Robert MacCulloch

University of Auckland Business School

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1.

Crime and Beliefs: Evidence from Latin America

Economics Letters, Vol. 99, No. 1, 2008
Number of pages: 8 Posted: 02 Oct 2015 Last Revised: 02 Jun 2019
Rafael Di Tella, Javier D. Donna and Robert MacCulloch
Harvard Business School - Business, Government and the International Economy Unit, University of Miami Herbert Business School and University of Auckland Business School
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beliefs, crime, fairness, legitimacy of market

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Oil, Macro Volatility and Crime in the Determination of Beliefs in Venezuela

In: Venezuela Before Chávez: Anatomy of an Economic Collapse, chapter 13, edited by Ricardo Hausmann, and Francisco R. Rodríguez, Penn State University Press, 2014.
Number of pages: 26 Posted: 02 Oct 2015 Last Revised: 02 Jun 2019
Rafael Di Tella, Javier D. Donna and Robert MacCulloch
Harvard Business School - Business, Government and the International Economy Unit, University of Miami Herbert Business School and University of Auckland Business School
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beliefs, oil, crime, corruption, macro volatility, perceptions, causality

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The Macroeconomics of Happiness

University of Bonn ZEI Working Paper No. B3
Number of pages: 41 Posted: 04 Oct 2001
Rafael Di Tella, Robert MacCulloch and Andrew J. Oswald
Harvard Business School - Business, Government and the International Economy Unit, University of Auckland Business School and University of Warwick - Department of Economics
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Well-being, Happiness, Macroeconomics, Costs of Business Cycles, Unemployment Insurance

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Inequality and Happiness: Are Europeans and Americans Different?

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Inequality and Happiness: Are Europeans and Americans Different?

Number of pages: 37 Posted: 14 Dec 2001
Alberto F. Alesina, Rafael Di Tella and Robert MacCulloch
Harvard University - Department of Economics, Harvard Business School - Business, Government and the International Economy Unit and University of Auckland Business School
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Inequality and Happiness: Are Europeans and Americans Different?

NBER Working Paper No. w8198
Number of pages: 37 Posted: 31 Mar 2001 Last Revised: 29 Nov 2022
Alberto F. Alesina, Rafael Di Tella and Robert MacCulloch
Harvard University - Department of Economics, Harvard Business School - Business, Government and the International Economy Unit and University of Auckland Business School
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Inequality and Happiness: Are Europeans and Americans Different?

Number of pages: 40 Posted: 31 Jul 2001
Alberto F. Alesina, Rafael Di Tella and Robert MacCulloch
Harvard University - Department of Economics, Harvard Business School - Business, Government and the International Economy Unit and University of Auckland Business School
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Inequality, happiness, redistribution

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Gross National Happiness as an Answer to the Easterlin Paradox?

Number of pages: 43 Posted: 26 Apr 2005
Rafael Di Tella and Robert MacCulloch
Harvard Business School - Business, Government and the International Economy Unit and University of Auckland Business School
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Income, subjective well-being, quality of life

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Happiness Adaptation to Income and to Status in an Individual Panel

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Happiness Adaptation to Income and to Status in an Individual Panel

Number of pages: 40 Posted: 26 Jul 2005
Rafael Di Tella, John P. Haisken-DeNew and Robert MacCulloch
Harvard Business School - Business, Government and the International Economy Unit, University of Melbourne - Melbourne Institute: Applied Economic & Social Research and University of Auckland Business School
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Happiness, psychology, adaptation to income, adaptation to status

Happiness Adaptation to Income and to Status in an Individual Panel

NBER Working Paper No. w13159
Number of pages: 39 Posted: 27 Jun 2007 Last Revised: 17 Dec 2022
Rafael Di Tella, John de New and Robert MacCulloch
Harvard Business School - Business, Government and the International Economy Unit, University of Melbourne - Melbourne Institute: Applied Economic & Social Research and University of Auckland Business School
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The Role of Freedom, Growth and Religion in the Taste for Revolution

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The Role of Freedom, Growth and Religion in the Taste for Revolution

