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Prof Harry Bloch
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Conferences 2009
June - Neo-Schumpeterian Society, Treste Czech Republic, Presenter
June - Assessing Economic Research in a European Context: The Future of Heterodox Economics, Bremen Germany, Presenter
July - History of Economic Thought, Notre Dame, Fremantle, Presenter
September - Australian Conference of Economists, Adelaide, Presenter
November - Trade & Industry in Asia Pacific: History, Trends & Prospects, ARC Asia Pacific Futures Research Network, Canberra , Invited Speaker
Teaching Areas
Courses Taught: Microeconomic Theory (principles, intermediate, honours and postgraduate) Industrial Economics (undergraduate, honours and postgraduate) Theories of Competition (undergraduate and postgraduate) Economics of Regulation (undergraduate) Industrial Policy (undergraduate) Competitive Analysis (undergraduate) Econometrics (undergraduate and postgraduate) Business Statistics (undergraduate) Mathematical Economics (undergraduate) Mathematics for Business and Economics (undergraduate) Macroeconomics (principles and intermediate) Monetary and Fiscal Policy (undergraduate) International Economics (undergraduate, honours and postgraduate) Natural Resource Economics (undergraduate)
topIndustry Experience
Appointed to the Australian Research Council College of Experts for a three year term commencing in 2008. Regular Appointments: Curtin University of Technology, Professor, 1997 onwards Head, Department of Economics, 1997-1999 Acting Head, School of Economics and Finance, 2000 University of Tasmania, Reader, 1992-1996 University of Tasmania, Senior Lecturer, 1985-1991 University of Denver, Associate Professor, 1977-1985 University of Denver, Assistant Professor, 1975-1977 University of Manitoba, Assistant Professor, 1973-1975 University of British Columbia, Assistant Professor, 1971-1973 Illinois Institute of Technology, Instructor, 1969-1970 Short-Term or Honorary Appointments: University of Liverpool, Visiting Professorial Fellow, 2004 University of California at Santa Barbara, Research Visitor, 2004 Institute for Research into International Competitiveness, Professorial Fellow, 1998 onwards University of Tasmania, Honorary Research Associate, 1997-2001 Lancaster University, Visiting Professor, 2000 Lancaster University, Visiting Senior Research Fellow, 1992 and 1996 University of East Anglia, Visiting Fellow, 1988 Australian National University, Visiting Fellow, 1996 University of Warwick, Visiting Fellow, 1982 Queen's University, Visiting Faculty, 1981 Editorial Appointments Editor, Economic Record, 2002-2006 Co-editor, Economic Record, 2000-2002 Associate Editor, Journal of Contemporary Issues in Business and Government, 1999 onwards Member, Editorial Board, International Journal of the Economics of Business, 2001 onwards Member, Editorial Board, Australian Journal of Economics Education, 2004 onwards
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Books
Bloch, Harry. ed. Growth and Development in the Global Economy. UK: Edward Elgar, 2003.
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Bloch, Harry, and Peter Kenyon. ed. Creating an Internationally Competitive Economy. UK: Palgrave, 2001.
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Book Chapters
Sapsford, David, Stephan Pfaffenzeller, and Harry Bloch. "Commodities still in crisis?" In Commodities, governance and economic development under globalization, edited by Machiko Nissanke and George Mavrotas, 99-115. Basingstoke, Hampshire, England: Palgrave Macmillan, 2009.
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Bloch, Harry. "A tale of two cities: Cyclical movements in price and productivity in mining and manufacturing." In Essays in honour of B. Curtis Eaton, edited by Greg Dow, Andrew Eckert and Doug West. Toronto, Canada: University of Toronto Press, 2009.
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Bloch, Harry. "Steindl's analysis of firm growth and the tendency toward industry concentration." In Rethinking Capitalist Development: Essays on the Economics of Josef Steindl, edited by Tracy Mott and Nina Shapiro, 23-36. Abingdon, Oxon, UK: Routledge, 2005.
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Bloch, Harry, Mita Bhattacharya, and James McDonald. "Labour Productivity in Australian Manufacturing: The Impact of Import Competition and Market Structure." In Theory and Application of Productivity and Efficiency: Econometric and DEA Approach, edited by Chiranjib Neogi and Ranjan Ghosh, 267-276. New Delhi, India: Macmillan India, 2005.
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Bloch, Harry, and Han Chong. "Welfare analysis in an empirical trade model with oligopoly: the case of Australian non-durable goods imports." In Quantitative Tools for Microeconomic Policy Analysis, 323-350. Melbourne, Victoria: Productivity Commission, 2005.
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Bloch, Harry, and David Sapsford. "Commodity prices and the dynamics of inflation in Australia." In Contemporary post Keynesian analysis, edited by L. Randall Wray and Mathew Forstater, 187-204. Cheltenham, UK: Edward Elgar Publishing Limited, 2004.
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Bloch, Harry, and Sam Hak Kan Tang. "Recent Performance of the Developing East Asian Economies." In Global Political Economy and the Wealth of Nations: Performance, Institutions, Problems and Policies, edited by Phil Ohara, 83-104. London: Routledge, 2004.
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Bloch, Harry. "Marginalism." In The Elgar companion to post Keynesian economics, edited by John E. King, 249-252. Cheltenham, UK: Edward Elgar Publishing, 2003.
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Bloch, Harry. "Introduction." In Growth and Development in the Global Economy, edited by Harry Bloch, P Kenyon, 3-14. UK: Edward Elgar, 2003.
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Bloch, Harry, and Michael Olive. "Does Openness mean that domestic prices are determined abroad?" In Growth and Development in the Global Economy, edited by Harry Bloch, 67-84. UK: Edward Elgar, 2003.
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Bloch, Harry. "Targeted assistance for enhancing industry growth in Australia." In Aspire Australia: Contributions to the future directions project, edited by Peter Duncan and Rodney Maddock, 151-158. Melbourne, Australia: Business Council of Ausrtalia, 2002.
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Bloch, Harry. "Schumpeter and Steindl on the dynamics of competition." In Capitalism and democracy in the 21st Century, edited by Dennis C. Mueller and Uwe Cantner, 349-360. New York: Physica-Verlag, 2001.
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Bloch, Harry. "Market power and foreign trade: Implications for competition policy." In Creating an internationally competitive economy, edited by Harry Bloch and Peter Kenyon, 105-121. UK: Palgrave, 2001.
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Bloch, Harry, and Peter Kenyon. "The meaning and measurement of international competitiveness." In Creating an internationally competitive economy, edited by Harry Bloch and Peter Kenyon, 16-35. London, UK: Palgrav, 2001.
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Bloch, Harry, and Peter Kenyon. "Introduction." In Creating an internationally competitive economy, edited by Harry Bloch and Peter Kenyon, 3-15. UK: Palgrave, 2001.
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Bloch, Harry. "Pricing." In Encyclopedia of political economy, edited by Phil O'Hara, 902-905. London, UK: Routledge, 1999.
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Bloch, Harry, and Gary Madden. "Nelson and Winter's analysis of the corporation." In Encyclopedia of political economy, edited by Phillip Anthony O'Hara, 785-788. London: Routledge, 1999.
