Offered
Not offered in 2008
Synopsis
The role of economic institutions and the process of institutional change, including the role of interest groups in promoting such change. An overview of Australian economic development sketches the changing environment within which such institutions operate. Key institutions, and changes in institutional structures over time, in selected sectors of the Australian economy, including the agricultural and manufacturing sectors, the labour market and the financial sector, as well as the institutions central to competition and trade policy.
Assessment
Within semester assessment: 50%
Examination (2 hours): 50%
Contact hours
Three contact hours per week
Prerequisites
ECC1000 and one of ECC1100 or ECC2100 , or equivalent
