Guest Lectures by Visiting Academics
Page updated 18 Dec 2017
Details of upcoming lectures and access to the abstracts, speakers' presentations and papers provided by Guest Lecturers.
At least once every month, leading academics from New Zealand and overseas are invited to present a scholarly lecture at the Treasury. The speakers are invited to present an overview on a particular theme, drawing on their own research and teaching, and are encouraged to draw out implications for policy formation. The lectures are intended to be a source of intellectual stimulation, and to foster debate within the Treasury.
The Treasury invites a wide range of participants from universities, research institutes, other departments, and the private sector to these lectures. The Treasury has prepared a Guide for Visiting Lecturers.
Past seminars are listed below with links to any available material from the lecture.
Upcoming Lectures
Upcoming Guest Lectures are advertised here and on the home page of this web site. You can subscribe to receive information and updates about the Guest Lecture Series via e-mail.
There will be a 'social investment' theme running through a number of the Treasury guest lectures in the coming months. You will increasingly be hearing the words 'social investment;' which is a critical priority for the current Government. The Treasury will be hosting a number of seminars in the coming months to bring in different perspectives and stimulate innovation in developing social investment and making it real. Look out for a range of guest speakers talking about what social investment means to them, including social service providers and charities, local and central public servants, academics and business people. For more information see the Social Investment page.
| Date/Time | Guest Lecturer | Topic | Material Available |
|---|---|---|---|
| There are currently no guest lectures scheduled. |
Contact
Kelly Shen | Programme Administrator for the Guest Lecture SeriesTel: +64 4 917 6295
Email: academic.linkages@treasury.govt.nz
2017 Lectures
2016 Lectures
2015 Lectures
2014 Lectures
| Date | Speaker | Topic Area | Material Available |
|---|---|---|---|
| 11 Dec 2014 | Ross Levine | Competition and Bank Opacity | Presentation Flyer, Slides, Paper |
| 5 Dec 2014 | David Webber | New Zealand's Fiscal Management: An International Perspective | Presentation Flyer |
| 28 Nov 2014 | Oliver Hartwich | The Localist Solution: How incentives can drive economic development (and make housing more affordable) | Presentation Flyer, Slides |
| 19 Nov 2014 | David Albury | Transforming children’s early years: radical public service innovation | Presentation Flyer, Slides |
| 28 Oct 2014 | Prof Julian Le Grand | Practice and innovation in social services: lessons from the UK | Presentation Flyer |
| 21 Oct 2014 | Prof Gary Hawke | Our Futures: Te Pae Tawhiti | Presentation Flyer, Report, Slides |
| 16 Oct 2014 | Prof David Bloom | Demographic Change, Population Health, and Economic Growth | Presentation Flyer |
| 1 Oct 2014 | Prof Philippa Howden-Chapman | Housing policy: a broader view | Presentation Flyer, Slides |
| 26 Sep 2014 | Florian Misch | Real-Time Macro Monitoring and Fiscal Policy | Presentation Flyer, Slides |
| 15 Sep 2014 | Prof John Creedy | Measuring inequality: in pursuit of a chimera? | Presentation Flyer |
| 27 Aug 2014 | Prof Martin McKee | Is there an economic case for investing in health? | Presentation Flyer |
| 13 Aug 2014 | Tony Blakely & Nick Wilson |
Tobacco tax modelling and other cost - effectiveness studies for NZ: Latest BODE3 Results | Presentation Flyer, Slides |
| 4 Aug 2014 | Mike Callaghan | G20 Summits - Substance Behind the Rhetoric? | Presentation Flyer, Slides |
