UNSW Economics Careers Day Sponsors 2008

The Allen Consulting Group: www.allenconsult.com.au
Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS): www.abs.gov.au
Australian Competition & Consumer Commission (ACCC): www.accc.gov.au
Concept Economics: www.concepteconomics.com.au
Department of Environment & Climate Change NSW: www.environment.nsw.gov.au
Independent Pricing and Regulatory Tribunal of NSW (IPART): www.ipart.nsw.gov.au
NERA Economic Consulting: www.nera.com
NSW Treasury: www.treasury.nsw.gov.au
Optiver Derivatives Trading: www.optiver.com.au
Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA): www.rba.gov.au

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2008 UNSW Economics Careers Day Photographs

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• The Question
• Prizes
• Downloads

The Question:

The essay topic for this year was Housing Costs and Affordability in Australia. Housing is an important component of household expenditure and household balance sheets. Essays should discuss:

a) how housing costs and affordability have changed in Australia over the past two decades, and the factors that have contributed to these changes; and

(b) whether there is a role for government in improving housing affordability and if so, which policies you would recommend. Take care to explain the efficiency and equity implications of any policies you identify.

Entries Closed: 11.59 pm (AEST) on Friday 22nd August, 2008

Prizes:

First Prize: $1500
Second Prize: $750
Best Entry from a First Year Student: $500
Highly Commended: Certificate(s) of Commendation
Encouragement Awards: Certificate(s) of Encouragement

All prize winners will be notified by the end of September 2008. A presentation ceremony to be hosted by the Reserve Bank of Australia will be held in October 2008.

Words of Encouragement:

‘The Reserve Bank of Australia is pleased to support this Essay Competition, which will provide students at Australian universities with an excellent opportunity to further their understanding of an important economic issue of relevance to Australia. I hope that it will also provide some encouragement to undergraduate students to pursue a course of study in the field of economics.’

Mr Glenn Stevens
Governor, Reserve Bank of Australia

Downloads:

The Competition Information Kit is available for download here.

Entrants should ensure they have read the detailed information, which sets out, the rules and submission guidelines, by downloading the Competition Information Kit.

Contact Us:

Please ensure you have read the detailed information set out in the Competition Information Kit, available for download, before contacting the organisers by e-mail.

For competition enquiries, please contact Albin Fajardo (Competition Organiser) on albin.fajardo@unswecosoc.com

Send completed submissions to: competition@unswecosoc.com

For all other enquiries, please contact Adrian Wong (UNSW Economics Society) on adrian.wong@unswecosoc.com

For information on the RBA Economics Competition 2007, please click here.