Dates & Venue:28 Nov 2007 to 29 Nov 2007, UNSW, Sydney

First day: Auctioning workshop for invited experts from academia and other interested stakeholders on key aspect of auctioning greenhouse gas permits. Second day: Open workshop for policy makers and interested stakeholders on key auctioning options of greenhouse gas permits in Australia.

Dates & Venue:18 Oct 2007 to 19 Oct 2007, UTS

The EDN to convene a 2-day Policy Round-table to bring together a strong collaborative group of theorists, experimental economists, health economists and policy-makers to develop a strategy for research in this area. The public hospital system is currently exhibiting the greatest level of difficulty in the delivery of health care. The aim of the current proposal is to investigate the impacts of different remuneration contracts on the supply and cost of medical specialists in public hospitals.

Dates & Venue:23 Sep 2009 to 23 Sep 2009, University of Melbourne

The aim of this teaching module is to introduce the field of experimental economics to a number of people working in the public sector. Experimental Economics is a method often used for examining the optimal implementation of a suggested policy. This module will also highlight the efficiency of competitive markets, the importance of institutions, as well as the role that experimental economics can play in the successful implementation of policies.

Dates & Venue:22 Jul 2008 to 22 Jul 2008, University of Melbourne

This workshop will be on the Economic priniples of contract design. Pariticipation will involve hands on laboratory experiments to explore a number of issues in contract design, an introduction to basic contract theory, and a case study of how these principles apply to real world policy design.

Dates & Venue:26 Mar 2008 to 26 Mar 2008, University of Melbourne

This workshop is the second in a series of workshops prepared by the University of Melbourne for the VPS and part of an ongoing capacity building partnership. This workshop aims to introduce some of the basic ideas of auction theory and show how these can be tested, explored and refined in a laboratory and how it will also show how these ideas are applied to policy design.

Dates & Venue:04 Dec 2007 to 04 Dec 2007, University of Melbourne

Single - Unit Private - Value Auctions. This workshop is the second in a series of workshops prepared by the University of Melbourne for government/industry participants and part of an ongoing capacity building partnership. The aim of the module is to present some of the properties which make auctions a useful tool for public policy.

Dates & Venue:04 Jun 2007 to 04 Jun 2007, G01 – G04, Ground Floor Alan Gilbert Building - University of Melbourne

This workshop is the second in a series of workshops prepared by the University of Melbourne for the VPS and part of an ongoing capacity building partnership. This workshop aims to introduce some of the basic ideas of auction theory and show how these can be tested, explored and refined in a laboratory and how it will also show how these ideas are applied to policy design.

Dates & Venue:29 Mar 2007 to 29 Mar 2007, University of Melbourne

The aim of this teaching module is to introduce the field of experimental economics to a number of people working in the public sector. Experimental Economics is a method often used for examining the optimal implementation of a suggested policy. This module will also highlight the efficiency of competitive markets, the importance of institutions, as well as the role that experimental economics can play in the successful implementation of policies.

Dates & Venue:06 Dec 2006 to 06 Dec 2006, University of Melbourne

The aim of this teaching module is to introduce the field of experimental economics to a number of people working in the public sector. Experimental Economics is a method often used for examining the optimal implementation of a suggested policy. This module will also highlight the efficiency of competitive markets, the importance of institutions, as well as the role that experimental economics can play in the successful implementation of policies.

Dates & Venue:07 Nov 2005 to 11 Nov 2005, University of Melbourne

The How and Why of auctions for conservation and environmental services contracts