| 29 Jul 2014 | Alain Bertaud | Markets, urban planning and local democracy | Presentation Flyer, Slides |
| 7 Jul 2014 | Diane Coyle |
The Economist as Outsider | Presentation Flyer, Slides |
| 25 Jun 2014 | Peter McKinlay and Stephen Selwood |
Reshaping Local Government | Presentation Flyer, Paper |
| 20 Jun 2014 |
Prof Chris Sibley | The NZ Attitudes and Values Survey: An Introduction | Presentation Flyer, Slides |
| 16 Jun 2014 |
Prof James Alm | What Motivates Compliance? | Presentation Flyer, Slides |
| 3 Jun 2014 | Prof Ilan Noy | The Long-Term Economic Outlook Following the Canterbury Earthquakes: How Does It Compare With Other Disasters? | Presentation Flyer, Slides |
| 22 May 2014 | Prof Ewart Keep | The relationship(s) between the formal skills system, employers and the labour market – a game of 'snap' with cards that are sometimes invisible? | Presentation Flyer |
| 6 May 2014 | Prof Natalie Jackson | New Zealand's demographic accounting model – movers, stayers, and policy | Presentation Flyer, Slides |
| 1 Apr 2014 | Betsy Masiello | Data Driven Innovation | Presentation Flyer, Slides |
| 1 Apr 2014 | Carl Hansen | How Competitive is the New Zealand Electricity Market? | Presentation Flyer, Slides |
| 14 Mar 2014 | Suzanne Snively, Murray Petrie, and Liz Brown | 2013 NZ National Integrity Survey - Policy Implications | Presentation Flyer, Slides |
| 3 Mar 2014 | Hanzo Van Beusekom | Regulation in practice: why is it so hard and what can we do to improve? | Presentation Flyer, Slides |
| 4 Feb 2014 | Prof Andreas Bergmann | Fiscal Transparency and the impact of International Public Sector Accounting Standards | Presentation Flyer |
2013 Lectures
2012 Lectures
2011 Lectures
2010 Lectures
2009 Lectures
| Date | Speaker | Topic Area | Material Available |
|---|---|---|---|
| 28 Oct 2009 | Henry Ergas | Is Serious Cost-Benefit Analysis Dead? The Current Australian Experience | tgls-ergas.pdf(174 KB) |
| 13 Oct 2009 | Dr Susan Morton | Growing Up in New Zealand: An Investment in Effective Policy | tgls-morton.pdf(572 KB) |
| 8 Sep 2009 | Professor John Hattie | Visible Learning, Tomorrow's Schools, and the Mindsets that make the difference in Education | Presentation |
| 4 Aug 2009 | Peter Kerridge & Chris Johnson | Bridging the Productivity Gap: the Human Capital Perspective | tgls-kerridge_johnson.pdf(85 KB) |
| 26 May 2009 | John Burrows | Legislation: primary, secondary and tertiary | tgls-burrows.pdf(69 KB) |
| 12 May 2009 | Matt Burgess | Prediction Markets and Public Policy: New ways to harness the wisdom of crowds | tgls-burgess.pdf(973 KB) |
| 27 Feb 2009 | Meghan Quinn | The economics of climate change: Modelling of climate change policy for Australia | tgls-quinn-slides.pdf(422.1 KB) |
2008 Lectures
| Date | Speaker | Topic Area | Material Available |
|---|---|---|---|
| 20 Aug 2008 | Associate Professor Judith Duncan | Early Childhood centres as places for Family Resilience and Social Capital | tgls-duncan-pres.pdf(420.4 KB) |
| 18 Aug 2008 | Peter Davis | Social Mobility. “Political Arithmetic” of the Good Society? | tgls-davis-pres.pdf(4.7 MB) |
| 11 Aug 2008 | Janis Patterson, Gerhard Sundborn | Pacific Islands Families Study (PIF) | tgls-patterson-sundborn.pdf(1.9 MB) |
| 5 Aug 2008 | Mark Ahn | Building Biotechnology Capabilities in NZ: Priorities for Developing and Financing a World-Class Bioeconomy | Presentation |
| 4 Aug 2008 | Ritchie Poulton | Investing in Childhood for Maximum long-term benefits: Rationale, Targets and Methods | tgls-poulton-pres.pdf(568 KB) |
| 15 Jul 2008 | David Coats | The Knowledge Economy, Innovation and Creativity | Presentation |
| 11 Apr 2008 | Professor Robert Wade | The First-World Debt Crisis and the Desirable Policy Response | Paper |