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Bloch, Harry, and David Sapsford. "Postwar movements in prices of primary products and manufactured goods." In Export-led versus balanced growth in the 1990s, edited by Sir Hans Singer, Neelambar Hatti, Rameshwar Tandon, 259-278. India: BR Publishing Corporation, 1998.
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Bloch, Harry, and David Sapsford. "Prebisch and Singer effects on terms of trade between primary producers and manufacturers." In Development economics and policy: The conference volume to celebrate the 85th birthday of Professor Sir Hans Singer, edited by Davuid Saposford and John-Ren Chen, 35-62. London, UK: MacMillan Press Ltd, 1998.
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Olive, Michael, and Harry Bloch. "Pass-through elasticities for production costs and competing foreign prices: Evidence from manufacturing prices in seven countries." In Production and cost functions, edited by Erkin Bairam, 106-124. Vermont, USA: Ashgate Publishing Company, 1998.
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Bloch, Harry, and Gary Madden. "Tariffs and productivity when technology is embodied in capital equipment." In Economic Approaches to Innovation, edited by Steve Dowrick, 145-165. Aldershot, UK: Edward Elgar Publishing, 1995.
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Bloch, Harry, and Michael Wirth. "Concentration and the price of local television advertising time." In Concentration and Price, edited by Leonard W. Weiss, 155-158. Cambridge, MA: MIT Press, 1990.
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Bloch, Harry, and Michael Wirth. "The broadcasters: The future role of local stations and the three networks." In Video Media Competition: Regulation, Economics and Technology, edited by Eli Noam, 121-137. New York: Columbia University Press, 1984.
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Bloch, Harry. "Is corporation product advertising a barrier to entry?" In The Attack on Corporate America, edited by M. Bruce Johnson, 228-232. New York: McGraw-Hill, 1978.
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Bloch, Harry. "True profitability measures for pharmaceutical firms." In Regulation, Economics and Pharmaceutical Innovation, edited by J.D. Cooper, 147-160. Washington: American University, 1976.
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Journal Articles - Refereed
Rafiq, Shuddsattwa, Ruhul Salim, and Harry Bloch. "Impact of crude-oil price volatility on economic activities: An empirical investigation in the Thai economy." Resources Policy 34 (2009): 121-132.
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Bloch, Harry, and John Finch. "Firms and industries in evolutionary economics: Lessons from Marshall, Young, Steindl and Penrose." Journal of Evolutionary Economics (2009).
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Suyanto, Suyanto, Ruhul Salim, and Harry Bloch. "Does foreign direct investment lead to productivity spillovers? Firm level evidence from Indonesia." World Development 37 (2009): 1861-1876.
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Bloch, Harry, and John Finch. "Schumpeter and Steindl on growth and the transformation to maturity in capitalism." History of Economics Review 47 (2008): 1-19.
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Bhattacharya, Mita, Harry Bloch, and Jong-rong Chen. "Determinants of domestic market structure: A comparative study between Japanese and Taiwanese manufacturing." Asia Pacific Journal of Economics and Business 11 (2008): 25-38.
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Bloch, Harry, and Sam Tang. "The effects of exports, technical change and markup on total factor productivity growth: Evidence from Singapore's electronics industry." Economics Letters 96 (2007): 58-63.
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Bloch, Harry, and Michael Olive. "The speed and stability of price adjustment in Australian manufacturing." The Economic Record 83 (2007): S46-S56.
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Bloch, Harry, Alfred Dockery, Wyn Morgan, and David Sapsford. "Growth, commodity prices, inflation and the distribution of income." Metroeconomica 58 (2007): 3-44.
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Salim, Ruhul, and Harry Bloch. "Business expenditures on R&D and trade performances in Australia: is there a link?" Applied Economics November (2007): 1-11.
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Bloch, Harry. "Steindl on imperfect competition: The role of technical change." Metroeconomica 57 (2006): 286-302.
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Bloch, Harry, Alfred Dockery, and David Sapsford. "Commodity prices and the dynamics of inflation in commodity-exporting nations: Evidence from Australia and Canada." The Economic Record 82 (2006): S97-S109.
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Bloch, Harry, Peter Kenyon, and Nick Wills-Johnson. "Estimation of the X-Factor in CPI-X Regulation of the Western Australia Rail Industry." NRRI Journal of Applied Regulation 3 (2005): 79-94.
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Bloch, Harry, Alfred Dockery, and David Sapsford. "Commodity Prices, Wages and US Inflation in the Twentieth Century." Journal of Post Keynesian Economics 26(3) (2004): 523-545.
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Bloch, Harry, and Mita Bhattacharya. "Determinants of Innovation." Small Business Economics 22 (2004): 155-162.
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Bloch, Harry, and Jo Voola. "Strategic Responses to Advances in Seismic Tehnology in the Petroleum Industry." International Journal of the Economics of Business 11 (2004): 27-36.
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Bloch, Harry, and Sam Hak Kan Tang. "Deep Determinants of Economic Growth: Institutions, Geography and Openness to Trade." Progress in Development Studies 4 (2004): 245-255.
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Bloch, Harry, and Sam Hak Kan Tang. "The role of financial development in economic growth." Progress in Development Studies 3 (2003): 243-252.
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Bloch, Harry, Alfred Dockery, Garry MacDonald, David Sapsford, and Wyn Morgan. "Trends in the prices of primary commodities over the 20th century." Western Australian Quarterly Bulletin of Economic Trends 1(03) (2003): 51-65.
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Madden, Gary, Harry Bloch, and Grant Coble-Neal. "Labour and capital saving technical change in telecommunications." Applied Economics 34 (2002): 1821-1828.
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Bloch, Harry, and Carl Stromback. "The economics of strategy and the strategy of economics." Economic Papers 21 (2002): 1-10.
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Bloch, Harry, Gary Madden, Grant Coble-neal, and Scott Savage. "The cost structure of Australian telecomminications." Economic Record 77 (239) (2001): 338-350.
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Bloch, Harry, and Jakob Madsen. "A model of employment and real wages under imperfect competition." Journal of Post Keynesian Economics 24(1) (2001): 165-177.
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Bloch, Harry, and Michael Olive. "Pricing over the cycle." Review of Industrial Organization 19 (2001): 99-108.
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Bloch, Harry, Gary Madden, and Scott Savage. "Economies of scale and scope in Australian telecommunications." Review of Industrial Organization 18 (2001): 219-227.
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Bloch, Harry, and Sam Tang. "Estimating technical change, economies of scale and degree of competiton for manufacturing industries in Singapore." The Singapore Economic Review 45 1 (2001): 33-58.
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Bloch, Harry, and Sam Tang. "The role of technical change and productivity growth in East Asian economic growth." Progress in Development Studies 1 (2001): 329-336.
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Bloch, Harry. "Steindl's contribution to the theory of industry concentration." Australia Economic Papers 39 (2000): 92-107.
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Bloch, Harry. "Schumpeter and Steindl on the dynamics of competition." Journal of Evolutionary Economics 10(3) (2000): 343-353.
