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Prof. Clement Tisdell
School of Economics, The University of Queensland, St Lucia, QLD 4072, Australia

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Journal article
Published: 26 May 2021 in Economic Analysis and Policy
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Gordon Conway postulated that in comparison to traditional agroecosystems, crop yields from modern agroecosystems are: (1) higher; (2) less sustainable; and (3) more variable, particularly in the early adoption stages. The existing literature predates more recent developments and does not employ long-term time series data to identify time phases using any econometric tests for structural breaks. This paper fills this gap by investigating the applicability of Conway’s hypotheses to Bangladeshi rice yields over sixty years examining trends, their sustainability, and their variability. We find mixed support for Conway’s hypotheses. Rice yields rose substantially following the Green Revolution. Overall, higher yields have been sustained. However, they have now virtually plateaued, and various factors (including environmental and ecological) have increased the risk of these yields becoming unsustainable. Until recently, absolute variations in Bangladesh’s rice yields were found to be higher than before the Green Revolution. This supports Conway’s third hypothesis. However, the relative variability of Bangladesh’s rice yields has consistently fallen since the Green Revolution. We highlight the trio of general factors determining rice yields and underscored the need for holistic analysis. Non-economists often overlook economic factors while economists often do not pay adequate attention to eco-environmental factors.

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Mohammad Alauddin; Clement Tisdell; Abdur Rashid Sarker. Do trends in Bangladeshi rice yields support Conway’s hypotheses about the consequences of modern agroecosystems? Economic Analysis and Policy 2021, 71, 342 -354.

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Mohammad Alauddin, Clement Tisdell, Abdur Rashid Sarker. Do trends in Bangladeshi rice yields support Conway’s hypotheses about the consequences of modern agroecosystems? Economic Analysis and Policy. 2021; 71 ():342-354.

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Mohammad Alauddin; Clement Tisdell; Abdur Rashid Sarker. 2021. "Do trends in Bangladeshi rice yields support Conway’s hypotheses about the consequences of modern agroecosystems?" Economic Analysis and Policy 71, no. : 342-354.

Research article
Published: 03 April 2021 in Journal of the Asia Pacific Economy
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The basic characteristics are outlined of the UN’s Gender Inequality Index (GII) and its Gender Development Index (GDI). Their trends in relation to India’s real Gross National Income (GNI) per capita indicate a decline in its gender inequality with its economic growth. However, these trends give a distorted and incomplete picture of changes in Indian gender inequality. Several assumptions underlying GII and GDI are questioned in the Indian context, for example, within India more education of females is not associated with a reduced wage gap between males and females, and greater access of females to the labour market can raise gender inequality. The effects of economic growth (absent in the above indices) are assessed on Indian male–female ratios and on violence against women. Variations in gender inequality in India within households are also considered. New data results in the questioning of several existing hypotheses.

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Clement A. Tisdell. How has India’s economic growth and development affected its gender inequality? Journal of the Asia Pacific Economy 2021, 26, 209 -229.

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Clement A. Tisdell. How has India’s economic growth and development affected its gender inequality? Journal of the Asia Pacific Economy. 2021; 26 (2):209-229.

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Clement A. Tisdell. 2021. "How has India’s economic growth and development affected its gender inequality?" Journal of the Asia Pacific Economy 26, no. 2: 209-229.

Journal article
Published: 05 November 2020 in Economic Analysis and Policy
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After briefly reviewing the role and nature of Economic Analysis and Policy (EAP) in its first 30 years of existence, this article explores how, why and to what extent it has changed in the last 20 years. Subsequently, the article considers how these changes have improved the global scholarly status of this journal. The major change in this period occurred as a result of a co-operative publishing agreement between the Economics Society of Australia (Queensland) Inc. and Elsevier, which came into force in 2014. This switch from EAP being published by a society to a large and efficient commercial international publisher of journals has dramatically increased the global reach of EAP and has resulted in a very favourable increase in the levels of its journal metrics. It has gone (for example) from being in the lowest quartile of SCImago journal rankings to being in the highest quartile. The scholarly value of relying on journal metrics to determine the scientific merit of journals and the quality of articles in journals is analysed. It is argued that a reinforcing feedback system (based on multiple factors) tends to attract the submission of higher quality articles to journals with superior metrics, and consequently, enhances their academic standing. The feedback-influences involved are explained. It is hypothesized that the system of relying on journal metrics provides large established commercial publishers with a competitive advantage over new entrants and smaller publishers of journals. The implications of this for industry structure are discussed. Given the changed landscape in the publishing of scholarly journals, it is concluded that without the symbiotic publishing arrangement entered into with Elsevier, EAP might have struggled to continue to exist in recent years, and undoubtedly would have a much lower scholarly impact than it has now.