| 27 Mar 2008 | Professor Kym Anderson | Fifty Years of Distortions in World Agricultural Markets | Presentation |
2007 Lectures
2006 Lectures
| Date | Speaker | Topic Area | Material Available |
|---|---|---|---|
| 7 Nov 2006 | Professor Philippa Howden-Chapman | Housing in New Zealand: private assets with public consequences | Abstract, Presentation Slides |
| 3 Oct 2006 | Professor Paul T Callaghan | Investing in Basic Research | Abstract, Paper |
| 26 Sep 2006 | Professor Gary Raumati Hook | The Future of Maori Tertiary Education | Abstract, Paper |
| 5 Sep 2006 | Professor Alastair Campbell | Money, Health and Intergenerational Justice | Abstract |
| 11 Aug 2006 | Professor Peter Boettke | The Political Economy of Forgiveness | Abstract, Paper, Presentation Slides |
| 1 Aug 2006 | Professor Mason Durie | Measures of Maori Wellbeing | Abstract, Paper, Presentation Slides |
| 20 Jun 2006 | Professor Bob Reed | Empirical Issues in Identifying the Relationship Between Taxes and Economic Growth | Abstract, Presentation Slides |
| 30 May 2006 | Malcolm Gammie | European corporate and capital tax reform | Abstract |
| 25 May 2006 | Professor Edward Prescott | Why Western Europe, New Zealand, and Japanese Economies are Depressed Relative to The U.S. Economy | Abstract |
| 2 May 2006 | Professor Tony Makin | Are external deficits a concern? | Abstract, Paper, Presentation Slides |
| 28 Mar 2006 | Professor Sebastian Edwards | The Economic Future of Latin America: Growth and no Crises? | Abstract, Presentation Slides |
| 7 Mar 2006 | Professor Scott Rozelle | China’s Rural Economy and the Path Towards a Modern Industrial State: Trade, Biotechnology, and Marketization | Abstract, Presentation Slides |
| 28 Feb 2006 | Professor Norman Gemmell | Long-run Growth and the Composition of Government Spending and Taxes | Abstract, Presentation Slides |
| 24 Feb 2006 | Dr William Dickens | Early Childhood Education and Economic Growth | Abstract, Presentation Slides |
| 31 Jan 2006 | Frank Eich | Long-term Fiscal Position | Speaker Biographical Note Only |
2005 Lectures
| Date | Speaker | Topic Area | Material Available |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 Nov 2005 | Professor Mark Henaghan | Child Abuse, Child Poverty, Genetic Medicine and The Treasury | Abstract, Presentation Slides |
| 13 Oct 2005 | John Austin | Current and Future Directions of the World Bank: A New Zealand Perspective | Abstract, Presentation Slides, Lecture Notes |
| 29 Sep 2005 | Professor James K Galbraith | Inequality, unemployment and the fallacy of labour market reform | Abstract, Paper, Presentation Slides |
| 23 Sep 2005 | Professor John Broome | Should we value population | Abstract, Paper |
| 6 Sep 2005 | Dr Tony Blakely | Shifting dollars, saving lives: What might happen to mortality rates, and socio-economic inequalities in mortality rates, if income was redistributed? | Abstract, Paper, Presentation Slides |
| 23 Aug 2005 | Professor Philippa Mein Smith | NZ - Australian Relations | Abstract |
| 8 Aug 2005 | Professor Tyler Cowen, | What does Happiness Research Mean for Economic Policy? | Abstract, Paper |
| 26 Jul 2005 | Dr Jacqueline Rowarth | The Role of Science in New Zealand’s Innovative Future | Abstract, Paper, Presentation Slides |
| 07 Jul 2005 | Professor John McMillan | Checks and Balances: Lessons from Peru's Inadvertent Experiment | Abstract, Paper, Presentation Slides |
| 13 Jun 2005 | Professor Daniel Hamermesh | The Nature of Discrimination | Abstract, Papers, Presentation Slides |
| 7 Jun 2005 | Celia Lashlie | Criminal Justice | Speaker Biographical Note Only |
| 3 May 2005 | Professor Peter Crampton | Deprivation | Abstract, Presentation Slides, Paper |
| 20 Apr 2005 | Professor Steve Dowrick | Ageing economics: human capital, productivity and fertility | Abstract, Presentation Slides |