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Bhattacharya, Mita, and Harry Bloch. "Adjustment of profits: Evidence from Australian manufacturing." Empirica 27 (2000): 157-173.
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Bloch, Harry, and David Sapsford. "Whither the terms of trade? An elaboration of the Prebisch-Singer hypothesis." Cambridge Journal of Economics 24 (2000): 461-481.
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Bhattacharya, Mita, and Harry Bloch. "The dynamics of industrial concentration in Australian manufacturing." International Journal of Industrial Organization 18 (2000): 1181-1199.
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McDonald, James, and Harry Bloch. "The spillover effects of industrial action on firm profitability." Review of Industrial Organization 15(2) (1999): 165-182.
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Bloch, Harry, and Sam Tang. "Technical change and total factor productivity growth: a study of Singapore's manufacturing industries." Applied Economic Letters 6 (1999): 697-701.
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Bloch, Harry, and Michael Olive. "Cyclical and competitive influences on pricing in Australian manufacturing." The Economic Record 75(230) (1999): 268-279.
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Bloch, Harry. "Does foreign trade substitute for domestic competition policy." Economic Papers 18(3) (1999): 19-33.
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Bloch, Harry, Alfred Dockery, Dawn Doss, and Peter Kenyon. "The meaning and measurement of international competitiveness." Western Australian Quarterly Bulletin of Economic Trends 4(98) (1998): 28-43.
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Bloch, Harry, and David Sapsford. "Some estimates of Singer and Prebisch effects on the terms of trade between primary producers and manufacturers." World Development 25 (1997): 1873-1884.
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Bhattacharya, Mita, and Harry Bloch. "Specification and testing the profit-concentration relationship in Australian manufacturing." Review of Industrial Organization 12 (1997): 219-230.
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Bloch, Harry. "International competition and the degree of monopoly in Australian manufacturing." International Review of Applied Economics 10 (1996): 373-387.
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Bloch, Harry. "Changes in the international competitiveness of Australian manufacturing: 1968 to 1989." Australian Economic Review 115 (1996): 308-319.
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Bloch, Harry, and Michael Olive. "Can simple rules explain pricing in Australian manufacturing?" Economic Papers 35 (1996): 1-19.
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Bloch, Harry, and David Sapsford. "Trend in the international terms of trade between primary producers and manufacturers." Journal of International Development 8 (1996): 53-67.
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Bloch, Harry, and Gary Madden. "Productivity growth in Australian manufacturing: A vintage capital model." International Journal of Manpower 16 (1995): 21-30.
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Bloch, Harry, and Michael Wirth. "Industrial organization theory and media industry analysis." Journal of Media Economics 8 (1995): 15-26.
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Bloch, Harry. "Sample-selection procedures for estimating the relationship between concentration and profitability from cross-industry data." Review of Industrial Organization 9 (1994): 71-84.
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Bloch, Harry, Gary Madden, and David Hensher. "Australian telephone network subscription and calling demands: Evidence from a stated-preference experiment." Information Economics and Policy 5 (1993): 207-230.
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Bloch, Harry. "Pricing in Australian manufacturing." Economic Record 68 (1992): 365-376.
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Bloch, Harry, and David Sapsford. "Postwar movements in the prices of primary products and manufactured goods." Journal of Post Keynesian Economics 14 (1991): 249-267.
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Bloch, Harry. "The impact of world manufacturing growth on Australia's trading position." International Review of Applied Economics 5 (1991): 100-115.
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Bloch, Harry. "Price leadership and the degree of monopoly." Journal of Post Keynesian Economics 12 (1990): 439-451.
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Bloch, Harry, and Michael Wirth. "Household-level demand for cable television: A probit analysis." Journal of Media Economics 2 (1989): 21-34.
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Bloch, Harry. "Tariff protection and industrial development in Canada." Western Economic Journal 4 (1985): 23-29.
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Bloch, Harry, and Michael Wirth. "The demand for pay services on cable television." Information Economics and Policy 1984 (1984): 311-332.
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Bloch, Harry. "Determinants of the variance of market shares in Canadian manufacturing." Journal of Industrial Economics 29 (1981): 385-393.
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Bloch, Harry. "Concentration and profitability in Canadian manufacturing: An indirect test of the effect of aggregation." Canadian Journal of Economics 14 (1981): 130-135.
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Bloch, Harry. "The effect of advertising on competition: Comments on a survey." Journal of Economic Literature 17 (1980): 1063-1066.
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Bloch, Harry. "Prices, costs and profits in Canadian manufacturing: The influence of tariffs and concentration." Canadian Journal of Economics 7 (1974): 594-610.
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Bloch, Harry. "Advertising and profitability: A reappraisal." Journal of Political Economy 82 (1974): 267-286.
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Journal Articles - Non Refereed
Bloch, Harry, and Sam Tang. "Financial development and economic growth: theory and practice." Progress in Development Studies 3 (2003): 243-251.
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Bloch, Harry, and Michael Olive. "Influences on pricing and mark-up in segmented manufacturing markets." Journal of Industry, Competition and Trade 3 (2003): 87-108.
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French, William, Harry Bloch, and Jyothsna Voola. "The Oil Company - Geophysical Contractor Relationship." Pesa News Feb 2002 (2002): 52-54.
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Bloch, Harry, and James McDonald. "Import competition and labor productivity." Journal of Industry, Competition and Trade 1 (2001): 301-319.
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Bloch, Harry. "Review of The Economics of advertising by R. Schmalensee." Journal of Econometrics 1 (1973): 401-402.
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Reports
Topp, V, L Soames, D Parham, and Harry Bloch. Productivity in the mining industry: measurement and interpretation. Melbourne: Productivity Commission staff Working Paper, 2008.
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Conference Publications
Bloch, Harry, Maria Mangano, and Jerry Courvisanos. "Innovation, obsolescence and profit as drivers of investment in Australian manufacturing." In Proceedings of the Australian conference of economists, 2009, edited by Prof Jonathan Pincus, Adelaide, South Australia: The economic society of Australia (SA branch), 2009.
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Bloch, Harry, and David Sapsford. "Terms of trade movements and the global economic crisis: Implications for the Asia-Pacific region." In Trade and industry in Asia Pacific: History trends and prospects, edited by Professor Prema-Chandra Athukorala, Canberra, Australia: The Australian National University, 2009.
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Bloch, Harry, Jakob Madsen, and David Sapsford. "Trend and cycle in primary commodity prices: A neo-Schumpeterian interpretation." In Papers presented - Neo-Schumpeterian economics: An agenda for the 21st century II, edited by Christian Seidl, Treste, Czech Republic: The Schumpeterian Society, 2009.
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Bloch, Harry. "Schumpeter's price theory." In HETSA 2009 abstracts and full papers, edited by Gregory C G Moore, The University of Notre Dame Australia, Mouat Street, Fremantle: The History of Economic Thought Society of Australia, 2009.
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Bloch, Harry, Jerry Courvisanos, and Maria Mangano. "The impact of technical change and profit on investment in Australian manufacturing." In Contemporary issues for Heterodox Economics - proceedings, edited by Lynne Chester, Michael Johnson and Peter Kriesler, 1-18, Sydney, Australia: Society of Heterodox Economists, The University of New South Wales, 2008.