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Clement A. Tisdell. The Fiftieth year of Economic Analysis and Policy: How, why, and to what extent has it changed? Economic Analysis and Policy 2020, 68, A1 -A9.

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Clement A. Tisdell. The Fiftieth year of Economic Analysis and Policy: How, why, and to what extent has it changed? Economic Analysis and Policy. 2020; 68 ():A1-A9.

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Clement A. Tisdell. 2020. "The Fiftieth year of Economic Analysis and Policy: How, why, and to what extent has it changed?" Economic Analysis and Policy 68, no. : A1-A9.

Journal article
Published: 20 August 2020 in Economic Analysis and Policy
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This article contributes to the assessment of public policies to control the incidence of COVID-19 in several ways. (1) It contains a brief historical and comparative overview of selected pandemics, particularly in relation to the COVID-19 pandemic; (2) It provides a simple original model which could be used to prioritize the admission of COVID-19 sufferers to hospital (taking into account available hospital capacity) and (3) it specifies a second model to evaluate desired social choices involving the trade-off between the severity of social restrictions (taking into account their impact on the incidence of COVID-19) and the level of economic activity. Bergson-type welfare functions are utilized in the second model. It also critically examines the proposition that the isolation (lockdown) of social groups is a desirable method of limiting the incidence of COVID-19. This leads onto the consideration of the extent to which personal freedom of choice (liberty) ought to be restricted in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. A brief outline follows illustrating the factors that are likely to hinder economic recovery from COVID-19. Particular attention is paid to the moral and ethical questions raised by policies to control COVID-19. These appear to have received little attention in the relevant economic literature.

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Clement A. Tisdell. Economic, social and political issues raised by the COVID-19 pandemic. Economic Analysis and Policy 2020, 68, 17 -28.

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Clement A. Tisdell. Economic, social and political issues raised by the COVID-19 pandemic. Economic Analysis and Policy. 2020; 68 ():17-28.

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Clement A. Tisdell. 2020. "Economic, social and political issues raised by the COVID-19 pandemic." Economic Analysis and Policy 68, no. : 17-28.

Chapter
Published: 28 July 2020 in Urban Ecology
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Agenda 2030 of the UN sets out 17 goals for achieving sustainable development by 2030 as well as several targets that should be met in order to achieve each of these goals. The aspirational goals and targets in Agenda 2030 are broader than those in the preceding set of its Millennium Development Goals. In this chapter, the value and limitations of the UN’s goal for sustaining life on earth (SDG15) (and its associated targets) are examined. The challenges of making the targets operational are discussed, and particular attention is given to India’s efforts to quantitatively specify its targets for satisfying SDG15. The prospects of India satisfying SDG15 and the adequacy of the targets which it has set itself for doing so are given special attention. The ability of India to meet the SDGs generally is considered also in introducing this chapter.

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Clement A. Tisdell. Biodiversity Conservation and the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals: India’s Responses Evaluated—Particularly in Relation to SDG15. Urban Ecology 2020, 225 -233.

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Clement A. Tisdell. Biodiversity Conservation and the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals: India’s Responses Evaluated—Particularly in Relation to SDG15. Urban Ecology. 2020; ():225-233.

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Clement A. Tisdell. 2020. "Biodiversity Conservation and the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals: India’s Responses Evaluated—Particularly in Relation to SDG15." Urban Ecology , no. : 225-233.

