Arthur Grimes

Motu Economic and Public Policy Research Trust

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1.

Housing Supply and Price Adjustment

Motu Working Paper No. 06-01
Number of pages: 41 Posted: 25 Jun 2006
Arthur Grimes and Andrew Aitken
Motu Economic and Public Policy Research Trust and Motu Economic and Public Policy Research
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Housing supply, q-theory, house price dynamics

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Impacts of Planning Rules, Regulations, Uncertainty and Delay on Residential Property Development

Motu Working Paper No. 15-02
Number of pages: 68 Posted: 22 Jan 2015
Arthur Grimes and Ian Mitchell
Motu Economic and Public Policy Research Trust and Livingston Associates
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Residential property development, planning rules, delay, uncertainty, Auckland

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The Economics of Infrastructure Investment: Beyond Simple Cost Benefit Analysis

Motu Working Paper No. 10-05
Number of pages: 60 Posted: 09 Aug 2010
Arthur Grimes
Motu Economic and Public Policy Research Trust
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Infrastructure, cost benefit analysis, evaluation

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The Need for Speed: Impacts of Internet Connectivity on Firm Productivity

Motu Working Paper No. 09-15
Number of pages: 45 Posted: 18 May 2010
Arthur Grimes and Cleo Ren
Motu Economic and Public Policy Research Trust and Motu Economic and Public Policy Research Trust
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Internet, broadband, productivity

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House Price Efficiency: Expectations, Sales, Symmetry

Motu Working Paper Series No. 04-02
Number of pages: 46 Posted: 03 Aug 2004
Arthur Grimes, Andrew Aitken and Suzi Kerr
Motu Economic and Public Policy Research Trust, Motu Economic and Public Policy Research and Motu Economic and Public Policy Research Trust
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House prices, housing appreciation, housing market, adjustment dynamics

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Economic Growth and the Size and Structure of Government: Implications for New Zealand

Motu Working Paper No. 03-10
Number of pages: 31 Posted: 05 Dec 2003
Arthur Grimes
Motu Economic and Public Policy Research Trust
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Government size, growth, New Zealand

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Credit Losses in Australasian Banking

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Credit Losses in Australasian Banking

21st Australasian Finance and Banking Conference 2008 Paper
Number of pages: 32 Posted: 21 Aug 2008
Kurt Hess, Arthur Grimes and Mark J. Holmes
Independent Credit View, Motu Economic and Public Policy Research Trust and University of Waikato - Management School, Department of Economics
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Banking, Credit Risk, Loan Loss Provisions, Australia, New Zealand

Credit Losses in Australasian Banking

Economic Record, Vol. 85, Issue 3, pp. 331-343, September 2009
Number of pages: 13 Posted: 08 Oct 2009
Kurt Hess, Arthur Grimes and Mark J. Holmes
Independent Credit View, Motu Economic and Public Policy Research Trust and University of Waikato - Management School, Department of Economics
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Drivers of Credit Losses in Australasian Banking

20th Australasian Finance & Banking Conference 2007 Paper
Number of pages: 30 Posted: 17 Jul 2007
Kurt Hess, Arthur Grimes and Mark J. Holmes
Independent Credit View, Motu Economic and Public Policy Research Trust and University of Waikato - Management School, Department of Economics
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Banking, Credit Risk, Loan Loss Provisions, Australia, New Zealand

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Is There Long-Run Convergence of Regional House Prices in the UK?

Motu Working Paper No. 05-11
Number of pages: 22 Posted: 26 Jun 2006
Arthur Grimes and Mark J. Holmes
Motu Economic and Public Policy Research Trust and University of Waikato - Management School, Department of Economics
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House prices, convergence, unit roots, cointegration, principal components

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Infrastructure's Long-Lived Impact on Urban Development: Theory and Empirics

Motu Working Paper No. 14-11
Number of pages: 40 Posted: 01 Nov 2014 Last Revised: 12 Nov 2014
Arthur Grimes, Eyal Apatov, Larissa Lutchman and Anna Robinson
Motu Economic and Public Policy Research Trust, Oranga Tamariki Ministry for Children, Motu Economic and Public Policy Research Trust and Motu Economic and Public Policy Research Trust
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Infrastructure, city development, population growth, migration, spatial equilibrium