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Agbenyegah, Benjamin, and Harry Bloch. "Growth and productivity in Australia." In Proceedings of the 37th Australian conference of economists, edited by Khorshed Alam (Programme Chair), Queensland, Australia: The Economic Society of Australia, 2008.
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Bloch, Harry. "Technological change in Australian manufacturing." In Conference Proceedings of the 36th Australian Conference of Economists, edited by Dr Paul Blacklow, Hobart, Tasmania: The Economic Society of Australia, 2007.
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Azzalini, Paul, Harry Bloch, and Paula Haslehurst. "Australian coal mining: Estimating technical change and resource rents in a translog cost function." In Conference Proceedings of the 30th Conference of the International Association for Energy Economics, edited by School of Economics and Finance, Victoria University, Wellington, New Zealand: Oceania Association for Energy Economics, 2007.
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Bloch, Harry, and Michael Olive. "The Speed and Stability of Price Adjustment in Australian Manufacturing." In Proceedings of the 35th Australian Conference of Economists, edited by Professor Harry Bloch, President, The Economic Society of Australia (WA branch), Perth, Western Australia: Curtin University of Technology, 2006.
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Bloch, Harry, and John Finch. "Schumpeter and Steindl on Maturity and Growth in Capitalism." In HETSA 2006 Conference Program, edited by Jerry Courvisanos, Ballarat, Victoria: University of Ballarat, 2006.
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Bloch, Harry, Alfred Dockery, and David Sapsford. "Commodity Prices and the Dynamics of Inflation in Commodity-exporting Nations: Evidence from Australia and Canada." In Proceedings of the Australian Conference of Economists, 2005, edited by John Freebairn, Sydney, New South Wales: Economic Society of Australia, 2005.
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Bloch, Harry, Alfred Dockery, and David Sapsford. "Commodity Prices and the Dynamics of Inflation in Commodity-exporting Nations: Evidence from Australia and Canada." In Proceedings of the Western Economic Association International, 2005, edited by Rose M. Cunningham, Bank of Canada, San Francisco, US: Western Economic Association International, 2005.
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Bloch, Harry, and John Finch. "The Growth of Firms, Competition and the Maturity of Industry." In IEC 2005, Contributed Papers, edited by Head of School, La Trobe University, Melbourne, Victoria: Industry Economics, 2005.
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Bloch, Harry, and John Finch. "The Growth of Firms, Competition and the Maturity of Industry." In 2005 Program and Papers, edited by Peter Kriesler, Sydney, New South Wales: The University of New South Wales, 2005.
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Bloch, Harry, Paula Haslehurst, and Paul Azzalini. "Australian Coal Mining: Estimating Technical Change and Resource Exhaustion in a Translog Cost Function." In Proceedings of the Australian Conference of Economists: 2004, edited by Economic Society, 1-25, http://gemini.econ.umd.edu/cgi-bin/conference/download.cgi?db_name=ACE2004&paper_id=146: Web Site, 2004.
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Bloch, Harry, and John Finch. "Steindl, Penrose, Capacity and Corporate and Indusrial Evolution." In Schumpeter 2004, edited by International Joseph A Schumpeter Society, 1-22, Web: CESPRI, 2004.
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Bloch, Harry, Alfred Dockery, Wyn Morgan, and David Sapsford. "Growth, Commodity Prices, Inflation and the Distribution of Income." In Economic growth and Distribution: On the nature andcauses of the wealth of nations, edited by D. Foley, O. Galor, H. Kurz, N. Salvadori, and S. Turnovsky, 1-30, web: University of Pisa, 2004.
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Bloch, Harry, and John Finch. "Penrose and Steindl: Foundations of a General Theory of the Firm and Competition." In Papers and Proceedings of the 17th Conference of the History of Thought Society of Australia, edited by Michael McLure, 1-13, web: University of Western Australia, 2004.
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Bhattacharya, Mita, Harry Bloch, and James McDonald. "Labour Productivity, Import Competition and Market Structure in Australian Manufacturing." In 2004 Australasian Meeting of the Econometric Society, edited by Keith McLaren, 1-22, web: Econometric Society, 2004.
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Bloch, Harry, Peter Kenyon, and Nick Wills-Johnson. "Estimation of CPI-X in the WA Rail Industry." In ACCC Utility Regulators Forum, edited by ACCC, Melbourne: ACCC, 2004.
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Bloch, Harry, and Jyothsna Voola. "Srtategic interactions and industry dynamics: A case study of the effects of advanced upstream seismic technologies on the petroleum industry." In Proceedings DRUID Summer Conference, edited by DRUID, 1-25, web: DRUID, 2002.
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Bloch, Harry, and Sam Tang. "Determinants of technical change: evidence from Singapore manfuacturing." In Industry economics conference proceedings, edited by Australian Graduate School of Management, 1-21, NSW: Australian Graduate School of Management, 2000.
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Bloch, Harry, and Michael Olive. "Influences on pricing and markup in segmented manufacturing markets." In Industry Economics Conference Proceedings, edited by Australian Graduate School of Management, 1-26, Sydney: Australian Graduate School of Management, 2000.
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Bloch, Harry, and Jakob Madsen. "A model of employment and real wages under imperfect competition." In Industy Economics Conference 2000, edited by Australian Graduate School of Management, 1-22, CD-ROM: Australian Graduate School of Management, 2000.
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Mita, Bhattacharya, and Harry Bloch. "The dynamics of industrial concentration in Australian manufacturing." In ESAM 99 - CD ROM, edited by ESAM, 1-28, CD ROM: ESAM, 1999.
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Bloch, Harry, and Michael Olive. "Cyclical movements in markups: The role of cost pass through." In ESAM 99 - CD ROM, edited by ESAM, 1-26, Australia: ESAM, 1999.
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Bloch, Harry, and Mita Bhattacharya. "The dynamics of industrial concentration in Australian manufacturing." In The 1999 Australasian Meetings of the Econometric Society - Program and Abstracts, edited by ESAM, 11-11, Australia: ESAM, 1999.
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Bloch, Harry, and Michael Olive. "Pass-through elasticities for production costs and competing foreign prices: Evidence from manufacturing prices in seven countries." In Conference Proceedings: Volume 4: Econometrics, edited by Econometric Society, 1-813, Melbourne, Australia: Econometric Society, 1997.
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Conference Presentations
Bloch, Harry, Maria Mangano, and Jerry Courvisanos. "Innovation, obsolescence and profit as drivers of investment in Australian manufacturing." Paper presented at the 38th Australian conference of economists, Adelaide, South Australia, September 28, 2009.
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Bloch, Harry, and David Sapsford. "Terms of trade movements and the global economic crisis: Implications for the Asia-Pacific region." Paper presented at the ARC Asia Pacific futures research network - 2009 signature event, The Australian National University, Canberra, Australia, November 19, 2009.
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Bloch, Harry. "Research evaluation down under: Reflections of an outsider on the inside in Australia." Paper presented at the Assessing heterodox economics in a European context - a workshop, Bremen, Germany, June 26, 2009.