Journal article
Published: 27 January 2020 in Economic Analysis and Policy
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This is the first econometric study of the impact of housing property rights on family fertility in China. It is important policy-wise because China’s government wants to raise China’s birth rate. This analysis is based on relevant samples drawn from the 2016 China Family Survey and utilizes linear probability, Probit and two-stage least square models. Having housing property rights is found to have a statistically significant positive influence on fertility in China. This result is consistent with most research results for other countries. Other significant influences on fertility include income levels, the sex of respondents, age, whether they are employed, their health and level of education. Furthermore, it is found (in China) that if the first-born child is a boy, parents are less likely to have a second child; and that rural families have substantially more children than urban ones. These features (as observed in the literature) are common in patriarchal societies and in developing ones. It is argued that China’s economic reforms and structural economic change (especially rapid urbanization) have led to a substantial reduction in its birth rate. Given our research results, it is unlikely that the cessation of China’s ‘One Child’ policy will in itself result in a sizeable rise in its fertility rate. Nevertheless, given our findings, public policies facilitating the purchase of housing by first-home buyers should contribute positively to China’s fertility rate.

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Hong Liu; Yuhang Gao; Clement A. Tisdell; Fei Wang. Are housing property rights important for fertility outcomes in China? Empirical evidence and policy issues. Economic Analysis and Policy 2020, 65, 211 -223.

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Hong Liu, Yuhang Gao, Clement A. Tisdell, Fei Wang. Are housing property rights important for fertility outcomes in China? Empirical evidence and policy issues. Economic Analysis and Policy. 2020; 65 ():211-223.

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Hong Liu; Yuhang Gao; Clement A. Tisdell; Fei Wang. 2020. "Are housing property rights important for fertility outcomes in China? Empirical evidence and policy issues." Economic Analysis and Policy 65, no. : 211-223.

Journal article
Published: 26 December 2019 in Land Use Policy
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Managing scarce irrigation water poses a major challenge globally because of changing climate and a rising population. Alternate wetting and drying (AWD) is widely regarded as a water-saving irrigation technology capable of contributing to sustainable water-use. Existing literature lacks rigorous quantitative analysis of the determinants and effects of AWD adoption. In contrast, applying logit, propensity score matching and multiple regression models to survey data from two drought-prone and groundwater-depleted areas in Bangladesh, this study identifies determinants and effects of AWD adoption and explores policy implications. Age and education-level of household head, access to prior weather information, landownership, topography, and soil-type are found to be significant determinants of AWD adoption. AWD is found to be water-saving, irrigation cost-decreasing and crop yield-increasing. However, AWD adoption in Bangladesh is not widespread. Major policy implications include information dissemination about the use and benefit of AWD through farmers’ education and training for widespread adoption and diffusion of water-saving technologies. A rationally coordinated system of policy measures including significant strengthening of institutional support services, scientific research, rethinking of the cropping-mix and greater use of information technology constitute a sine qua non for achieving sustainable water management.

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Mohammad Alauddin; Abdur Rashid Sarker; Zeenatul Islam; Clement Tisdell. Adoption of alternate wetting and drying (AWD) irrigation as a water-saving technology in Bangladesh: Economic and environmental considerations. Land Use Policy 2019, 91, 104430 .

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Mohammad Alauddin, Abdur Rashid Sarker, Zeenatul Islam, Clement Tisdell. Adoption of alternate wetting and drying (AWD) irrigation as a water-saving technology in Bangladesh: Economic and environmental considerations. Land Use Policy. 2019; 91 ():104430.

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Mohammad Alauddin; Abdur Rashid Sarker; Zeenatul Islam; Clement Tisdell. 2019. "Adoption of alternate wetting and drying (AWD) irrigation as a water-saving technology in Bangladesh: Economic and environmental considerations." Land Use Policy 91, no. : 104430.

