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March 19, 2026

Fines alone won’t stop big tech behaving badly. Here’s what might work

Lauren C. Hall, University of Tasmania; Christine Padgett, University of Tasmania; James Sauer, University of Tasmania, and María Yanotti, University of Tasmania

For some companies, ‘illegal with a fine’ is interpreted as ‘legal for a price’.

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October 30, 2024

What are Veblen and Giffen goods?

María Yanotti, University of Tasmania

When the price of most types of products goes up, demand for them tightens. Except for a couple of special cases.

How likely is it that where you happen to live will always outperform every other location? Shutterstock

October 14, 2019

Location, location, location: why up to two‑thirds of property investors may get it wrong

María Yanotti, University of Tasmania and Danika Wright, University of Sydney

Investing where you’ve last invested isn’t bright. new research finds that two thirds of property investors do.

The Financial Services Royal Commission has exposed some irresponsible lending by Australia’s biggest banks. Glenn Hunt/AAP

May 13, 2018

We asked five experts: will the banking royal commission push down property prices?

Jenni Henderson, The Conversation

The financial institutions fronting the Financial Services Royal Commission are also the ones controlling mortgages, so will an expose of their dealings push property prices down?

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May 8, 2018

Federal Budget 2018: a state‑by‑state spending analysis

Chris Salisbury, The University of Queensland; Anika Gauja, University of Sydney; David Hayward, RMIT University; Ian Cook, Murdoch University; María Yanotti, University of Tasmania; Rob Manwaring, Flinders University, and Rolf Gerritsen, Charles Darwin University

With a federal election looming within a year, our panel looks at what each state and territory has been handed in the budget - and why it matters.

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November 16, 2017

How ‘liar loans’ undermine sound lending practices

María Yanotti, University of Tasmania

In the US “liar loans” have been identified as one of the key reasons behind the 2008 financial crisis. But how big a problem are poor loan checking practices in Australia?

The typical residential property investor is on average 42 years old; male and 72% are married. Mick Tsikas/AAP

July 31, 2017

Three charts on: who is the typical investor in the Australian property market?

María Yanotti, University of Tasmania

Individual households in Australia, on average, own 83% of all investment dwellings rented to private tenants or resold. They are people who usually have another main source of income.

Many of the economists argued that the principle of the CGT discount is not a bad policy, however the level of the discount is generous and is open for abuse. Lukas Coch/AAP

March 23, 2017

Capital gains tax concession is too generous: economists poll

María Yanotti, University of Tasmania

The Economics Society of Australia (ESA) Monash Forum polled economists on whether capital gains tax deductions for housing investment should be removed.

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