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...

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