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Bloch, Harry, Jakob Madsen, and David Sapsford. "Trend and cycle in primary commodity prices: A neo-Schumpeterian interpretation." Paper presented at the Neo-Schumpeterian economics: An agenda for the 21st century II, Treste, Czech Republic, June 10, 2009.
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Bloch, Harry. "Schumpeter's price theory." Paper presented at the HETSA 2009, Fremantle, Western Australia, July 14, 2009.
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Bloch, Harry. "The price boom and productivity bust in Australian energy production." Paper presented at The 2nd IAEE Asian conference, Perth, Western Australia, November 5, 2008.
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Bloch, Harry. "Technological change in Australian manufacturing." Paper presented at the 36th Australian Conference of Economists, Hotel Grand Chancellor, Hobart, Tasmania, September 24, 2007.
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Bloch, Harry, and Michael Olive. "The speed and stability of price adjustment in Australian manufacturing." Paper presented at the 35th Australian Conference of Economists, 2006, Perth, Western Australia, September 25, 2006.
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Bloch, Harry, and John Finch. "Schumpeter and Steindl on Maturity and Growth in Capitalism." Paper presented at the 19th Annual Conference of the History of Economic Thought Society of Australia, Ballarat, Victoria, July 4, 2006.
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Bloch, Harry, Alfred Dockery, and David Sapsford. "Cmmodity prices and the dynamics of inflation in commodity-exporting countries: evidence from Australia and Canada." Paper presented at the Economics Society of Australia 34th annual conference, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, January 1, 2005.
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Bloch, Harry, Alfred Dockery, and David Sapsford. "Commodity prices and the dynamics of inflation in commodity exporting countries: evidence from Australia and Canada." Paper presented at the Western Economics Association international 80th annual conference, San Francisco, USA, July 1, 2005.
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Bloch, Harry, and John Finch. "The growth of firms, competition and the maturity of industry." Paper presented at The Fourth Australian Society of Heterdox Economists Conference, University of New South Wales, Australia, December 1, 2005.
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Bloch, Harry, Paul Azzalini, and Paula Haslehurst. "Australian coal mining: Estimating technical change and resource exhaustion in a translog cost function." Paper presented at the Australian Conference of Economists, University of Sydney, Australia, September 1, 2004.
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Bloch, Harry. "Steindl, Penrose, capacity and corporate and industrial evolution." Paper presented at the Schumpeter 2004, Milan, Italy, June 1, 2004.
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Bloch, Harry, Alfred Dockery, Wyn Morgan, and David Sapsford. "Growth, commodity prices, inflation and the distribution of income." Paper presented at the Economic growth and distribution: on the nature and causes of the wealth of nations conference, Lucca, Italy, June 1, 2004.
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Bloch, Harry, and Han Chong. "Welfare analysis in an empirical trade model with oligopoly: The case of Australian non-durable goods imports." Paper presented at the Quantitative tools for Microeconomics Policy Analysis, Canberra, Australia, November 1, 2004.
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Bloch, Harry, and Paula Haslehurst. "Technological obsolescence in Australian manufacturing." Paper presented at the 2003 Australasian meetings of the Econometrics Society, University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia, July 17, 2003.
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Bloch, Harry. "Steindl on imperfect competition and technical change." Paper presented at the Conference in Honour of Josef Steindl, Vienna, Austria, September 1, 2003.
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Bloch, Harry. "Steindl on imperfect competition and technical change." Paper presented at the Second Australian Heterodox Economics Conference (December), Sydney, Australia, December 1, 2003.
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Bloch, Harry. "Oligopoly behaviour, pricing and imports in Australian non-durable goods manufacturing." Paper presented at the 32nd Conference of Economists, Canberra, October 1, 2003.
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Bloch, Harry, and David Sapsford. "Commodity prices and the dynamics of inflation in Australia." Paper presented at the Seventh International Post Keynesian Conference, University of Missouri, Kansas City, June 1, 2002.
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Bloch, Harry, Alfred Dockery, Garry MacDonald, Wyn Morgan, and David Sapsford. "The effect of commodity prices on US inflation." Paper presented at the 31st annual Australian conference of economists, Adelaide, South Australia, September 1, 2002.
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Bloch, Harry, and Jyothsna Voola. "Srtategic interactions and industry dynamics: A case study of the effects of advanced upstream seismic technologies on the petroleum industry." Paper presented at the DRUID Summer Conference, Copenhagen, June 1, 2002.
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Bloch, Harry, and Michael Olive. "Influences on pricing and markup in segmented manufacturing markets." Paper presented at the Industry Economics Conference 2000 AGSM, Sydney, Australia, July 1, 2000.
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Bloch, Harry, and Sam Tang. "Determinants of technical change: evidence from Singapore manfuacturing." Paper presented at the Industry economics conference 2000 AGSM, Sydney, Australia, July 1, 2000.
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Bloch, Harry, and Ted Mcdonald. "Import competition and labour productivity." Paper presented at The European Association for Research in Industrial Economics (EARIE) Conference, University of Lausanne, Lausanne, September 1, 2000.
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Bloch, Harry, and Ted Mcdonald. "Import competition and labour productivity." Paper presented at the 30th Conference of Economists, University of Western Australia, September 1, 2000.
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Bloch, Harry, and Jakob Madsen. "A model of employment and real wages under imperfect competition." Paper presented at the Industry Economics Conference 2000, Sydney, Australia, July 1, 2000.
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Madden, Gary, Harry Bloch, and Scott Savage. "Economies of scope in the Australian telecommunications market." Paper presented at the 28th annual conference of economists, Melbourne, Victoria, September 1, 1999.
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Bloch, Harry. "Adjustments of profits - evidence from manufacturing." Paper presented at the Industry Economics Conference 1999, Melbourne, Victoria, July 1, 1999.
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Bloch, Harry, and Michael Olive. "Cyclical movements in markups: The role of cost pass-through." Paper presented at The 1999 Australasian Meetings of the Econometric Society, Sydney, Australia, July 1, 1999.
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Bloch, Harry. "Schumpeter and Steindle on the dynamics of competition." Paper presented at the History of Economic Thought Society of Australia 12th Conference, Canberra, July 1, 1999.
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Mita, Bhattacharya, and Harry Bloch. "The dynamics of industrial concentration in Australian manufacturing." Paper presented at The 1999 Australian Meetings of the Econometric Society, Sydney, July 1, 1999.
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Bloch, Harry, Gary Madden, and Scott Savage. "Multiproduct cost function estimates and natural monopoly tests for the Australian telecommunications system." Paper presented at the Economists Conference, University of Sydney, October 1, 1998.
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Bloch, Harry, and Michael Olive. "Pass-through elasticities for production costs and competing foreign prices: Evidence from manufacturing prices in seven countries." Paper presented at the Econometric Society: Australasian Meeting, Conference_location, July 1, 1997.
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Bloch, Harry. "Technological obsolescence and the amortisation of capital equipment: Evidence from Australian manufacturing." Paper presented at the Conference of Economists 1997, Australia, September 1, 1997.
