Martin P Shanahan
Biographic Data
| ID | 1192666 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Martin P Shanahan |
| GIVEN NAMES | Martin P |
| FAMILY NAME | Shanahan |
| SIGNATURE | SHANAHAN M P |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of South Australia |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 13 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 11 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 13 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2001 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Water and the Urban Metabolism
This introductory article explores the concept of urban metabolism, through which cities’ need for water transforms inputs into biomass and waste products, and its influence on urban water regimes. It provides a summary of existing literature, and explains how a cross-disciplinary approach, drawing on a range of urban experiences, can add value to current policy debates about the costs of urban water management, and environmental problems in gene…
Creating the “secret register”
Creating the “secret register”
Plusieurs pays qui après la Seconde Guerre mondiale ont adopté des lois contre les pratiques anticoncurrentielles ont obligé les firmes à déclarer tous les accords restrictifs. La loi de 1965 qui établit un registre de ce type en Australie mit de nombreuses années à voir le jour. Sa version finale n’est que l’ombre du texte initial. Néanmoins plus de 14000 ententes ont été déclarées durant les 7 années où la loi a été en vigueur. Cet article exam…
Transforming Australian business attitudes to competition
When the Australian Trade Practices Act 1965 came into force on 1 September 1967 it was vehemently opposed by business as it threatened to reveal the extent of their anti-competitive arrangements. Yet by the time the Act was replaced by stronger legislation in 1974, most firms had accepted that collusion and price fixing were undesirable and that they had to compete. Using newspapers, parliamentary debates, archival records, and the Secret Regist…
Cartel Resilience in Australian Markets 1901–1967
Résistance et capacité d’adaptation des cartels sur les marchés australiens (1901-1967) Cet article examine la persistance du comportement de cartel en Australie. Il tire bénéfice de l’évidence relevée de 1901 à 1939, lorsque l’intérêt pour les cartels était intense. Il s’appuie aussi sur les études académiques menées depuis les années 1950 et 1960, à la fin desquelles fut introduite une législation antitrust moderne. Le but n’est pas d’identifie…
From Protection to Competition
The Trade Practices Act 1965 was widely criticised as being weak and unproductive. It was a significantly watered‐down version of the original Bill overseen by Garfield Barwick. Although the final form of the Act was perceived as ineffective at the time, it is now viewed as an important step towards a national competition policy and a precursor to the opening up of the Australian economy. This paper outlines the economic, political and social bac…
Did Good Institutions Produce Good Tariffs? Evidence From Tariff Protection in Colonial Victoria
Were tariff rates in the Australian colony of Victoria directed towards growth‐enhancing industries or rent seekers? Recent research suggests tariffs may be welfare enhancing if they are directed at industries with positive externalities; something more likely when institutions are strong. Using disaggregated tariff data for the years 1872, 1880, and 1890, we analyse the relationship between industry characteristics and tariffs, finding little ev…
Anti‐Cartel or Anti‐Foreign? Australian Attitudes to Anti‐Competitive Behaviour before the First World War
More than a century elapsed between Australia's first legislative attempts to modify anticompetitive behaviour (the Australian Industries Preservation Act 1906 ) and its most recent efforts to criminalise price fixing ( Trade Practices Amendment (Cartel Conduct and Other Measures) Act 2009 ). After a burst of activity in the first decade of Federation, the intervening years saw only sporadic interest by governments to promote competitive markets,…
Serious cartel conduct, criminalisation and evidentiary standards
The criminalisation of anti-competitive behaviour such as price fixing has long been a feature of US antitrust law. Some European countries have introduced criminal penalties for price fixing while in others the matter is under debate. Australia introduced such laws in 2009. Of critical importance when considering criminalisation is the evidentiary standard expected in criminal prosecutions. A century ago, in the Coal Vend case, the High Court of…
Australasian Economic History
This paper reports a debate on the ‘big questions’ and ‘research challenges’ facing economic history in Australia and New Zealand. Noting the changes in research direction that occurred in the discipline over the past 50 years, and the resource challenges it currently faces, it identifies many areas of potentially fruitful research. These include the environment, market regulation and industry development, the interaction of peoples and culture, …