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Land Taxes and Revenue Needs as Communities Grow and Decline: Evidence from New Zealand

Motu Working Paper No. 04-01
Number of pages: 50 Posted: 03 Mar 2004
Suzi Kerr, Andrew Aitken and Arthur Grimes
Motu Economic and Public Policy Research Trust, Motu Economic and Public Policy Research and Motu Economic and Public Policy Research Trust
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New Zealand, local government, property taxes, land taxes

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Spatial Determinants of Land Prices in Auckland: Does the Metropolitan Urban Limit Have an Effect?

Motu Economic and Public Policy Research Paper No. 07-09
Number of pages: 50 Posted: 09 Aug 2007
Arthur Grimes and Yun Liang
Motu Economic and Public Policy Research Trust and Motu Economic and Public Policy Research Trust
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growth limits, zoning restrictions, boundary effects, land value gradients

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Housing and Economic Adjustment

Motu Working Paper No. 03-09
Number of pages: 68 Posted: 05 Dec 2003
Arthur Grimes, Suzi Kerr and Andrew Aitken
Motu Economic and Public Policy Research Trust, Motu Economic and Public Policy Research Trust and Motu Economic and Public Policy Research
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economic adjustment, New Zealand, house prices

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Bi-Directional Impacts of Economic, Social and Environmental Changes and the New Zealand Housing Market

Motu Working Paper No. 04-09
Number of pages: 116 Posted: 23 Jun 2006
Arthur Grimes, Suzi Kerr and Andrew Aitken
Motu Economic and Public Policy Research Trust, Motu Economic and Public Policy Research Trust and Motu Economic and Public Policy Research
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Housing markets, Housing policy

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An Auckland Land Value Annual Database

Motu Working Paper No. 07-04
Number of pages: 49 Posted: 02 May 2007
Arthur Grimes and Yun Liang
Motu Economic and Public Policy Research Trust and Motu Economic and Public Policy Research Trust
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Auckland, Land values, Database

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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, Imperial College London - Tanaka Business School and Motu Economic and Public Policy Research Trust
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culture, beliefs, institutions

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Insolvency and Economic Development: Regional Variation and Adjustment

Motu Working Paper Series No. 03-18
Number of pages: 44 Posted: 15 Apr 2004
Richard Fabling and Arthur Grimes
Ministry of Economic Development - Medium Term Strategy Group and Motu Economic and Public Policy Research Trust
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Insolvency, liquidation, bankruptcy, collateral, regional economy

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House Prices and Rents: Socio-Economic Impacts and Prospects

Motu Working Paper No. 07-01
Number of pages: 34 Posted: 27 Mar 2007
Arthur Grimes and Andrew Aitken
Motu Economic and Public Policy Research Trust and Motu Economic and Public Policy Research
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House prices, house rents, rental yields, capital gains, community prospects

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Productivity Questions for Public Sector Fast Fibre Network Financiers

Communications and Strategies, No. 78, No. 2, pp. 127-145, 2010
Number of pages: 19 Posted: 19 Apr 2011 Last Revised: 09 Sep 2014
Bronwyn E. Howell and Arthur Grimes
Victoria University of Wellington - School of Management and Motu Economic and Public Policy Research Trust
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Internet, broadband, productivity, public investment

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A Simple Repeat Sales House Price Index: Comparative Properties under Alternative Data Generation Processes

Motu Working Paper No. 10-10
Number of pages: 27 Posted: 27 Sep 2010
Arthur Grimes and Chris Young
Motu Economic and Public Policy Research Trust and Motu Economic & Public Policy Research Trust
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Repeat-Sales, House Price Index, Case Shiller, Unbalanced Panel

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Anticipatory Effects of Rail Upgrades: Auckland’s Western Line

Motu Working Paper No. 10-11
Number of pages: 36 Posted: 30 Sep 2010 Last Revised: 18 Nov 2010
Arthur Grimes and Chris Young
Motu Economic and Public Policy Research Trust and Motu Economic & Public Policy Research Trust
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Rail infrastructure investment, urban regeneration