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Bloch, Harry. "Kalecki's pricing and the development of oligopoly theory." Paper presented at the History of Economic Thought of Australia Tenth Conference, Australia, July 1, 1997.
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Seminar Presentations
Bloch, Harry. "The growth of firms and the evolution of industries." Seminar presented in the Department and Centre for Policy Studies Joint Seminar (9 October) seminar series, Monash University, October 9, 2002.
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Bloch, Harry. "The growth of firms and the evolution of industries." Seminar presented in the Department of Economics Seminar (10 October ) seminar series, University of Melbourne, October 10, 2002.
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Bloch, Harry. "The growth of firms and the evolution of industries." Seminar presented in the Department of Economics and Finance (11 October) seminar series, La Trobe University, October 11, 2002.
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Working Papers
Bloch, Harry, Patricia Fraser, and Garry MacDonald. Commodity prices: How important are real and nominal shocks? Centre for Research in Applied Economics Working Paper Series 200901, Bentley, Western Australia: Centre for Research in Applied Economics, Curtin Business School, 2009.
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Bloch, Harry, and David Sapsford. Terms of trade movements and the global economic crisis: Implications for the Asia-Pacific region. Centre for Research in Applied Economics Working Paper Series 200908, Bentley, Western Australia: Centre for Research in Applied Economics, Curtin Business School, 2009.
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Bloch, Harry. Schumpeter's contribution to price theory. Centre for Research in Applied Economics Working Paper Series 200907, Bentley, Western Australia: Centre for Research in Applied Economics, Curtin Business School, 2009.
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Agbenyegah, Benjamin, and Harry Bloch. Growth and productivity in Australia. Centre for Research in Applied Economics Working Paper Series 200801, Bentley, Western Australia: Centre for Research in Applied Economics, Curtin Business School, Curtin University of Technology, 2008.
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Bloch, Harry. A tale of two cities: Cyclical movements in price and productivity in mining and manufacturing. Centre for Research in Applied Economics Working Paper Series 200808, Bentley, Western Australia: Centre for Research in Applied Economics, Curtin Business School, 2008.
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Azzalini, Paul, Harry Bloch, and Paula Haslehurst. Australian coal mining: Estimating technical change and resource rents in a translog cost function. Oil and Gas Management Working Paper Series 2007.03, Bentley, Western Australia: Oil and Gas Management, Curtin Business School, 2007.
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Bloch, Harry. Technological change in Australian manufacturing. Centre for Research in Applied Economics Working Paper Series 200701, Bentley, Western Australia: Centre for Research in Applied Economics, Curtin Business School, 2007.
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Bloch, Harry, Maria Mangano, and Jerry Courvisanos. Investment in process innovation: Technological obsolescence in Australian manufacturing. Centre for Research in Applied Economics Working Paper Series 200702, Bentley, Western Australia: Centre for Research in Applied Economics, Curtin Business School, 2007.
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Bloch, Harry, and John Finch. Schumpeter and Steindl on growth and the transformation to maturity in capitalism. Centre for Research in Applied Economics Working Paper Series 200706, Bentley, Western Australia: Centre for Research in Applied Economics, Curtin Business School, 2007.
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Bloch, Harry, and John Finch. Firms and industries in evolutionary economics: Lessons from Marshall, Young, Steindl and Penrose. Centre for Research in Applied Economics Working Paper Series 200709, Bentley, Western Australia: Centre for Research in Applied Economics, Curtin Business School, 2007.
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Bloch, Harry, and Michael Olive. The speed and stability of price adjustment in Australian manufacturing. School of Economics and Finance Working Paper Series 06.09, Bentley, Western Australia: School of Economics and Finance, Curtin Business School, 2006.
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Finch, John, and Harry Bloch. Penrose and Steindl: Foundations for a general theory of firms and competition. School of Economics and Finance Working Paper Series 05.07, Bentley, Western Australia: School of Economics and Finance, Curtin Business School, 2005.
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Finch, John, and Harry Bloch. The growth of firms, competition and maturity of industries. School of Economics and Finance Working Paper Series 05.08, Bentley, Western Australia: School of Economics and Finance, Curtin Business School, 2005.
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Fraser, Patricia, Garry MacDonald, and Harry Bloch. Effects of supply and demand disturbances on real commodity prices: The US, UK and Japanese experience. School of Economics and Finance Working Paper Series 05.09, Bentley, Western Australia: School of Economics and Finance, Curtin Business School, 2005.
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Bloch, Harry. Growth, commodity prices, inflation and the distribution of income. School of Economics and Finance Working Paper Series 05.10, Bentley, Western Australia: School of Economics and Finance, Curtin Business School, 2005.
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Azzalini, Paul, Harry Bloch, and Paula Haslehurst. Australian coal mining: Estimating technical change and resource exhaustion in a translog cost function. School of Economics and Finance Working Paper Series 04.07, Bentley, Western Australia: School of Economics and Finance, Curtin Business Schoold, 2004.
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Bloch, Harry, and Han Chong. Oligopoly behaviour, pricing and imports in Australian consumer non-durable goods manufacturing. School of Economics and Finance Working Paper Series 04.01, Bentley, Western Australia: School of Economics and Finance, Curtin Business School, 2004.
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Bloch, Harry, Alfred Dockery, and David Sapsford. Commodity prices, wages and US inflation in the 20th century. School of Economics and Finance Working Paper Series 03.09, Bentley, Western Australia: School of Economics and Finance, Curtin Business School, 2003.
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Bloch, Harry. Steindl on imperfect competition: The role of technical change. School of Economics and Finance Working Paper Series 03.11, Bentley, Western Australia: School of Economics and Finance, Curtin Business School, 2003.
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Bloch, Harry, Alfred Dockery, Garry MacDonald, David Sapsford, and Wyn Morgan. Trends in the prices of primary commodities over the 20th century. School of Economics and Finance Working Paper Series 02.06, Bentley, Western Australia: School of Economics and Finance, Curtin Business School, 2002.
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Bloch, Harry, and Jyothsna Voola. Strategic responses to advances in seismic technology in the petroleum industry. School of Economics and Finance Working Paper Series 02.19, Bentley, Western Australia: School of Economics and Finance, Curtin Business School, 2002.
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Bloch, Harry, and David Sapsford. The impact of primary commodity prices on inflation in Australia. School of Economics and Finance Working Paper Series 01.12, Bentley, Western Australia: School of Economics and Finance, Curtin Business School, 2001.
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Bloch, Harry, and Carl Stromback. The economics of strategy and the strategy of economics. School of Economics and Finance Working Paper Series 01.13, Bentley, Western Australia: School of Economics and Finance, Curtin Business School, 2001.
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Bhattacharya, Mita, and Harry Bloch. Determinants of innovation: Evidence from small and medium sized Australian manufacturing. School of Economics and Finance Working Paper Series 01.14, Bentley, Western Australia: School of Economics and Finance, Curtin Business School, 2001.
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Bloch, Harry, and Michael Olive. Influences on pricing and markup in segmented manufacturing markets. School of Economics and Finance Working Paper Series 00.39, Bentley, Western Australia: School of Economics and Finance, Curtin Business School, 2000.