| 19 Apr 2005 | Dr Mary Davies | Retirement | Abstract, Speaker Notes, Presentation Slides |
| 13 Apr 2005 | Professor Bob Gregory | Three, four or is it seven hard problems in Australian welfare reform | Abstract |
| 5 Apr 2005 | Robert McLeod | Maori Economic Development in Perspective | Abstract, Lecture Notes |
| 1 Mar 2005 | Dr Andrew Ladley | Treaty Claims in a Democracy: Policy, Rights, Negotiation, Funding, Limits | Abstract, Presentation Slides |
| 15 Feb 2005 | Dr Boyd Hunter | A historical analysis of socioeconomic outcomes for Indigenous Australians: Lessons for Maori? | Abstract, Presentation Slides |
| 26 Jan 2005 | Professor Gardner Brown | Valuing Non-market Environmental Values | Abstract |
2004 Lectures
| Date | Speaker | Topic Area | Material Available |
|---|---|---|---|
| 8 Oct 2004 | Professor Gary Libecap | Property Rights and Common Pool Resources | Abstract, Presentation Slides |
| 1 Oct 2004 | Professor Robert Hall | Macro Volatility | Paper |
| 24 Sep 2004 | Professor Clive Granger | Evaluation of Economic Models | No material available |
| 21 Sep 2004 | Professor Karen Nero | Development in the Pacific: Implications for Foreign Aid | No material available |
| 3 Aug 2004 | Professor Richard Epstein | Behavioural Economics | No material available |
| 27 Jul 2004 | Professor Erwin Diewert | On the Role of Government | Abstract, Lecture Notes |
| 7 Jul 2004 | Olivia Mitchell | Developments in Retirement Portfolio Management | No material available |
| 29 Jun 2004 | David Friedman | Future Imperfect | No material available |
| 15 Jun 2004 | Professor Richard Bedford | Migration | Presentation Slides |
| 18 May 2004 | Dr Richie Poulton | Nature v. Nurture: New Findings and Implications for Policy | No material available |
| 20 Apr 2004 | Professor David Fergusson, | Show Me the Child at Seven: The Long Term Consequences of Early Conduct Problems | Presentation Slides |
| 16 Mar 2004 | Bob Stephens, Charles Waldegrave | Poverty and Policy | Presentation Slides |
| 9 Mar 2004 | Professor Charles Kruger | University - Industry Relations for Research | Notes, Presentation Slides |
| 17 Feb 2004 | Professor Andrew Sharp | Justice, Self-government, and current theories of Maori organisation | Abstract, Notes |
2003 Lectures
| Date | Speaker | Topic Area | Material Available |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18 Nov 2003 | Ms Susan St John | Ageing, Saving and Taxing: Implications for Retirement Income Policy | No material available |
| 14 Oct 2003 | Ian Brackenbury | e-business on Demand, The Journey Begins | No material available |
| 14 Oct 2003 | Dr John Hood | Education and Innovation | No material available |
| 16 Sep 2003 | Dr Denis Dutton | What every minister should know about evolutionary psychology | Link to Review |
| 19 Aug 2003 | Dr Jan Pryor | The Family and Public Policy | Paper |
| 15 Jul 2003 | Dr Martin Holland | Whither Europe: Implications for New Zealand | Notes |
| 17 Jun 2003 | Mr Bob Stephens, Charles Waldegrave | Poverty and Policy | No material available |
| 20 May 2003 | Professor Peter Enderwick | Inward FDI and economic performance: the New Zealand paradox | Summary |
| 28 Apr 2003 | Sandra Nutley | Bridging the Policy/Research Divide: Reflections and Lessons from the UK | Abstract, Paper |
| 15 Apr 2003 | Professor Allan Rae | Agricultural Trade and Growth | No material available |
| 18 Mar 2003 | Professor David Greasley | Globalisation and Wages: some lessons from history | Notes |
| 18 Feb 2003 | Dr Elizabeth McLeay | Imagining Politics when over half the population is over 40 | Key Messages |
2002 Lectures
| Date | Speaker | Topic Area | Material Available |
|---|---|---|---|