LSE, Economics STICERD Working Paper No. 36
Number of pages: 39 Posted: 23 Jul 2002
Robert MacCulloch and Silvia Pezzini
University of Auckland Business School and Hong Kong Monetary Authority
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Revolution, Freedom, Development, Growth, Religion

The Role of Freedom, Growth and Religion in the Taste for Revolution

London School of Economics Working Paper No. 01-2001
Number of pages: 39 Posted: 07 Jul 2004
Robert MacCulloch and Silvia Pezzini
University of Auckland Business School and Hong Kong Monetary Authority
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Revolt, Property Rights, Freedom, Growth, Religion

The Role of Freedom, Growth and Religion in the Taste for Revolution

LSE STICERD Research Paper No. DEDPS36
Number of pages: 50 Posted: 30 Apr 2008
Robert MacCulloch and Silvia Pezzini
University of Auckland Business School and Hong Kong Monetary Authority
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The Role of Freedom, Growth and Religion in the Taste for Revolution

London School of Economics No. 01-2001
Number of pages: 39 Posted: 07 Jul 2004
Robert MacCulloch and Silvia Pezzini
University of Auckland Business School and Hong Kong Monetary Authority
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D74, H11, O1, O4, Z12

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What Makes a Revolution?

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What Makes a Revolution?

London School of Economics Working Paper No. 2001/02
Number of pages: 34 Posted: 02 Jun 2001
Robert MacCulloch
University of Auckland Business School
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Property Rights, Revolts, Income Inequality

What Makes a Revolution?

LSE STICERD Research Paper No. DEDPS30
Number of pages: 53 Posted: 30 Apr 2008
Robert MacCulloch
University of Auckland Business School
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The Consequences of Labor Market Flexibility: Panel Evidence Based on Survey Data

Number of pages: 45 Posted: 05 Sep 2003
Robert MacCulloch and Rafael Di Tella
University of Auckland Business School and Harvard Business School - Business, Government and the International Economy Unit
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Job Security Provisions, Subjective Data, Employment, Unemployment

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Indigenous Belief in a Just World: New Zealand Māori and Other Ethnicities Compared

Motu Working Paper No. 15-14
Number of pages: 43 Posted: 03 Oct 2015
Arthur Grimes, Robert MacCulloch and Fraser McKay
Motu Economic and Public Policy Research Trust, University of Auckland Business School and Motu Economic and Public Policy Research Trust
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culture, beliefs, institutions

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Culture, Beliefs and Economic Performance

Motu Working Paper No. 14-06
Number of pages: 66 Posted: 16 Aug 2014
Rafael Di Tella and Robert MacCulloch
Harvard Business School - Business, Government and the International Economy Unit and University of Auckland Business School
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Beliefs, institutions, causality

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Does Social Insurance Help Secure Property Rights?

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Does Social Insurance Help Secure Property Rights?

London School of Economics Working Paper No. 99
Number of pages: 35 Posted: 16 Apr 2001
Robert MacCulloch
University of Auckland Business School
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Social Insurance, Property Rights, Revolt

Does Social Insurance Help Secure Property Rights?

LSE STICERD Research Paper No. DEDPS31
Number of pages: 43 Posted: 30 Apr 2008
Robert MacCulloch
University of Auckland Business School
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Partisan Social Happiness

Harvard Business School Working Paper Series 2000
Number of pages: 41 Posted: 01 May 2001
Robert MacCulloch and Rafael Di Tella
University of Auckland Business School and Harvard Business School - Business, Government and the International Economy Unit
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Median Voter, Partisan Business Cycles, Subjective Well-Being

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Happiness and Beliefs in Criminal Environments

IDB Working Paper No. 554
Number of pages: 46 Posted: 25 Apr 2011
Rafael Di Tella, Hugo Ñopo and Robert MacCulloch
affiliation not provided to SSRN, Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) and University of Auckland Business School
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The Impact of Income on the Taste for Revolt

London School of Econ. STICERD Working Paper No. 30
Number of pages: 32 Posted: 16 Apr 2002
Robert MacCulloch
University of Auckland Business School
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Preferences, Property Rights, Income, Revolts

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The Determination of Unemployment Benefits

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The Determination of Unemployment Benefits