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Bloch, Harry, and Jan McDonald. Import competition and labour productivity. Working Paper - Melbourne Institute of Applied Economic and Social Research 9/00, : University of Melbourne, 2000.
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Bloch, Harry, and Sam Tang. Determinants of technical change: Evidence from Singapore manufacturing. School of Economics and Finance Working Paper Series 00.48, Bentley, Western Australia: School of Economics and Finance, Curtin Business School, 2000.
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Bloch, Harry. Steindl's contribution to the theory of industry concentration. School of Economics and Finance Working Paper Series 99.12, Bentley, Western Australia: School of Economics and Finance, Curtin Business School, 1999.
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Bloch, Harry, and Michael Olive. Cyclical movements in markups: The role of cost pass-through. School of Economics and Finance Working Paper Series 99.13, Bentley, Western Australia: School of Economics and Finance, Curtin Business School, 1999.
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Bloch, Harry, and Michael Olive. Cyclical and competitive influences on pricing in a small open economy: The case of Australian manufacturing. School of Economics and Finance Working Paper Series 98.08, Bentley, Western Australia: School of Economics and Finance, Curtin Business School, 1998.
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Bhattacharya, Mita, and Harry Bloch. The dynamics of industrial concentration in Australian manufacturing. School of Economics and Finance Working Paper Series 98.11, Bentley, Western Australia: School of Economics and Finance, Curtin Business School, 1998.
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Bloch, Harry. Schumpeter and Steindl on the dynamics of competition. School of Economics and Finance Working Paper Series 98.12, Bentley, Western Australia: School of Economics and Finance, Curtin Business School, 1998.
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Bloch, Harry, and Michael Olive. Pass through elasticities for production costs and competing foreign prices: Evidence from manufacturing prices in seven countries. School of Economics and Finance Working Paper Series 97.08, Bentley, Western Australia: School of Economics and Finance, Curtin Business School, 1997.
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Bloch, Harry, and Gary Madden. Simple analytics of labour productivity with capital-embodied technological change. School of Economics and Finance Working Paper Series 95.08, Bentley, Western Australia: School of Economics and Finance, Curtin Business School, 1995.
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Madden, Gary, Harry Bloch, and David Hensher. Residential telecommunications demand: An econometrically testable model distinguishing network access from network use. School of Economics and Finance Working Paper Series 93.15, Bentley, Western Australia: School of Economics and Finance, Curtin Business School, 1993.
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Research Interests
My Ph.D. thesis and early papers concern the impact of non-price competition (advertising and R&D) on profitability as well as the role of tariffs in restricting the internationalisation of competition. Subsequent papers emphasise the interrelationship between market structure and competition, particularly their joint determination by conditions of tariffs, technology and the behaviour of firms. My recent papers have been primarily concerned with the pricing process in manufacturing, including price leadership and mark-up pricing. This analysis has been applied to empirical research on (1) the impact of international competition on domestic pricing, (2) the international transmission of inflation and (3) the terms of trade between manufacturers and primary producers. Since 1992 this research has been supported by five multi-year grants from the Australian Research Council, with the most recent grant providing $364,000 over the years 2006 through 2009 to support research on innovation, competition and economic performance. I have also conducted applied research with co-authors in media and telecommunications economics, estimating the effect of competition on the price of television advertising time in the US and estimating the demand for pay cable television in the US, as well as the demand for telephone services in Australia, and the cost of supplying these services. The work on the demand for telephone services in Australia originated from a consultancy with Telecom, while much of the work on pay cable television was in connection with consultancies for American Television and Communications Corporation. Other consultancies have been for the Denver Nuggets (a US National Basketball Association team) on the optimal pricing of tickets, the Prices Surveillance Authority on the implications of non-price competition for economic welfare, the Business Council of Australia on targeted industry assistance policy, and the Office of Rail Access Regulation of Western Australia on access pricing. My most recent research relates technical change to the analysis of dynamic competition and productivity growth, with implications for the theory of economic growth. I amsupervising PhD thesis research by Paula Haslehurst, Jo Voola and Han Hwee Chong. Also at Curtin, I have undertaken research with Gary Madden on productivity in telecommunications. Other research collaborations include work on the structure and performance of Australian manufacturing with Mita Bhattacharaya (Monash), on profitability and productivity in Australian manufacturing firms with Ted McDonald (Tasmania), on technical change in Singapore manufacturing with Sam Hak Kan Tang (Chinese University of Hong Kong) and on the terms of trade in world markets with David Sapsford (Lancaster, UK). Articles appear in major Australian economics journals, including the Economic Record, Australian Economic Papers, Australian Economic Review and Economic Papers; and leading international journals, including the Journal of Political Economy, Canadian Journal of Economics, Journal of Industrial Economics, Information Economics and Policy, Review of Industrial Organization, World Development, Applied Economics Letters, Journal of Post Keynesian Economics, International Review of Applied Economics, International Journal of Industrial Economics, Cambridge Journal of Economics, Empirica and Journal of Evolutionary Economics. Higher Degree Theses and Honours Dissertations Supervised: University of Denver Larry Hill, Producer Storage of Agricultural Products in the Context of Storage Theory, 1987, M.A. Mary Ann Hendryson, Until the Wells Run Dry, 1983, M.A. Ken Scott, Residential Energy Demand in Boulder Country, 1981, M.A. Ann Rowan, Transition of the Navajo Mode of Production, 1981, M.A. Abdul Mohsen Al-Shibil, The Objectives and Incentives of the Non-Oil Industry in Saudi Arabia, 1980, M.A. James Hume, Monetary and Fiscal Policy: The 1953-54 Recession, 1979, M.A. Souliman Al-Orf, Economics of Education in Saudi Arabia, 1978, M.A. Mohammed Al-Shumrani, The Monetary and Fiscal Policies of Saudi Arabia, 1978, M.A. Zainal Mahmood, The Tire Industry in Peninsular Malaysia, 1977, M.A. Farzaneh Pakbaz, Technology Transfer: Agricultural Approach (Developing Countries Case), 1977, M.A. University of Tasmania Sam Tang, Measurement of Technical Change - A Case Study of Manufacturing Industries in Singapore, Ph.D. 1999. Mita Battacharaya, Structure, Conduct and Performance in Australian Manufacturing, Ph.D. 1998. Gary Madden, Demand for Telecommunications Services in Australia, 1993, Ph.D Shampa Sinha, Protection in the Australian Manufacturing Industry, 1996, B.Ec. (Hons). Matthew Oldham, Market Concentration and Research Intensity in Australian Manufacturing, 1995, B.Ec. (Hons). Lynden Moore, Australian Exports of Coal, 1995, B.Ec. (Hons). Matthew Stubbs, Decomposing Productivity Growth, 1994, B.Ec. (Hons). Ben Furmage, Advertising as a Barrier to Competitive Entry: Australian Evidence, 1993, B.Ec. (Hons). David Richardson, Pricing Behaviour in Manufacturing Industries for Selected OECD Countries, 1993, B.Ec. (Hons). Lynden Sharpe, The Demand for Imports in Australia, 1990, B.Ec. (Hons). Robert Cotgrove, Petrol Retailing in Tasmania, 1990, B. Ec. (Hons). Jennifer Milne, The Effect of the 1973 General Tariff Reduction, 1987, B.Ec.