Journal article
Published: 29 October 2019 in Sustainability
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Many scientists have expressed concern that declining agricultural diversity threatens agricultural sustainability. We draw on the available literature to outline and examine mechanisms that reduce agricultural diversity and identify the at-risk attributes of agricultural sustainability. Using a three-pillar concept embodying ecological, social and economic dimensions, this article provides a comprehensive general assessment of the sustainability of agricultural systems. It pays particular attention to consequences for agricultural diversity and sustainability of the increasing dependence of agriculture on the market system and new agricultural technologies. As an illustrative example, it examines changes in the diversity and sustainability of Bangladeshi agriculture by applying a novel index of the diversity of cropping land use, an output decomposition method, and statistical techniques. Crop diversity in Bangladesh is very low and dominated by the cultivation of rice, which now depends very heavily on a limited number of high yielding varieties (HYVs). Higher rice yields in Bangladesh and seasonal changes in rice cultivation have resulted in land sparing, which make room for greater crop diversity. Nevertheless, Bangladesh’s food dependence on its rice output is very high and is critically dependent on groundwater irrigation. We recommend that Bangladesh consider increasing the diversity of its crops as a food security measure and as a hedge against a decline in its agricultural sustainability.

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Clement Tisdell; Mohammad Alauddin; Abdur Rashid Sarker; Anwarul Kabir. Agricultural Diversity and Sustainability: General Features and Bangladeshi Illustrations. Sustainability 2019, 11, 6004 .

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Clement Tisdell, Mohammad Alauddin, Abdur Rashid Sarker, Anwarul Kabir. Agricultural Diversity and Sustainability: General Features and Bangladeshi Illustrations. Sustainability. 2019; 11 (21):6004.

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Clement Tisdell; Mohammad Alauddin; Abdur Rashid Sarker; Anwarul Kabir. 2019. "Agricultural Diversity and Sustainability: General Features and Bangladeshi Illustrations." Sustainability 11, no. 21: 6004.

Research articles
Published: 02 January 2019 in Journal of the Asia Pacific Economy
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China is trying to reduce the high levels of poverty in its border regions, dominated by ethnic minorities. To do so, it is giving particular attention to increasing physical and human capital but not social capital. This article investigates the extent to which social capital (and other variables) are associated with the absence of poverty in such regions. To this end, data were collected from a sample of households in the Kirghiz Prefecture of Xinjiang and analyzed using logistic regression analysis and other methods. Some components of social capital and some other variables show a significant association with the absence of poverty. However, care is needed in applying the results because association must not be confused with causality. Limited opportunities exist for productive investment in the border regions considered. Several issues raised are also relevant to remote (ethnic) communities outside of China. The government’s scope for altering social capital is assessed.

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Liu Hong; Clem Tisdell; Wang Fei. Poverty and its reduction in a Chinese border region: is social capital important? Journal of the Asia Pacific Economy 2019, 24, 1 -23.

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Liu Hong, Clem Tisdell, Wang Fei. Poverty and its reduction in a Chinese border region: is social capital important? Journal of the Asia Pacific Economy. 2019; 24 (1):1-23.

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Liu Hong; Clem Tisdell; Wang Fei. 2019. "Poverty and its reduction in a Chinese border region: is social capital important?" Journal of the Asia Pacific Economy 24, no. 1: 1-23.

Journal article
Published: 01 January 2019 in Green Finance
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Clement Allan Tisdell. Renewable energy use and the renewable energy sector’s development: public finance, environmental externalities and sustainability. Green Finance 2019, 1, 156 -173.

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Clement Allan Tisdell. Renewable energy use and the renewable energy sector’s development: public finance, environmental externalities and sustainability. Green Finance. 2019; 1 (2):156-173.

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Clement Allan Tisdell. 2019. "Renewable energy use and the renewable energy sector’s development: public finance, environmental externalities and sustainability." Green Finance 1, no. 2: 156-173.

Book chapter
Published: 30 November 2018 in The Politics and Ethics of the Just Price
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Possible reasons for using kites to kill gazelles are comprehensively reviewed in this article. Even though they are now well inventoried and documented, desert kites are still not well understood, as exemplified by the recurrent controversies about their function and dating. According to the dominant view, kites were hunting structures used to drive and to mass kill large herds of wild ungulates, particularly gazelles. Although kites were intensively used during the Early Bronze Age, some of them could have been built and used before that. Beyond these issues, the cultural and socioeconomic aspects of the kites phenomenon are even less understood, and therefore, we focus on changing reasons for the long-lasting use of kites as hunting devices. We contend that the reasons why they were used during the period of utilization for hunting gazelles changed, in most cases, in response to socioeconomic development. It is hypothesized, for example, that, as a result of urban development, kites may have been increasingly (but not exclusively) used to kill gazelles to trade their products with urban communities and farmers, even though they had other uses as well which are also considered. The main hypothesis presented in this article enables diverse opinions about the types of uses and reasons for utilizing desert kites to be reconciled, including in particular varied reasons given in the literature about why they were used for killing gazelles.