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What's the Beef with House Prices? Economic Shocks and Local Housing Markets

Number of pages: 29 Posted: 22 Jun 2006
Arthur Grimes and Andrew Aitken
Motu Economic and Public Policy Research Trust and Motu Economic and Public Policy Research
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House prices, commodity prices, regional shocks, adjustment dynamics

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That Sinking Feeling: The Changing Price of Disaster Risk Following an Earthquake

Number of pages: 38 Posted: 13 Nov 2014
Levente Timar, Arthur Grimes and Richard Fabling
Motu Economic and Public Policy Research Trust, Motu Economic and Public Policy Research Trust and Motu Economic and Public Policy Research Trust
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Property values, earthquake risk, cognitive dissonance, hedonic model, repeat sales model

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Social Capital and Regional Social Infrastructure Investment: Evidence from New Zealand

Motu Economic and Public Policy Research Working Paper No. 10-03
Number of pages: 31 Posted: 09 Jun 2010
Matthew James Roskruge, Arthur Grimes, Philip McCann and Jacques Poot
Massey Business School, Motu Economic and Public Policy Research Trust, University of Waikato - Population Studies Centre and Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, Department of Spatial Economics
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Social capital, trust, participation, public infrastructure, demography, geography

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Performance Pay Systems and the Gender Wage Gap

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Performance Pay Systems and the Gender Wage Gap

Number of pages: 34 Posted: 16 Dec 2012
Richard Fabling, Arthur Grimes and David C. Maré
Motu Economic and Public Policy Research Trust, Motu Economic and Public Policy Research Trust and Motu Economic and Public Policy Research Trust
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human resource management, personnel economics, gender wage gap, performance pay

Performance Pay Systems and the Gender Wage Gap

Motu Working Paper 12-08
Number of pages: 34 Posted: 09 Jul 2012
Richard Fabling, Arthur Grimes and David C. Maré
Motu Economic and Public Policy Research Trust, Motu Economic and Public Policy Research Trust and Motu Economic and Public Policy Research Trust
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Human resource management, personnel economics, gender wage gap, performance pay

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Relative Income and Subjective Wellbeing: Intra-National and Inter-National Comparisons by Settlement and Country Type

Number of pages: 36 Posted: 16 Sep 2015
Arthur Grimes and Marc Reinhardt
Motu Economic and Public Policy Research Trust and University of Auckland
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Income comparison, wellbeing, Easterlin Paradox, spatial equilibrium

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A New Zealand Regional Housing Model

Motu Economic and Public Policy Research Working Paper No. 13-02
Number of pages: 84 Posted: 25 Feb 2013
Arthur Grimes, Sean Hyland, Andrew Coleman, James Kerr and Alex Collier
Motu Economic and Public Policy Research Trust, Motu Economic and Public Policy Research Trust, Motu Economic and Public Policy Research Trust, Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment and Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment
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house prices, housing supply, lot prices, rents, housing model

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Over the Hedge: Do Exporters Practice Selective Hedging?

Motu Working Paper No. 14-01
Number of pages: 33 Posted: 08 Jan 2014
Richard Fabling and Arthur Grimes
Motu Economic and Public Policy Research Trust and Motu Economic and Public Policy Research Trust
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Currency hedging, optimal hedging, selective hedging, momentum trading

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Value and Culture

Motu Working Paper No. 13-09
Number of pages: 51 Posted: 02 Sep 2013
Corey Allan, Arthur Grimes and Suzi Kerr
Motu Economic and Public Policy Research Trust, Motu Economic and Public Policy Research Trust and Motu Economic and Public Policy Research Trust
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value, culture, cultural policy, non-market valuation

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The Spatial Impact of Local Infrastructural Investment in New Zealand

Motu Economic and Public Policy Research Working Paper No. 10-12
Number of pages: 38 Posted: 09 Oct 2010
William Cochrane, Arthur Grimes, Philip McCann and Jacques Poot
Population Studies Centre, Motu Economic and Public Policy Research Trust, University of Waikato - Population Studies Centre and Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, Department of Spatial Economics
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local infrastructure, economic growth, migration, land value, spatial spillover

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The Effect of Fibre Broadband on Student Learning

Number of pages: 24 Posted: 05 Apr 2017
Arthur Grimes and Wilbur Townsend
Motu Economic and Public Policy Research Trust and Motu Economic and Public Policy Research Trust
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Fibre broadband, UFB, Education, Difference in difference

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Picking up Speed: Does Ultrafast Broadband Increase Firm Productivity?

