K. Stuart Birks

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An Economic Theory of Democracy Revisited - Downs with Traction

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An Economic Theory of Democracy Revisited - Downs with Traction

Number of pages: 11 Posted: 27 Aug 2008
K. Stuart Birks
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Downs, traction, rhetoric, democracy

Economics in a Policy Environment: Downs with Traction

10th Australian Society of Heterodox Economists Conference, 5-6 December, 2011
Number of pages: 11 Posted: 02 Feb 2012
K. Stuart Birks
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Downs, traction, rhetoric, democracy

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Rethinking Economics: From Analogies to the Real World

SpringerBrief, Forthcoming
Number of pages: 91 Posted: 17 Jul 2014
K. Stuart Birks
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Downloads 204 (176,743)

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theory, rhetoric, econometrics, policy, paradigm

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Statistical Significance and Policy Significance

Number of pages: 13 Posted: 07 Jul 2008
K. Stuart Birks
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Downloads 185 (193,180)
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econometrics, policy, significance, evaluation

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The Assessment of Teacher Quality: An Investigation into Current Issues in Evaluating and Rewarding Teachers

Education Policy Response Group, Institute of Education, Massey University, 2013
Number of pages: 119 Posted: 16 Sep 2013
Ivan Snook, John O'Neill, K. Stuart Birks, John Church and Peter Rawlins
Institute of Education, Institute of Education, affiliation not provided to SSRN, University of Canterbury and Massey University - College of Humanities & Social Sciences
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Education policy, teacher evaluation, value added measures

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The Extent of Underinsurance: New Zealand Evidence

Number of pages: 32 Posted: 08 Jun 2013
Michael Naylor, Claire D. Matthews and K. Stuart Birks
Massey University - School of Economics and Finance, Massey University - School of Economics and Finance and affiliation not provided to SSRN
Downloads 127 (263,226)

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personal household behavior, insurance, behavioral finance, ethnicity

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An Assessment of Proposed Changes to the Child Support Formula

Policy Quarterly, Vol. 7, No. 1, pp. 31-38, February 2011
Number of pages: 8 Posted: 08 Mar 2011
K. Stuart Birks
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Downloads 114 (284,867)

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Child Support, New Zealand

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Theory, Consistency and Rhetoric

Massey University Economics and Finance Discussion Paper No. 09.01
Number of pages: 25 Posted: 29 Jan 2009
K. Stuart Birks
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Downloads 91 (331,025)
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theory, rhetoric, rationality, analogy, metaphor

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Why the Shadow of the Law is Important for Economists

Number of pages: 9 Posted: 21 Jun 2010
K. Stuart Birks
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Downloads 71 (382,925)

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Law, shadow of the law, policy implementation, negotiation

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Is it Economics? The Case for a Broad Approach to Economics Research

Quality Assured Paper for the New Zealand Association of Economists Conference, Wellington, June 29 – July 1, 2011
Number of pages: 14 Posted: 30 Jun 2011
K. Stuart Birks
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Downloads 66 (398,162)

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economics research, econometrics, analogy, theory

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Teaching Economics: The Wea Textbook Commentaries Project

Number of pages: 9 Posted: 29 Oct 2014
K. Stuart Birks
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economics teaching, mainstream, online, MOOCs, commentaries

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Economic Theory: Consistency and Rhetoric?

Cambridge Realist Workshop, November 2011
Number of pages: 11 Posted: 01 Dec 2011
K. Stuart Birks
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Theory, Rhetoric, perfect competition, groups

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Is Economics Relevant for Policy Debate?

Paper for the NZPSA Conference, August 2007
Number of pages: 13 Posted: 06 Sep 2008
K. Stuart Birks
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policy, process, rationality, institutions, economics

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A Word of Caution on Indices

Number of pages: 16 Posted: 03 Jan 2008
K. Stuart Birks
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Downloads 52 (446,428)
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Indices, regression, ordinal measures

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A Response to M. Baker, 'Lingering concerns about child custody and support', Policy Quarterly, 4 (1), March 2008

Policy Quarterly, Vol. 4, No. 3, September 2008
Number of pages: 5 Posted: 02 Sep 2008 Last Revised: 15 Jun 2009
K. Stuart Birks
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Downloads 49 (457,945)

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child support, custody, gender, fathers, discourse

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No Ethical Issues in Economics?

Number of pages: 8 Posted: 29 Mar 2012
K. Stuart Birks
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economics, ethics, rhetoric, pluralist

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The Media and an Informed Electorate - An Economist's Perspective

ANZCA08 Refereed Proceedings
Number of pages: 24 Posted: 08 Jul 2008 Last Revised: 15 Jun 2009
K. Stuart Birks
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Downloads 45 (474,473)

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news media markets, market failure, information

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Econometrics for Education Policy

Centre for Public Policy Evaluation Issues Paper No.16
Number of pages: 41 Posted: 16 Sep 2013
K. Stuart Birks, Ivan Snook, Jane Prochnow, Peter Rawlins and John O'Neill
affiliation not provided to SSRN, Institute of Education, Massey University - Institute of Education, Massey University - College of Humanities & Social Sciences and Institute of Education
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Education policy, value added measures, econometrics

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Gendered Perspectives on Estrangement

Number of pages: 11 Posted: 02 Jul 2008
K. Stuart Birks
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gender, family law, property, time use, signalling, New Zealand, rhetoric

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Policy Making - Are We Looking Forwards?

Paper for the NZAE Conference, June 2007
Number of pages: 16 Posted: 06 Sep 2008
K. Stuart Birks
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Downloads 35 (519,896)

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gender, age, policy, work, education, policy debate

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The Framing and Econometrics of Child Support

Quality Assured Paper for the New Zealand Association of Economists Conference, 2011
Number of pages: 14 Posted: 30 Jun 2011
K. Stuart Birks
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Downloads 27 (563,227)

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child support, law, econometric estimation

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Reporting on Research - A Better-Informed Public?

Number of pages: 14 Posted: 07 Jul 2008
K. Stuart Birks
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Statistical significance, policy, reporting, research, media

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Unanticipated Consequences of Changed Relationship Legislation

Number of pages: 8 Posted: 08 Feb 2014
K. Stuart Birks
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Family law, relationship property, signalling