GEN Annual Conference 2014
The Government Economics Network (GEN) held its annual conference at Te Papa, Wellington on Wednesday 5th November 2014.
The
aim of the full-day conference was to explore whether and how economic
thinking is adapting to a changing economic environment.
Topics discussed included:
• Economic analysis under risk and uncertainty.
• The role of economics teaching in shaping our policy analysis capability.
• Handy tips to improve our policy advice with the use of economics.
The line-up of speakers included:
Keynote Speaker: Paul Oyer, Professor of Economics, Stanford University, USA
Our Keynote speaker was joined by:
Morris Altman, Head of the School of Economics & Finance at Victoria University of WLG
Leo Dobes, Associate Professor at Australian National University
Michael Mintrom, Professor of Public Sector Management, Monash University, Australia
Caroline Saunders, Professor of Economics at Lincoln University
Graham Scott, Former Secretary to the NZ Treasury
John Yeabsley, Senior Fellow at NZIER
Ashleigh Cox, Student at the University of Waikato
The day was facilitated by Kim Hill from Radio NZ, she also chaired a challenging panel/Q&A discussion at the conclusion of each session throughout the day.
Veronica Jacobsen (Chair of GEN) and Gabriel Makhlouf (Secretary of the Treasury) opened the conference.
Click on the speakers' names above for details on their sessions.
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Paul Oyer (Keynote)
Professor of Economics
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Leo Dobes
Adjunct Associate Professor |
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Caroline Saunders
Professor of Economics |
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Michael Mintrom
Professor of Public Sector Managment
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Morris Altman
Professor of Behavioural Economics |
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Graham Scott Former Secretary to the NZ Treasury
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John Yeabsley
Senior Fellow
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