Oxford University IES Applied Economics Discussion Paper No. 180
Number of pages: 30 Posted: 31 May 2001
Robert MacCulloch and Rafael Di Tella
University of Auckland Business School and Harvard Business School - Business, Government and the International Economy Unit
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endogenous unemployment benefits, unemployment, politics

The Determination of Unemployment Benefits

Posted: 10 Oct 2001
Rafael Di Tella and Robert MacCulloch
Harvard Business School - Business, Government and the International Economy Unit and University of Auckland Business School

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Welfare: Savings Not Taxation

IZA Discussion Paper No. 10632
Number of pages: 49 Posted: 26 Mar 2017
Roger Douglas and Robert MacCulloch
Roger Douglas Associates and University of Auckland Business School
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welfare state reform, compulsory savings, taxation

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Informal Family Insurance and the Design of the Welfare State

Oxford Univ. Applied Econ. Discussion Paper No. 195
Number of pages: 30 Posted: 09 Sep 2001
Robert MacCulloch and Rafael Di Tella
University of Auckland Business School and Harvard Business School - Business, Government and the International Economy Unit
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Self-enforcing contracts, Optimal welfare generosity

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Freedom and the Taste for Terrorism

Imperial College London Working Paper No. TBS DP04-26
Number of pages: 39 Posted: 13 Jul 2005
Robert MacCulloch and Silvia Pezzini
University of Auckland Business School and Hong Kong Monetary Authority
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Revolt, property rights, freedom, growth, religion

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Europe vs. America: Institutional Hysteresis in a Simple Normative Model

Number of pages: 36 Posted: 16 May 2006
Rafael Di Tella and Robert MacCulloch
Harvard Business School - Business, Government and the International Economy Unit and University of Auckland Business School
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Optimal unemployment benefits, labor market institutions, hysteresis

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A New Explanation for European Unemployment Based on Rational Institutions

ZEI, University of Bonn Working Paper No. B9 2000
Number of pages: 34 Posted: 15 Jun 2001
Robert MacCulloch and Rafael Di Tella
University of Auckland Business School and Harvard Business School - Business, Government and the International Economy Unit
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Optimal unemployment benefits, hysteresis, natural rate of unemployment

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How Political Systems and Social Welfare Policies Affect Well-Being: A Literature Review

The Handbook of Well-being, edited by Ed Diener, Shige Oishi and Louis Tay, Forthcoming, Motu Working Paper 17-14, August 2017
Number of pages: 18 Posted: 09 Aug 2017
Robert MacCulloch
University of Auckland Business School
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wellbeing, government structures, welfare state, unemployment benefits

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It’s (not) the Economy, Stupid: New Zealand’s Targeting of Gross National Happiness During the Coronavirus Crisis

The University of Auckland Business School Research Paper Forthcoming, Book chapter forthcoming: Management Perspectives on the Covid-19 Crisis: Lessons from New Zealand, edited by Kenneth Husted and Rudolf Sinkovics
Number of pages: 12 Posted: 17 Feb 2021
Lina El-Jahel and Robert MacCulloch
University of Auckland Business School and University of Auckland Business School
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Gross National Happiness, Well-being, Economic growth

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Happiness Adaptation to Income Beyond "Basic Needs"

NBER Working Paper No. w14539
Number of pages: 31 Posted: 11 Dec 2008 Last Revised: 24 Sep 2022
Rafael Di Tella and Robert MacCulloch
Harvard Business School - Business, Government and the International Economy Unit and University of Auckland Business School
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The Welfare State as a Substitute for a Conservative Central Banker

Harvard Business School Working Paper No. 00-094
Number of pages: 32 Posted: 16 Sep 2003
Robert MacCulloch and Rafael Di Tella
University of Auckland Business School and Harvard Business School - Business, Government and the International Economy Unit
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Inflation, unemployment benefits, endogenous welfare state

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Can 'Happiness Data' Help Evaluate Economic Policies?

Motu Working Paper No. 16-02
Number of pages: 16 Posted: 27 Feb 2016
Robert MacCulloch
University of Auckland Business School
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wellbeing, happiness data, unemployment benefit policy

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Why Doesn't Capitalism Flow to Poor Countries?