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Serge Svizzero; Clement A. Tisdell. Socioeconomic Development and Changing Reasons for Using Desert Kites to Kill Gazelles. The Politics and Ethics of the Just Price 2018, 223 -247.

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Serge Svizzero, Clement A. Tisdell. Socioeconomic Development and Changing Reasons for Using Desert Kites to Kill Gazelles. The Politics and Ethics of the Just Price. 2018; ():223-247.

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Serge Svizzero; Clement A. Tisdell. 2018. "Socioeconomic Development and Changing Reasons for Using Desert Kites to Kill Gazelles." The Politics and Ethics of the Just Price , no. : 223-247.

Articles
Published: 02 September 2018 in History of Economics Review
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This article assesses Childe’s theory of the impact of the commencement of agriculture on Neolithic economic development and its socioeconomic consequences, as outlined in his book Man Makes Himself. It also relates his theory to contemporary views on economic development, paying attention to current theories of sustainable economic development. After providing a biographical note on V. Gordon Childe (an Australian-born archaeologist and anthropologist) and introducing his basic ideas, it examines Childe’s criterion of successful economic development. Subsequently, the essence of Childe’s two-phase model of early agricultural development is summarized and its validity is evaluated. Childe is identified as a Marxist. The influence of Marxism on his life and theories is given careful consideration. It is suggested that contemporary economists should pay greater attention to the ‘big’ history of economic change, as Childe did.

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Clement A. Tisdell; Serge Svizzero. The Agricultural Revolution, Childe’s Theory of Economic Development as Outlined inMan Makes Himself, and Contemporary Economic Theories. History of Economics Review 2018, 71, 55 -72.

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Clement A. Tisdell, Serge Svizzero. The Agricultural Revolution, Childe’s Theory of Economic Development as Outlined inMan Makes Himself, and Contemporary Economic Theories. History of Economics Review. 2018; 71 (1):55-72.

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Clement A. Tisdell; Serge Svizzero. 2018. "The Agricultural Revolution, Childe’s Theory of Economic Development as Outlined inMan Makes Himself, and Contemporary Economic Theories." History of Economics Review 71, no. 1: 55-72.

Review article
Published: 13 August 2018 in International Journal of Ethics and Systems
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The aim of this study is to examine arguments about the economic and ethical worth of microfinance. This study draws on the available literature to provide a balanced discussion of different views about the economic and ethical desirability of microfinancing. The discussion is reinforced by the use of secondary data (statistics) on the attributes of microfinancing and by reference to a case study in rural Pakistan. Microfinancing is less virtuous than commonly portrayed. Its economic inefficiency consequences are identified, and it is found only likely to make a small contribution to economic growth. The economic efficiency criterion for moral worth (promoted by Becker and Posner) is found to be wanting. From an ethical point of view, microfinance needs to be supplemented by charity to assist the poor. The supply of Islamic microfinance has grown rapidly, but it remains absolutely quite small. It still has some way to go to overcome the ethical and economic shortcomings associated with the supply of microfinance. Supplying microfinance to vulnerable female borrowers can put them under considerable psychological stress. Possible beneficial effects of microfinance are also identified. This study is unique because it systematically draws on recent literature and data to provide a novel and balanced review of the economic and ethical worth of microfinance.

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Clement Tisdell; Shabbir Ahmad. Microfinance: economics and ethics. International Journal of Ethics and Systems 2018, 34, 372 -392.

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Clement Tisdell, Shabbir Ahmad. Microfinance: economics and ethics. International Journal of Ethics and Systems. 2018; 34 (3):372-392.

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Clement Tisdell; Shabbir Ahmad. 2018. "Microfinance: economics and ethics." International Journal of Ethics and Systems 34, no. 3: 372-392.