(Hons). Sarah Male, Inflation and Home Loan Affordability, 1986, B.Ec.(Hons). Darren Flood, An Analysis of Company Takeovers in Australia 1983, 1986, B.Ec.(Hons). Curtin University of Technology Jyothsna Jo Rao Voola, A Game Theory Approach to International Competition Applied to the World Petroleum Industry, Ph.D. (2002). Han Hwee Chong, Optimising Behaviour in a Dynamic Oligopoly and the Effects of Trade Liberalisation in Australian Manufacturing, Ph.D. (2002). Michael Olive, International Influences on Price Determination in Manufacturing, Ph.D. 2000. Paula Haslehurst, Pricing Behaviour and Productivity Within the Australian Manufacturing Sector, Ph.D. (in progress). Nick Wills-Johnson, The Impact of Antitrust in Australia, Ph.D. (in progress). Patrick Egerton-Green, A Gravity Model of Inbound Australian Tourism, 2003, B.Com. (Econ) (Hons). Jason Dignard, Trade Openness and Income Distribution, 2002, B.Com. (Econ) (Hons) Vincent Ng Jui Sun, East Asia: A Hypothesis of Convergence, 2001, B.Com (Econ) (Hons). Paul Claudio Azzalini, A Translog Cost Function for Australia’s Coal Mining Industry, 2000, B.Com (Econ) (Hons). Joachim Tseng Tchi Tan, Takeovers in Australia: a Q Approach, 1998, B.Com. (Econ) (Hons). Han Hwee Chong, Changing Price Competitiveness of Malaysian Manufacturing from 1971-1991, 1998, B.Com. (Econ) (Hons). Lurion De Mello, Measuring Technical Progess in the Australian Iron and Steel Industry: A Production Function Approach, 1998, B.Com. (Econ) (Hons). Edmund Tay, Singapore’s Changing Price Competitiveness from 1985-1992, 1997, B.Com. (Econ) (Hons). Chew Kwang Sim, Are Kaldor’s Laws Still Relevant Today?, 1997, B.Com. (Econ) (Hons). Wan Chee Loon, The Economic Surplus: Examining the Rate of Profit in Australia from 1966 to 1996, 1997, B.Com. (Econ) (Hons). Research Grants: Australian Research Council, A$200,000 for 2003-2005 to support research on technological change, productivity growth and pricing in Australian manufacturing (with Mita Bhattacharya and Garry MacDonald). Australian Research Council, A$67,874 for 2001-2002 to support research on commodity prices and the dynamics of inflation in industrialised economies (with Carry MacDonald, C Wyn Morgan and David Sapsford). Australian Research Council, A$9288 for 1999 to support research on commodity prices and the dynamics of inflation in Australia. Curtin University of Technology, CBS R&D Committee, AU$5,000 for 1998 and $5000 for 2000 to support the research on productivity growth and the international competitiveness of Australian manufacturing (with Gary Madden). Australian Research Council, A$150,000 for 1998-2000 to support research on estimating the sources of productivity growth in Australian telecommunications (with Gary Madden). Australian Research Council, A$8500 for 1998 to support research on technology innovation and the volatility of business fixed investment (with Jerry Courvisanos and J. Ted McDonald). Australian Research Council, A$7,650 for 1998 to support research on technological obsolescence and the rate of amortisation of capital equipment in Australian manufacturing. Curtin University of Technology, CBS R&D Committee, AU$9,000 for 1997-98 and $10,000 for 1999-2000 to support the research project, ‘Productivity, Pricing and International Competitiveness’ (with Garry MacDonald, Gary Madden and Duangkamon Chotikapanich). Australian Research Council, A$12,000 for 1997 to support research on the impact of industrial activity on profitability in Australian manufacturing (with J. Ted McDonald). Australian Research Council, A$10,000 for 1996 to support research on estimating the rate of technical progress in Australian manufacturing (with Ranjan Ray). University of Tasmania, School of Commerce and Law Strategic Research Fund, A$2,000 for 1995-1996 to support research on productivity growth in Australian manufacturing. University of Tasmania, School of Commerce and Law Strategic Research Fund, A$2,860 for 1995 to support research on the international competitiveness of Australian manufacturing. Australian Research Council, A$97,000 for 1994-1996, to support research on pricing in Australian manufacturing (with Hugh Sibly and Jon Kendall). University of Tasmania, School of Business and Law Strategic Research Fund, A$8648 for 1993-1994 to support research on the impact of tariff reform on productivity growth in Australian manufacturing (with Gary Madden). University of Tasmania Supplementary Research Grant, A$12,000 for 1993, to research the effects of exchange-rate volatility and imperfect competition on the pass-through of exchange rate changes to prices of Australian imports of manufactured goods (with J. Kendall and A.D. McDonald). Australian Research Council, A$38,000 for 1992 and 1993, to support research on the impact of imperfectly competitive behaviour by domestic producers on trade flows in Australia (with B.J. Heijdra). Telecom, A$43,040 for 1990/91, to support research into the demand for telephone services in Australia (with G.Madden). Australian Research Council, A$14,000 for 1990 and 1991, to support research on pricing behaviour in Australian manufacturing. University of Tasmania, URG, A$4,200 for 1989, to support research on pricing behaviour in Australian manufacturing. University of Tasmania, URG, A$3,000 for 1989, to support research on Australia's current account deficit (with B.J. Heijdra and A.J. Meer). National Science Foundation, US$46,650 for 1980-1982, to support a study of the demand for pay cable television in the U.S. (with Michael Wirth). Colorado Forum, US$10,000 for 1980, to support research leading to a report on the economic impact of Stapleton International Airport (with Richard Fabrikant). Institute of Public Utilities, Michigan State University, US$2,500 for 1976-1977, to research alternative rate setting procedures for regulated utilities.
topResearch Areas
topAwards
Honorary Fellow, Economic Society of Australia, 2006;Prize for Researcher of the Year, Curtin Business School in 2001; Honorary Member, Golden Key National Honour Society; 2001; Prize for best article published by Curtin Business School staff in 1999; Prize for best paper in the Economic Record in 1992; American Association of Advertising Agencies Educational Fund Fellowship, University of Chicago, 1968-1971; General Undergraduate Scholarship, University of Michigan, 1964-1965
topBoard Memberships
- Australian Research Council College of Experts
Appointed to the ARC College of Experts for a three year term commencing in 2008 - Member of, and from July 2008, Australian representative on Board of Management for the International Schumpeter Society
- President, Economic Society of Australia (WA Branch)
- Member of Central Council, Economic Society of Australia
- Editorial Board, International Journal of the Economics of Business
- Associate Editor, Journal of Contemporary Issues in Business and Government
- Past Editor, Economic Record
Other Memberships
- Honorary Research Associate, Department of Economics, University of Tasmania
- Member, Econometrics Society
- Member, Industrial Organization Society
- Member, European Association for Research in Industrial Economics (EARIE)
- Member, History of Economic Thought Society of Australia (HETSA)