Motu Working Paper No. 16-22
Number of pages: 45 Posted: 13 Dec 2016
Richard Fabling and Arthur Grimes
Ministry of Economic Development - Medium Term Strategy Group and Motu Economic and Public Policy Research Trust
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Ultrafast Broadband Adoption, Fibre-To-The-Door, Productivity, Organisational Change, Complementary Investments

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Adjustment in Local Labour and Housing Markets

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Adjustment in Local Labour and Housing Markets

Number of pages: 48 Posted: 27 Aug 2007
Arthur Grimes, David C. Maré and Melanie Morten
Motu Economic and Public Policy Research Trust, Motu Economic and Public Policy Research Trust and Motu Economic and Public Policy Research Trust
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Regional Labour Market Adjustment, Internal Migration, House Prices, Vector Autoregression

Adjustment in Local Labour and Housing Markets

Australasian Journal of Regional Studies, Vol. 15, No. 2, pp. 229-348, 2009
Posted: 11 Jan 2010
David C. Maré, Arthur Grimes and Melanie Morten
Motu Economic and Public Policy Research Trust, Motu Economic and Public Policy Research Trust and Motu Economic and Public Policy Research Trust

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Regional housing market, Regional labour markets, Regional adjustment

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Fiscal, Distributional and Efficiency Impacts of Land and Property Taxes

Motu Economic and Public Policy Research Working Paper No. 09-14
Number of pages: 72 Posted: 18 May 2010
Andrew Coleman and Arthur Grimes
Motu Economic and Public Policy Research Trust and Motu Economic and Public Policy Research Trust
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land tax, property tax

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Homeownership and Social Capital in New Zealand

Motu Working Paper No. 11-02
Number of pages: 35 Posted: 24 Mar 2011
Matthew James Roskruge, Arthur Grimes, Philip McCann and Jacques Poot
Massey Business School, Motu Economic and Public Policy Research Trust, University of Waikato - Population Studies Centre and Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, Department of Spatial Economics
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Social Capital, Homeownership, New Zealand, Matching Methods

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Bridge to Somewhere: The Value of Auckland's Northern Motorway Extensions

Number of pages: 48 Posted: 16 Jun 2008
Arthur Grimes and Yun Liang
Motu Economic and Public Policy Research Trust and Motu Economic and Public Policy Research Trust
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infrastructure, transport investment, benefit:cost, Auckland motorway

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Subjective Wellbeing Impacts of National and Subnational Fiscal Policies

Motu Working Paper 16-05
Number of pages: 38 Posted: 09 Apr 2016
Arthur Grimes, Judd Ormsby, Anna Robinson and Siu Wong
Motu Economic and Public Policy Research Trust, Motu Economic and Public Policy Research Trust, Motu Economic and Public Policy Research Trust and University of Auckland
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Subjective wellbeing; Fiscal policy; Decentralised government

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Two Countries, Sixteen Cities, Five Thousand Kilometres: How Many Housing Markets?

Motu Working Paper 16-04
Number of pages: 29 Posted: 09 Apr 2016
Ryan Greenaway-McGrevy, Arthur Grimes and Mark J. Holmes
University of Auckland - Department of Economics, Motu Economic and Public Policy Research Trust and University of Waikato - Management School, Department of Economics
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R21, R31

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Four Lectures on Central Banking

Motu Economic and Public Policy Research Working Paper No. 14-02
Number of pages: 111 Posted: 07 Feb 2014
Arthur Grimes
Motu Economic and Public Policy Research Trust
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Central banking, inflation targeting, exchange rate systems, macroprudential policy, microprudential policy

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Does Money Buy Me Love? Testing Alternative Measures of National Wellbeing

