Research and Policy Publications
Page updated 16 Dec 2011
Introduction to the four series of research and policy publications published by the Treasury: Working Papers, Policy Perspectives Papers, Productivity Papers and Treasury Papers.
The most recent papers published by the Treasury are:
- three Working Papers on 16 December 2011:
- two Working Papers on 17 June 2011:
- a Treasury Paper on 25 May 2011 Working Towards Higher Living Standards for New Zealanders (TP 11/02)
- a Treasury Paper on 1 April 2011 Government and economic growth: Does size matter? (TP 11/01)
- a Working Paper on 14 March 2011 New Zealand's Exchange Rate Cycles: Impacts and Policy (WP 11/01)
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Information About Each Series
Link to more detailed information about each series:
- Working Papers - Contain work in progress and research on a variety of economic, financial, trade and social issues.
- Policy Perspectives Papers - Bring ideas, analysis and empirical research to bear on topical policy issues. They seek to share important insights from economic literature, international policy experience, and Treasury research in a manner that is accessible to non-specialist audiences.
- Productivity Papers - Treasury work on productivity performance and what matters for productivity.
- Treasury Papers - Occasional papers on topical issues that have usually been authored by the Treasury and express its views.
Working Papers and Policy Perspectives Papers reflect the views of their authors, not the Treasury - see the Disclaimer for Working Papers and Policy Perspectives.
The Treasury's Publications Committee oversees the publication of research and policy publications,which includes coordinating the peer review of papers and other editorial matters.
Indexes to Research and Policy Publications
The Treasury has prepared indexes to make it easier for users of this web site to find research and policy publications published by the Treasury. These indexes only index Working Papers, Policy Perspectives Papers and Treasury Papers.
The four indexes to research and policy publications are:
- A - Z by Subject - Terms from the Subjects of New Zealand Thesaurus have been assigned by the Treasury to papers.
- A - Z by Author - Alphabetical index by author's family name.
- A - Z by Title
- A - Z by JEL Classification - Working Papers and Policy Perspectives Papers have been assigned terms by their authors from the Journal of Economic Literature (JEL) classification system which is well known to economists and researchers.
Other types of publications published by the Treasury e.g. Economic and Fiscal Updates, Financial Statements and Treasury guidance and instructions are excluded from these indexes. See A - Z of Publications for a title index of these other publications.
Related Links
- IDEAS - Database of working papers and research on economics provided by RePEc (Research Papers in Economics).
- Reserve Bank of New Zealand Discussion Papers
- Department of Labour Research Papers
- Ministry of Economic Development Occasional Papers