Measuring Inequality Trends in Colonial Australia Using Factor–price Ratios
Previous research on nineteenth century globalisation argues that during the second half of that century wage–rental ratios in labour scarce, land‐abundant new world economies decreased. This suggests inequality rose in the new world. Australia has been cited as a conspicuous example of this trend. The paper re‐examines this argument using disaggregated land and wage data for four Australian colonies. We reveal large regional differences in both …
Dissonant Forms of 'Memorising' and 'Repetition
The present study examines the phenomenon of dissonant forms of memorising and repetition from both location and structural perspectives. Attention is drawn to clear evidence that supports, in particular, an argument in favour of gender-response differences in both location and structural dissonance. The study also illustrates how the isolation of dissonant response patterns may be approached analytically, especially in terms of using selected st…
Personal Wealth in South Australia
Probate and succession-duty records are a rich source of information about the living standards and material wealth of past communities. According to these records, the small, mainly rural, and comparatively egalitarian population of South Australia held a diverse array of personal assets at the beginning of the twentieth century. Despite the strong British influence on the former colony's culture, however, South Australia's distribution of wealt…
Dissonant Forms of 'Memorising' and 'Repetition
The present study examines the phenomenon of dissonant forms of memorising and repetition from both location and structural perspectives. Attention is drawn to clear evidence that supports, in particular, an argument in favour of gender-response differences in both location and structural dissonance. The study also illustrates how the isolation of dissonant response patterns may be approached analytically, especially in terms of using selected st…
Personal Wealth in South Australia
Probate and succession-duty records are a rich source of information about the living standards and material wealth of past communities. According to these records, the small, mainly rural, and comparatively egalitarian population of South Australia held a diverse array of personal assets at the beginning of the twentieth century. Despite the strong British influence on the former colony's culture, however, South Australia's distribution of wealt…
Serious cartel conduct, criminalisation and evidentiary standards
The criminalisation of anti-competitive behaviour such as price fixing has long been a feature of US antitrust law. Some European countries have introduced criminal penalties for price fixing while in others the matter is under debate. Australia introduced such laws in 2009. Of critical importance when considering criminalisation is the evidentiary standard expected in criminal prosecutions. A century ago, in the Coal Vend case, the High Court of…
Creating the “secret register”
Plusieurs pays qui après la Seconde Guerre mondiale ont adopté des lois contre les pratiques anticoncurrentielles ont obligé les firmes à déclarer tous les accords restrictifs. La loi de 1965 qui établit un registre de ce type en Australie mit de nombreuses années à voir le jour. Sa version finale n’est que l’ombre du texte initial. Néanmoins plus de 14000 ententes ont été déclarées durant les 7 années où la loi a été en vigueur. Cet article exam…
Cartel Resilience in Australian Markets 1901–1967
Résistance et capacité d’adaptation des cartels sur les marchés australiens (1901-1967) Cet article examine la persistance du comportement de cartel en Australie. Il tire bénéfice de l’évidence relevée de 1901 à 1939, lorsque l’intérêt pour les cartels était intense. Il s’appuie aussi sur les études académiques menées depuis les années 1950 et 1960, à la fin desquelles fut introduite une législation antitrust moderne. Le but n’est pas d’identifie…
Personal Wealth in South Australia
Probate and succession-duty records are a rich source of information about the living standards and material wealth of past communities. According to these records, the small, mainly rural, and comparatively egalitarian population of South Australia held a diverse array of personal assets at the beginning of the twentieth century. Despite the strong British influence on the former colony's culture, however, South Australia's distribution of wealt…
Dissonant Forms of 'Memorising' and 'Repetition
The present study examines the phenomenon of dissonant forms of memorising and repetition from both location and structural perspectives. Attention is drawn to clear evidence that supports, in particular, an argument in favour of gender-response differences in both location and structural dissonance. The study also illustrates how the isolation of dissonant response patterns may be approached analytically, especially in terms of using selected st…