MOTU Working Paper No. 12-09
Number of pages: 35 Posted: 14 Aug 2012
Arthur Grimes, Leslie T. Oxley and Nicholas Tarrant
Motu Economic and Public Policy Research Trust, University of Canterbury and University of Otago
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aggregate wellbeing, life satisfaction, gross domestic product, migration

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Regional Variation in Rental Costs for Larger Households

Motu Working Paper No. 05-02
Number of pages: 52 Posted: 23 Jun 2006
Arthur Grimes, Robert Sourell and Andrew Aitken
Motu Economic and Public Policy Research Trust, Motu Economic and Public Policy Research and Motu Economic and Public Policy Research
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House Rents, Deprivation, Regional Disparities

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A New Zealand Urban Population Database

Motu Working Paper No. 13-07
Number of pages: 19 Posted: 15 Aug 2013
Arthur Grimes and Nicholas Tarrant
Motu Economic and Public Policy Research Trust and University of Otago
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New Zealand population, urban growth

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Natural Selection: Firm Performance Following the Canterbury Earthquakes

Motu Working Paper No. 14-08
Number of pages: 54 Posted: 16 Aug 2014
Richard Fabling, Arthur Grimes and Levente Timar
Motu Economic and Public Policy Research Trust, Motu Economic and Public Policy Research Trust and Motu Economic and Public Policy Research Trust
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Natural disasters, business survival, response to shocks, difference-in-difference

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Labour Market Dynamics Following a Regional Disaster

Motu Working Paper 16-07
Number of pages: 52 Posted: 19 May 2016
Richard Fabling, Arthur Grimes and Levente Timar
Ministry of Economic Development - Medium Term Strategy Group, Motu Economic and Public Policy Research Trust and Motu Economic and Public Policy Research Trust
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Natural Disasters, Employment, Migration, Response to Shocks, Difference-In-Difference

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Wages, Wellbeing and Location: Slaving Away in Sydney or Cruising on the Gold Coast

Number of pages: 84 Posted: 20 Apr 2017
Arthur Grimes, Judd Ormsby and Kate Preston
Motu Economic and Public Policy Research Trust, Motu Economic and Public Policy Research Trust and Motu Economic and Public Policy Research
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Regional migration, wages, subjective wellbeing, non-pecuniary amenities.

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Before a Fall: Impacts of Earthquake Regulation and Building Codes on the Commercial Building Market

Number of pages: 26 Posted: 14 Nov 2015
Levente Timar, Arthur Grimes and Richard Fabling
Motu Economic and Public Policy Research Trust, Motu Economic and Public Policy Research Trust and Motu Economic and Public Policy Research Trust
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Earthquake-prone buildings, commercial property prices, forced property sale

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Intra & Inter-Regional Industry Shocks: A New Metric with an Application to Australasian Currency Union

Motu Working Paper No. 05-03
Number of pages: 27 Posted: 23 Jun 2006
Arthur Grimes
Motu Economic and Public Policy Research Trust
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What Does the Taylor Rule Say About a New Zealand-Australia Currency Union?

Economic Record, Vol. 80, No. S1, pp. S34-S42, September 2004
Number of pages: 9 Posted: 06 Sep 2004
Nils J. Bjorksten, Arthur Grimes, Özer Karagedikli and Chris Plantier
Reserve Bank of New Zealand, Motu Economic and Public Policy Research Trust, Reserve Bank of New Zealand and USAA
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A New Cross-Country Measure of Material Wellbeing and Inequality: Methodology, Construction and Results

Number of pages: 76 Posted: 01 Sep 2015
Arthur Grimes and Sean Hyland
Motu Economic and Public Policy Research Trust and Motu Economic and Public Policy Research Trust
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Material wellbeing, quality of life, national accounts, cross-country analysis, distributions, inequality, household durables

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Housing Market Dynamics and the GFC: The Complex Dynamics of a Credit Shock

Motu Working Paper 13-12, Motu Economic and Public Policy Research
Number of pages: 39 Posted: 16 Oct 2013
Arthur Grimes and Sean Hyland
Motu Economic and Public Policy Research Trust and Motu Economic and Public Policy Research Trust
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House prices, housing supply, credit restrictions, GFC, migration

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New Zealand Housing Markets: Just a Bit-Player in the A-League?