Journal article
Published: 01 March 2018 in Economic Analysis and Policy
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Clement Tisdell. The sustainability and desirability of the traditional economies of Australian Aborigines: Controversial issues. Economic Analysis and Policy 2018, 57, 1 -8.

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Clement Tisdell. The sustainability and desirability of the traditional economies of Australian Aborigines: Controversial issues. Economic Analysis and Policy. 2018; 57 ():1-8.

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Clement Tisdell. 2018. "The sustainability and desirability of the traditional economies of Australian Aborigines: Controversial issues." Economic Analysis and Policy 57, no. : 1-8.

Journal article
Published: 01 January 2018 in Anthropologie
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Clement Tisdell; Serge Svizzero. THE ECONOMIC RISE AND FALL OF THE SILESIAN ÚNĔTICE CULTURAL POPULATION: A CASE OF ECOLOGICALLY UNSUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT? Anthropologie 2018, 56, 1 .

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Clement Tisdell, Serge Svizzero. THE ECONOMIC RISE AND FALL OF THE SILESIAN ÚNĔTICE CULTURAL POPULATION: A CASE OF ECOLOGICALLY UNSUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT? Anthropologie. 2018; 56 (1):1.

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Clement Tisdell; Serge Svizzero. 2018. "THE ECONOMIC RISE AND FALL OF THE SILESIAN ÚNĔTICE CULTURAL POPULATION: A CASE OF ECOLOGICALLY UNSUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT?" Anthropologie 56, no. 1: 1.

Articles
Published: 13 March 2017 in Australasian Journal of Environmental Management
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Considerable resources are invested in conserving species that may be locally, but not globally, threatened. There are a variety of motivations for such parochial conservation practices and policies, though they can be ineffective or inefficient in achieving meaningful conservation outcomes at either local or broad scales. The koala in Australia is an example of this problem as it is a species which is highly valued by the public, is only threatened over a portion of its range, and yet attracts considerable conservation effort in the portions of its range where it is in decline. We review the conservation status of the koala and critically evaluate prescriptive and incentive-based policies for koala management in rural and urban contexts. We identify several approaches to koala conservation that are likely to be ineffective in advancing koala conservation and suggest possible reasons for their continued use. We also identify opportunities for relatively cost-effective rural conservation that have not been adequately explored. Long-term declines of koala populations in some regions imply that existing management strategies are ineffective. We conclude that several key challenges must be addressed to facilitate effective resource investment and improve conservation outcomes.

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Clement A. Tisdell; Harriet J. Preece; Sabah Abdullah; Hawthorne L. Beyer. Strategies to conserve the koala: cost-effectiveness considerations. Australasian Journal of Environmental Management 2017, 24, 302 -318.

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Clement A. Tisdell, Harriet J. Preece, Sabah Abdullah, Hawthorne L. Beyer. Strategies to conserve the koala: cost-effectiveness considerations. Australasian Journal of Environmental Management. 2017; 24 (3):302-318.

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Clement A. Tisdell; Harriet J. Preece; Sabah Abdullah; Hawthorne L. Beyer. 2017. "Strategies to conserve the koala: cost-effectiveness considerations." Australasian Journal of Environmental Management 24, no. 3: 302-318.

Review
Published: 06 March 2017 in International Journal of Social Economics
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Purpose The purpose of this paper is to outline and examine existing economic findings about the effects of information and communication technology on economic productivity, welfare and social change. Design/methodology/approach Initially, existing findings about consequences of ICT for macro-level economic activity and productivity are outlined, and then this is correspondingly done for firms and for industries before a variety of welfare and social consequences of ICT are discussed. The industry-level discussion includes empirical data as well as analytical material. Findings Most studies indicate that ICT has significantly added to GDP and has been growth enhancing but these effects vary considerably between economies. The elasticity of aggregate production in relation to investment in ICT has risen with the passage of time. Reasons for this are suggested. The contribution of value added to the output of different industries varies substantially. At the micro-economic level, it is shown how ICT can increase technical and allocative efficiency, and how it can increase consumers’ surplus and producers’ surplus by lowering market transaction costs. Socioeconomic inequalities and concerns arising from the supply of e-commodities are discussed. Originality/value Provides a comprehensive but short overview of economic findings about the impact of ICT and brings attention to socioeconomic issues that have been overlooked or downplayed in that discussion. Includes new micro-economic analysis of the distributional impact of ICT and indicates areas requiring social policy intervention.