NBER Working Paper No. w13164
Number of pages: 38 Posted: 27 Jun 2007 Last Revised: 22 Dec 2022
Rafael Di Tella and Robert MacCulloch
Harvard Business School - Business, Government and the International Economy Unit and University of Auckland Business School
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Happiness, Contentment and Other Emotions for Central Banks

NBER Working Paper No. w13622
Number of pages: 42 Posted: 29 Nov 2007 Last Revised: 22 Sep 2022
Rafael Di Tella and Robert MacCulloch
Harvard Business School - Business, Government and the International Economy Unit and University of Auckland Business School
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A Resource Belief-Curse? Oil and Individualism

NBER Working Paper No. w14556
Number of pages: 35 Posted: 15 Jan 2009 Last Revised: 10 Oct 2022
Rafael Di Tella, Juan Dubra and Robert MacCulloch
Harvard Business School - Business, Government and the International Economy Unit, University of Montevideo - Department of Economics and University of Auckland Business School
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How Does Monetary Policy Affect Welfare? Some New Estimates Using Data on Life Evaluation and Emotional Well-Being

Journal of Money, Credit and Banking, 55(8), 2001-2025. DOI: 10.1111/jmcb.13000., The University of Auckland Business School Research Paper Series
Number of pages: 25 Posted: 07 Nov 2020 Last Revised: 17 Sep 2024
Lina El-Jahel, Robert MacCulloch and Hamed Shafiee
University of Auckland Business School, University of Auckland Business School and New Zealand Productivity Commission
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social welfare, well-being, inflation, unemployment

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The March Towards Poverty: Why the Labour Government has Much More to Deal with than the Economic Consequences of Covid-19 in its Upcoming Budget

Journal of Economic and Social Thought, 7 (4), 213-224. DOI:10.1453/jest.v7i4.2131., The University of Auckland Business School Research Paper Series
Posted: 24 May 2022
Roger Douglas, Robert MacCulloch and Hugh McCaffrey
Minister of Finance in New Zealand, University of Auckland Business School and Victoria University of Wellington - Te Herenga Waka

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Covid-19, New Zealand economy

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Mandatory Savings: The Saviour of New Zealand’S Welfare State

The University of Auckland Business School Research Paper Series, Forthcoming, Policy Quarterly, 15 (1). DOI: 10.26686/pq.v15i1.5292.
Posted: 24 May 2022
Robert MacCulloch
University of Auckland Business School

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healthcare, unemployment, private savings, Singapore, retirement, KiwiSaver, ACC, public subsidies, inequality

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A Welfare Reform for New Zealand: Mandatory Savings not Taxation

The University of Auckland Business School Research Paper Series, New Zealand Economic Papers, 54 (3), 239-273. DOI:10.1080/00779954.2019.1659846.
Posted: 24 May 2022
Roger Douglas and Robert MacCulloch
Minister of Finance in New Zealand and University of Auckland Business School

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Welfare, health-care, mandatory savings, taxation

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In a New World, New Thinking Is Required Why the Prioritization of Resources Is Crucial to New Zealand’S Economic Recovery in the Wake

The University of Auckland Business School Research Paper Series, Forthcoming, Journal of Economic and Social Thought, 7 (4), 234-244. DOI:10.1453/jest.v7i4.2134.
Posted: 24 May 2022
Roger Douglas and Robert MacCulloch
Minister of Finance in New Zealand and University of Auckland Business School

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COVID-19, New Zealand economy

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Trading in the Housing Market: A Model with Transaction Costs

The University of Auckland Business School Research Paper Series, Forthcoming, Mathematical Social Sciences, 113, 89-96.DOI: 10.1016/j.mathsocsci.2021.05.001.
Posted: 24 May 2022
Lina El-Jahel and Robert MacCulloch
University of Auckland Business School and University of Auckland Business School

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House prices, Market efficiency, Arbitrage

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Pricing Freedom with Revolutionary Preferences of Christians and Muslims

LSE, STICERD Working Paper No. 2002
Posted: 23 May 2002
Robert MacCulloch and Silvia Pezzini
University of Auckland Business School and Hong Kong Monetary Authority

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Conflict, Freedom, Development, Growth, Religion