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Loyalty programs may limit competition, and they could be pushing prices up for everyone
New research shows that paradoxically, by changing the way companies target customers, loyalty programs can sometimes reduce price competition, writes Associate Professor Alexandru Nichifor for The Conversation.
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Research: Improving investor confidence in wind power through innovations in ‘wind derivatives’
Researchers from the University of Melbourne and University of Waterloo have devised new methods to measure and manage the unpredictability of wind conditions, which could boost investor confidence in wind power.
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Professor Lisa Cameron and Professor Ian McDonald named Distinguished Fellows of the Economics Society of Australia
Professor Lisa Cameron and Professor Ian McDonald from the Faculty of Business and Economics, University of Melbourne, have been made Distinguished Fellows of the Economics Society of Australia, announced at the Australian Conference of Economists on 11 July in Brisbane.
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Unemployment is staying low at 3.5%. But here’s why it’s become harder to get a job
Read this article by Professor Jeff Borland in The Conversation.