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Clem Tisdell. Information technology’s impacts on productivity and welfare: a review. International Journal of Social Economics 2017, 44, 400 -413.

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Clem Tisdell. Information technology’s impacts on productivity and welfare: a review. International Journal of Social Economics. 2017; 44 (3):400-413.

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Clem Tisdell. 2017. "Information technology’s impacts on productivity and welfare: a review." International Journal of Social Economics 44, no. 3: 400-413.

Journal article
Published: 01 March 2016 in Economic Analysis and Policy
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Mohammad Salahuddin; Clem Tisdell; Lorelle Burton; Khorshed Alam. Does internet stimulate the accumulation of social capital? A macro-perspective from Australia. Economic Analysis and Policy 2016, 49, 43 -55.

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Mohammad Salahuddin, Clem Tisdell, Lorelle Burton, Khorshed Alam. Does internet stimulate the accumulation of social capital? A macro-perspective from Australia. Economic Analysis and Policy. 2016; 49 ():43-55.

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Mohammad Salahuddin; Clem Tisdell; Lorelle Burton; Khorshed Alam. 2016. "Does internet stimulate the accumulation of social capital? A macro-perspective from Australia." Economic Analysis and Policy 49, no. : 43-55.

Preprint
Published: 01 January 2015
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Several contemporary economists claim that ‘real’ economic development only occurred following the Industrial Revolution. We contend that this is only so if a narrow view is taken of what constitutes economic development, namely increasing per capita income. Given a wider perspective, we argue that economic development occurred in hunter-gatherer societies and eventually accelerated in the second stage of the Agricultural Revolution. During this stage, a small dominant class (the elite) were able to extract rent (the economic surplus) from the mass of the population (the dominated) which they could use for development purposes. As a result of this rent extraction, the bulk of the population remained at subsistence level. Nevertheless, dissipation of the rent as a result of population increase was prevented. Consequently, the Malthusian trap could be avoided and the economic surplus could be used by the elite for development or other purposes. Whether or not economic development occurred depended on how the elite allocated the economic surplus. In the second stage of the Agricultural Revolution, the economic surplus was extracted primarily in the form of staples and the exchange of commodities was mostly directly controlled by the elite. This situation changed as states became larger in size and commodities became more diverse. In the few centuries preceding the Industrial Revolution in Europe, monarchs exerted decreasing direct control over the exchange, production and use of commodities. This was particularly noticeable in England. Also devolution of increased political power to nobles and local areas added to principal-and-agent problems. Sovereigns, instead of concentrating on the extraction of the economic surplus in the form of staples, increasingly relied on its extraction and storage in the form of treasures, precious metals and gems. Monarchs (in order to maximize their net extraction) focused on increasing the number of different markets and the extent of

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Clem Tisdell; Serge Svizzero. Rent Extraction, Population Growth and Economic Development: Development Despite Malthus' Theory and Precursors to the Industrial Revolution. 2015, 1 .

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Clem Tisdell, Serge Svizzero. Rent Extraction, Population Growth and Economic Development: Development Despite Malthus' Theory and Precursors to the Industrial Revolution. . 2015; ():1.

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Clem Tisdell; Serge Svizzero. 2015. "Rent Extraction, Population Growth and Economic Development: Development Despite Malthus' Theory and Precursors to the Industrial Revolution." , no. : 1.

Journal article
Published: 20 September 2014 in Economics & Sociology
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Serge Svizzero; Clement Tisdell. Inequality and Wealth Creation in Ancient History: Malthus’ Theory Reconsidered. Economics & Sociology 2014, 7, 222 -239.

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Serge Svizzero, Clement Tisdell. Inequality and Wealth Creation in Ancient History: Malthus’ Theory Reconsidered. Economics & Sociology. 2014; 7 (3):222-239.

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Serge Svizzero; Clement Tisdell. 2014. "Inequality and Wealth Creation in Ancient History: Malthus’ Theory Reconsidered." Economics & Sociology 7, no. 3: 222-239.