Motu Economic and Public Policy Research Working Paper No. 10-07
Number of pages: 32 Posted: 09 Sep 2010
Arthur Grimes, Mark J. Holmes and Nicholas Tarrant
Motu Economic and Public Policy Research Trust, University of Waikato - Management School, Department of Economics and University of Otago
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House price convergence, international housing markets, Australasia

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Income or Consumption: Which Better Predicts Subjective Wellbeing?

Number of pages: 44 Posted: 20 Sep 2016
Tom Carver and Arthur Grimes
Motu Economic and Public Policy Research Trust and Motu Economic and Public Policy Research Trust
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Life satisfaction, Subjective Wellbeing, Consumption, Permanent Income Hypothesis, Material Wellbeing

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Higher Education Institutions and Regional Growth: The Case of New Zealand

Motu Working Paper 16-11
Number of pages: 50 Posted: 23 Aug 2016
Eyal Apatov and Arthur Grimes
Oranga Tamariki Ministry for Children and Motu Economic and Public Policy Research Trust
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Universities, Polytechnics, Regional Growth, Patent Activity, Skilled Workforce

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Does Selling State Silver Generate Private Gold? Determinants and Impacts of State House Sales and Acquisitions in New Zealand

Motu Working Paper No. 11-03
Number of pages: 45 Posted: 31 Mar 2011
Katy Bergstrom, Arthur Grimes and Steven Stillman
Motu Economic and Public Policy Research Trust, Motu Economic and Public Policy Research Trust and Free University of Bozen-Bolzano
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homeownership, home ownership, state house sales, state housing, New Zealand

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Sustainable Economic Policy and Well-Being: The Relationship between Adjusted Net Savings and Subjective Well-Being

Number of pages: 69 Posted: 14 Jun 2018
Mubashir Qasim and Arthur Grimes
University of Waikato, Students and Motu Economic and Public Policy Research Trust
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Adjusted net savings, subjective wellbeing, intergenerational sustainability

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Valuing Sunshine

Number of pages: 23 Posted: 06 Jul 2017
David Fleming, Arthur Grimes, Laurent Lebreton, David C. Maré and Peter Nunns
Motu Economic and Public Policy Research Trust, Motu Economic and Public Policy Research Trust, Independent, Motu Economic and Public Policy Research Trust and Independent
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Sunlight, house prices, hedonic model, views, elevation

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Regional and Industry Cycles in Australasia: Implications for a Common Currency

Motu Working Paper No. 05-04
Number of pages: 42 Posted: 23 Jun 2006
Arthur Grimes
Motu Economic and Public Policy Research Trust
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Migration and Gender: Who Gains and in Which Ways?

Motu Working Paper 17-08
Number of pages: 39 Posted: 20 Apr 2017
Kate Preston and Arthur Grimes
Motu Economic and Public Policy Research and Motu Economic and Public Policy Research Trust
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Migration, gender, relationship-status, subjective wellbeing, wages

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Homeownership, Social Capital and Parental Voice in Schooling

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Homeownership, Social Capital and Parental Voice in Schooling

IZA Discussion Paper No. 6168
Number of pages: 37 Posted: 11 Dec 2011
Arthur Grimes, Steven Stillman and Chris Young
Motu Economic and Public Policy Research Trust, Free University of Bozen-Bolzano and Motu Economic & Public Policy Research Trust
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homeownership, school elections, parental voice, social capital

Homeownership, Social Capital and Parental Voice in Schooling

Posted: 22 Nov 2011
Arthur Grimes, Steven Stillman and Chris Young
Motu Economic and Public Policy Research Trust, Free University of Bozen-Bolzano and Motu Economic & Public Policy Research Trust

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homeownership, social capital, school elections, parental voice

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Passing the Buck: Impacts of Commodity Price Shocks on Local Outcomes

Motu Working Paper No. 13-10
Number of pages: 46 Posted: 02 Sep 2013
Arthur Grimes and Sean Hyland
Motu Economic and Public Policy Research Trust and Motu Economic and Public Policy Research Trust
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agricultural commodity prices, rural-urban interactions, house prices, housing investment

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Moving Towards Happiness

Number of pages: 22 Posted: 14 Jun 2018
Arthur Grimes and Dennis Wesselbaum
Motu Economic and Public Policy Research Trust and University of Otago - School of Business - Department of Economics
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Happiness, International Migration, Wellbeing

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Spatial Effects of ‘Mill’ Closures: Does Distance Matter?

