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John Humphreys

Dr John Humphreys is an economist who has worked in academia, government, consulting, and think tanks. He is an Associate Researcher at the Centre for Independent Studies and a sessional lecturer at the University of Queensland. He has also worked for the Australian Treasury, and the Centre for International Economics (including consulting jobs for the World Bank and ASEAN).

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Jumpstart Productivity: New modelling pinpoints better tax cut program
John HumphreysOctober 15, 2019PP24

Treasury modelling of the government’s tax changes make the strange assumption of no behavioural change,...

Budget 2019: Why the long-term tax cuts should be fast-tracked
John HumphreysApril 4, 2019PP19

The centrepiece of the 2019/20 budget was a proposed doubling of the income tax cuts...

Taxploitation II: Tax Reform for Incentive,Productivity and Economic Growth
John Humphreys, Robert Carling, Sinclair Davidson, Stephen KirchnerJuly 13, 2011R12

This volume brings together papers on different aspects of tax reform published by the CIS...

Ending the Churn: A Tax/Welfare Swap
John HumphreysOctober 7, 2009PM100

The Australian welfare system—including health, education and handouts—costs more than $250 billion per year. Some...

In Defence of Civil Society: The Virtue of Prescribed Private Funds
John HumphreysFebruary 18, 2009IA107

In 2008 Australians donated about $13 billion to welfare, health, education, foreign aid, and other...

Exploring a Carbon Tax for Australia
John HumphreysNovember 6, 2007PM80

It is not a foregone conclusion that we need a carbon trading scheme or a...

Truth is, not all tax cuts are created equal
John HumphreysOctober 27, 2019The Canberra Times

TREASURY’S flawed tax model has caused the government to underestimate the benefits and overestimate the...

Canberra needs to discover ‘secret’ tax cuts bonus
John HumphreysOctober 25, 2019The Australian

Australia’s tax debate needs a reset. The government’s recent tax reform is to be commended...

How smarter tax cuts will boost the budget
John HumphreysOctober 24, 2019Spectator

Treasury’s flawed tax model has led to the government’s structural reforms being estimated to cost...

Come on Treasury, time doesn’t stand still
John HumphreysOctober 18, 2019Ideas@TheCentre

Treasury’s flawed tax model has led to the government’s structural reforms being estimated to cost...

Tax is the first lever the government can pull for growth
John HumphreysOctober 17, 2019Australian Financial Review

The Australian economy has stalled. According to the most recent national accounts, Australia’s GDP per...

Bring tax cuts forward
John HumphreysApril 12, 2019Ideas@TheCentre

Dynamic modelling of the new tax changes proposed in the 2019/20 budget shows the government...

On Liberty EP51 Federal Budget 2021 recap
Simon Cowan, John HumphreysMay 12, 2021On Liberty

From childcare subsidies to jobseeker increases and big infrastructure spending this years’ 2021 Federal Budget...

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