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2010 Seminars
| Date |
Location |
Speaker |
Topic |
Host |
| February |
Wellington |
Peter Holle, Frontier Center for Public Policy, Canada |
What New Zealand Can Learn From Local Government Amalgamation in Canada
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Buddle Findlay
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| February |
Auckland |
Peter Holle, Frontier Center for Public Policy, Canada |
"Supercity" - What New Zealand might learn from Local Government Amalgamation in Canada |
Bell Gully |
| March |
Wellington |
Lewis Evans, Victoria University of Wellington |
Efficiency of Collusion and Criminal Sanctions in New Zealand
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Bell Gully
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| March |
Wellington |
Geoff McLay, Victoria University of Wellington |
Tort, theory, anti-theory and ACC |
Chapman Tripp
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| March |
Auckland |
Mike Burrell, CEO Aquaculture New Zealand |
Governing the commons: the case of aquaculture |
Kensington Swan |
| April |
Auckland |
Toby Stevenson, LECG |
Electricity Industry Governance and Reform |
MED Business Centre |
| May |
Wellington |
Michael Littlewood, University of Auckland |
Tax Reforms in Hong Kong |
Kensington Swan |
| May |
Auckland |
A debate: Dr John Small, Covec vs Professor Lew Evans, NERA and Victoria University |
Whether New Zealand would be wise to criminalise cartel behaviour |
Wilson Harle |
| June |
Wellington |
Ralph Chivers, Telecom |
Governments and telecommunications – a match made in heaven or shot-gun wedding? |
DLA Phillips Fox |
| June |
Auckland |
LEANZ Conference and LEANZ AGM |
Keynote Speaker: Wolfgang Kasper |
University of Auckland |
| July |
Wellington |
Brownwyn Howell and Dave Heatley, ISCR |
Overseas Investment Act: Is New Zealand 'Open For business'? |
Russell McVeagh
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| July |
Auckland |
Dr Michael Littlewood, University of Auckland Law School |
Tax Reform and the Instructive Case of Hong Kong |
Ernst & Young |
| August |
Wellington |
Prof. Max Stearns, University of Maryland |
Social Choice Theory and direct democracy |
TBC |
| August |
Auckland |
Prof. Max Stearns, University of Maryland |
Public Choice Theory - (Anti) Democracy |
Russell McVeagh
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| September |
Wellington |
Michael Littlewood
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Compulsory savings
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TBC |
| September |
Auckland |
Professor Craig Elliffe, University of Auckland |
Tax - Working Group |
TBC |
| October |
Wellington |
Prof. Neil Quigley, Victoria University |
ACC reforms |
TBC |
| October |
Auckland |
Ralph Chivers, Telecom |
Telcommunications versus the Government? |
TBC |
| November |
Auckland |
Rick Boven, New Zealand Institute |
Labour market productivity |
TBC |
2009 Seminars
| Date |
Location |
Speaker |
Topic |
Host |
| February |
Wellington |
Frederic Sautet, George Mason University |
Obama's bail-out: the long term impact |
Bell Gully |
| March |
Auckland |
Brendan O'Donovan |
Perspectives on the credit crunch and how the state of finance markets |
Chapman Tripp |
| March |
Wellington |
Matt Burgess, iPredict |
Seeing the future: Prediction markets and the wisdom of crowds |
Chapman Tripp |
| April |
Auckland |
Dr Eric Crampton, Canterbury University Economics Department |
Elections and Political Ignorance: the myth of the rational voter |
Ernst & Young |
| April |
Wellington |
Dr Bryce Wilkinson, Capital Economics |
A primer on Property Rights, Takings and Compensation |
Kensington Swan |
| June |
Auckland |
Ralph Townsend, Chief Economist, Ministry of Fisheries |
New Zealand’s Quota Management System, Successes, Challenges and Good Governance for our Fisheries Resournce |
Russell McVeagh |
| June |
Wellington |
Brendan O'Donovan, Westpac |
Perspectives on the 'credit crunch' and the state of finance markets |
Chapman Tripp |
| July |
Wellington |
LEANZ held a one day conference alongside the New Zealand Association of Economists |
Speakers included: Hon Rodney Hide, Alan Woodfield, Tanira Kingi and Susy Frankel |
James Cook Grand Chancellor Hotel |
| August |
Auckland |
Alex Tan, Director, PwC forensics services and Gary Hughes, Wilson Harle |
The Anti-Money Laundering & Countering Financing of Terrorism Bill – the law and economics of financial crime |
Pricewaterhouse Coopers |
| August |
Wellington |
Kesten Green, Monash University and Decisions Research Ltd |
Public policy lessons from history: Using structured analogies to predict the effects of the manmade global warming movement |
Russell McVeagh |
| September |
Wellington |
Peter Fraser, Senior Advisor, Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry |
No Crying over Regulated Milk? Competition policy in the Dairy Industry and Auctioning Raw Milk |
Simpson Grierson |
| September |
Auckland |
Professor David Mayes, University of Auckland |
Smarter not tougher regulation for the financial system |
Mayne Wetherell |
| October |
Wellington |
Dr George Barker, Director of the Centre for Law & Economics, Australian National University |
Intellectual Property 2.0: The Role of Intellectual Property in the New Digital Economy |
Ernst & Young |
| November |
Wellington |
Dr Veronica Jacobsen |
Costs, Benefits and Rationality: Economics and Criminal Justice Policy |
Luke, Cunningham & Clere |
| November |
Auckland |
Dr Bryce Wilkinson |
How to improve government regulation in the future - the work of the Regulatory Reponsiblity Taskforce |
Wilson Harle |
| December |
Auckland |
Professor Glen Boyle |
The role of securitisation in the great credit crunch |
BNZ Capital Partners |
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