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Spatial Effects of ‘Mill’ Closures: Does Distance Matter?

Motu Working Paper 09-12
Number of pages: 59 Posted: 30 Apr 2019
Arthur Grimes and Chris Young
Motu Economic and Public Policy Research Trust and Motu Economic & Public Policy Research Trust
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mill closures; rural infrastructure; homeownership

Spatial Effects of ‘Mill’ Closures: Does Distance Matter?

Number of pages: 59 Posted: 02 May 2019
Arthur Grimes and Chris Young
Motu Economic and Public Policy Research Trust and Motu Economic & Public Policy Research Trust
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mill closures; rural infrastructure; homeownership

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The Contrasting Importance of Quality of Life and Quality of Business for Domestic and International Migrants

Number of pages: 30 Posted: 08 Nov 2019
Arthur Grimes, Kate Preston, David C. Maré, Shaan Badenhorst and Stuart Donovan
Motu Economic and Public Policy Research Trust, Motu Economic and Public Policy Research, Motu Economic and Public Policy Research Trust, Motu Economic and Public Policy Research Trust and VU University Amsterdam
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migration, amenities, quality of life, quality of business, gravity model

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Housing Supply, Land Costs and Price Adjustment

Real Estate Economics, Vol. 38, Issue 2, pp. 325-353, Summer 2010
Number of pages: 29 Posted: 04 Jun 2010
Arthur Grimes and Andrew Aitken
Motu Economic and Public Policy Research Trust and Motu Economic and Public Policy Research
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Amenities and the Attractiveness of New Zealand Cities

Number of pages: 56 Posted: 08 Nov 2019
Kate Preston, David C. Maré, Arthur Grimes and Stuart Donovan
Motu Economic and Public Policy Research, Motu Economic and Public Policy Research Trust, Motu Economic and Public Policy Research Trust and VU University Amsterdam
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amenities, quality of life, quality of business, rents, wages, New Zealand, settlements

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Australian Social Policy 1999 – Issue 2

Australian Government, 1999
Number of pages: 169 Posted: 24 Dec 2010
Kim Bond, Philip Brown, Alex Dolan, Arthur Grimes, Paul Henman, Peter Humphries, John Landt, Nathan Madigan, Paul Martin, Ann-Marie McNess, John Murray, Alfred Opoku, Adrian Read, Michael Rice, Gwenda Robinson, Luat Vuong and Mark Warburton
Government of the Commonwealth of Australia - Department of Family, Housing, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs (FaHCSIA), Government of the Commonwealth of Australia - Youth and Student Programs Branch, Government of the Commonwealth of Australia - Budget Development Branch, Motu Economic and Public Policy Research Trust, Macquarie University - Department of Sociology, Centrelink - Social Work Services, Government of the Commonwealth of Australia - Strategic Policy and Analysis Branch, Government of the Commonwealth of Australia - Strategic Policy and Analysis Branch, Government of the Commonwealth of Australia - Parenting Payment and Labour Market Branch, Government of the Commonwealth of Australia - Youth and Student Programs Branch, Government of the Commonwealth of Australia - Strategic Policy and Analysis Branch, Government of the Commonwealth of Australia - Parenting Payment and Labour Market Branch, Government of the Commonwealth of Australia - Parenting Payment and Labour Market Branch, DLA Phillips Fox, Government of the Commonwealth of Australia - Strategic Policy and Analysis Branch, Government of the Commonwealth of Australia - Parenting Payment and Labour Market Branch and Government of the Commonwealth of Australia - Parenting Payment and Labour Market Branch
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Digital Inclusion and Wellbeing in New Zealand

Number of pages: 64 Posted: 12 Dec 2019
Arthur Grimes and Dom White
Motu Economic and Public Policy Research Trust and Motu Economic and Public Policy Research Trust
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internet, digital inclusion, wellbeing, social capital