| 26 Nov 2002 | Professor Martin Richardson | Some simple economics of eco-tourism | Paper |
| 29 Oct 2002 | Professor Richard Lipsey | General Purpose Technologies. Economic Growth and Innovation Policy | Key Messages |
| 15 Oct 2002 | Professor Gary Hawke | New Zealand's Growth Potential in Historical Perspective | Abstract, Notes |
| 1 Oct 2002 | Bernard Robertson | Economic, Social and Cultural Rights: Empty Words or a Basis for Policy? | No material available |
| 27 Aug 2002 | Dr Roderick Deane | The Complex Art of Governance | Key Messages |
| 30 Jul 2002 | Dr Bryce Wilkinson | Improving the Quality of Government Regulation | Abstract, Notes |
| 1 Jul 2002 | Professor Charles Heckscher | International Trends in Labour Markets and Union Activity: Potential Implications for the Public Sector | Notes |
| 11 Jun 2002 | Professor Basil M H Sharp | Institutions and Decision Making for Sustainable Development | Key Messages |
| 16 Apr 2002 | Professor Matthew Palmer | Ministers and their Officials: A Constitutional Perspective | No material available |
| 26 Mar 2002 | Peter Saunders | The Social Foundations of a Free Society | Notes |
| 19 Mar 2002 | Dr Peter Heller | Fiscal Policy: Challenges in Taking Account of the Long-term. | No material available |
| 26 Feb 2002 | Professor Les Oxley | Are Brains Good For Growth? The Human Capital Debate | Key Messages |
2001 Lectures
| Date | Speaker | Topic Area | Material Available |
|---|---|---|---|
| 11 Dec 2001 | Professor James Belich | 1984 - Restructuring in Historical Perspective | No material available |
| 6 Dec 2001 | Professor Julian Le Grand | Asset-based Welfare | No material available |
| 16 Oct 2001 | Professor Lewis Evans | Throwing Light on Deregulation: The Case of the Electricity Wholesale Market (TBC) | No material available |
| 11 Sep 2001 | Professor Richard Le Heron | Being Down Under: Does it Really Matter? | No material available |
| 28 Aug 2001 | Professor Allen Schick | Reflections on Public Management Reform: Do New Zealand's Current Opportunities and Strategies Differ Markedly From Those of the Late 1980s? | References |
| 10 Aug 2001 | Professor Robert Wade | Your Economic Growth and The Role of Government | No material available |
| 31 Jul 2001 | Professor Alan Auerbach | A New Approach to Taxing Cash Flow | No material available |
| 12 Jul 2001 | Professor John Rust | Risk, Social Insurance and Welfare: The Role of the State | No material available |
| 4 Jul 2001 | Sir Tony B. Atkinson | Welfare - Income Distribution | No material available |
| 22 May 2001 | Professor Maureen Baker | From the DPB to Work | No material available |
| 3 Apr 2001 | Professor Stephen Jenkins | Getting a job - getting a life? Some British evidence on the relationship between getting a job and changes in income and well-being | No material available |
| 27 Mar 2001 | Professor Oliver Williamson | The New Institutional Economics: Why it Matters for Public Policy | No material available |
| 20 Mar 2001 | Dr John Hinchcliff | Tertiary Education: Values and Visions | No material available |
| 20 Feb 2001 | Dr Ruth Busch | What's Love Got to Do With It? The Impact of Domestic Violence on Children | No material available |
2000 Lectures
| Date | Speaker | Topic Area | Material Available |
|---|---|---|---|
| 5 Dec 2000 | Professor Ian Pool | Growing Old: Implications for Policy of an Ageing Population | No material available |
| 14 Nov 2000 | Dr Paul Dalziel | Strategic Economic Management: A Third Way for Government Policy | No material available |
| 31 Oct 2000 | Professor Terrence Loomis | Capacity Building and the New Role of the State | No material available |
| 3 Oct 2000 | Professor Bob Catley | Waltzing with Matilda: Political Relations with Australia | No material available |