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Housing Markets and the Global Financial Crisis: The Complex Dynamics of a Credit Shock

Contemporary Economic Policy, Vol. 33, Issue 2, pp. 315-333, 2015
Number of pages: 19 Posted: 07 Feb 2015
Arthur Grimes and Sean Hyland
Motu Economic and Public Policy Research Trust and Motu Economic and Public Policy Research Trust
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Do Local Property Taxes Affect New Building Development? Results from a Quasi-Natural Experiment in New Zealand

Journal of Real Estate Finance and Economics February 2019, Volume 58, Issue 2, pp 310–333
Posted: 08 May 2019
Norman Gemmell, Arthur Grimes and Mark Skidmore
Victoria University of Wellington - Victoria Business School, Motu Economic and Public Policy Research Trust and Michigan State University - Department of Agricultural Economics

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Property taxes; Land tax; Development contributions; Impact fees; Property development

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Monetary Policy and Economic Imbalances: An Ethnographic Examination of Central Bank Rituals

Journal of Economic Surveys, Vol. 27, Issue 4, pp. 634-640, 2013
Number of pages: 7 Posted: 16 Jul 2013
Arthur Grimes
Motu Economic and Public Policy Research Trust
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Monetary policy, Real exchange rate, Current account balance, Central bank, New Zealand

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Building Bridges: Treating a New Transport Link as a Real Option

Posted: 02 Dec 2011
Arthur Grimes
Motu Economic and Public Policy Research Trust

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transport investment, real options, cost-benefit analysis

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A State Housing Database: 1993-2009

Posted: 21 Dec 2010
Arthur Grimes, Steven Stillman, Hugh McDonald and Alex Olssen
Motu Economic and Public Policy Research Trust, Free University of Bozen-Bolzano, Motu Economic and Public Policy Research Trust and Motu Economic and Public Policy Research Trust

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State Housing, Public Housing, Housing Assistance, New Zealand

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Some Rise by Sin, and Some by Virtue Fall: Firm Dynamics, Market Structure and Performance

Posted: 06 Jun 2010
Arthur Grimes, Richard Fabling, Lynda Sanderson and Philip Andrew Stevens
Motu Economic and Public Policy Research Trust, Ministry of Economic Development - Medium Term Strategy Group, affiliation not provided to SSRN and Ministry of Economic Development

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Firm dynamics, productivity, profitability, exporting, foreign ownership

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A Comparison of Qualitative and Quantitative Firm Performance Measures

Ministry of Economic Development Occasional Papers 08/04
Posted: 06 Jun 2010
Arthur Grimes, Richard Fabling and Philip Andrew Stevens
Motu Economic and Public Policy Research Trust, Ministry of Economic Development - Medium Term Strategy Group and Ministry of Economic Development

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Micro data, subjective data, firm performance, labour productivity

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Defining Areas: Linking Geographic Data in New Zealand

Population, Space and Place, 2008
Posted: 11 Jan 2010
Arthur Grimes, David C. Maré and Melanie Morten
Motu Economic and Public Policy Research Trust, Motu Economic and Public Policy Research Trust and Motu Economic and Public Policy Research Trust

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geography; geography conversion tables

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Innovation and Independence: The Reserve Bank of New Zealand 1973-2004

Auckland University Press, 2006
Posted: 16 Dec 2009
John Singleton, Frank Holmes, Gary Hawke and Arthur Grimes
Victoria University of Wellington - School of Economics & Finance, Victoria University of Wellington, Victoria University of Wellington and Motu Economic and Public Policy Research Trust

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Central Bank, Operational Independence, History, Inflation targeting

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Water, Water Somewhere: The Value of Water in a Drought-Prone Farming Region

Posted: 07 Jul 2008
Arthur Grimes and Andrew Aitken
Motu Economic and Public Policy Research Trust and Motu Economic and Public Policy Research

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irrigation, hedonics, water supply, New Zealand

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New Zealand: A Typical Australasian Economy?

Posted: 23 Jun 2006
Arthur Grimes
Motu Economic and Public Policy Research Trust

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Australia, New Zealand, Economic Union, Sectoral Development