Australasian Economic History
This paper reports a debate on the ‘big questions’ and ‘research challenges’ facing economic history in Australia and New Zealand. Noting the changes in research direction that occurred in the discipline over the past 50 years, and the resource challenges it currently faces, it identifies many areas of potentially fruitful research. These include the environment, market regulation and industry development, the interaction of peoples and culture, …
Measuring Inequality Trends in Colonial Australia Using Factor–price Ratios
Previous research on nineteenth century globalisation argues that during the second half of that century wage–rental ratios in labour scarce, land‐abundant new world economies decreased. This suggests inequality rose in the new world. Australia has been cited as a conspicuous example of this trend. The paper re‐examines this argument using disaggregated land and wage data for four Australian colonies. We reveal large regional differences in both …
Serious cartel conduct, criminalisation and evidentiary standards
The criminalisation of anti-competitive behaviour such as price fixing has long been a feature of US antitrust law. Some European countries have introduced criminal penalties for price fixing while in others the matter is under debate. Australia introduced such laws in 2009. Of critical importance when considering criminalisation is the evidentiary standard expected in criminal prosecutions. A century ago, in the Coal Vend case, the High Court of…
Anti‐Cartel or Anti‐Foreign? Australian Attitudes to Anti‐Competitive Behaviour before the First World War
More than a century elapsed between Australia's first legislative attempts to modify anticompetitive behaviour (the Australian Industries Preservation Act 1906 ) and its most recent efforts to criminalise price fixing ( Trade Practices Amendment (Cartel Conduct and Other Measures) Act 2009 ). After a burst of activity in the first decade of Federation, the intervening years saw only sporadic interest by governments to promote competitive markets,…
From Protection to Competition
The Trade Practices Act 1965 was widely criticised as being weak and unproductive. It was a significantly watered‐down version of the original Bill overseen by Garfield Barwick. Although the final form of the Act was perceived as ineffective at the time, it is now viewed as an important step towards a national competition policy and a precursor to the opening up of the Australian economy. This paper outlines the economic, political and social bac…
Did Good Institutions Produce Good Tariffs? Evidence From Tariff Protection in Colonial Victoria
Were tariff rates in the Australian colony of Victoria directed towards growth‐enhancing industries or rent seekers? Recent research suggests tariffs may be welfare enhancing if they are directed at industries with positive externalities; something more likely when institutions are strong. Using disaggregated tariff data for the years 1872, 1880, and 1890, we analyse the relationship between industry characteristics and tariffs, finding little ev…
Cartel Resilience in Australian Markets 1901–1967
Résistance et capacité d’adaptation des cartels sur les marchés australiens (1901-1967) Cet article examine la persistance du comportement de cartel en Australie. Il tire bénéfice de l’évidence relevée de 1901 à 1939, lorsque l’intérêt pour les cartels était intense. Il s’appuie aussi sur les études académiques menées depuis les années 1950 et 1960, à la fin desquelles fut introduite une législation antitrust moderne. Le but n’est pas d’identifie…
Transforming Australian business attitudes to competition
When the Australian Trade Practices Act 1965 came into force on 1 September 1967 it was vehemently opposed by business as it threatened to reveal the extent of their anti-competitive arrangements. Yet by the time the Act was replaced by stronger legislation in 1974, most firms had accepted that collusion and price fixing were undesirable and that they had to compete. Using newspapers, parliamentary debates, archival records, and the Secret Regist…
Creating the “secret register”
Creating the “secret register”
Plusieurs pays qui après la Seconde Guerre mondiale ont adopté des lois contre les pratiques anticoncurrentielles ont obligé les firmes à déclarer tous les accords restrictifs. La loi de 1965 qui établit un registre de ce type en Australie mit de nombreuses années à voir le jour. Sa version finale n’est que l’ombre du texte initial. Néanmoins plus de 14000 ententes ont été déclarées durant les 7 années où la loi a été en vigueur. Cet article exam…
Water and the Urban Metabolism
This introductory article explores the concept of urban metabolism, through which cities’ need for water transforms inputs into biomass and waste products, and its influence on urban water regimes. It provides a summary of existing literature, and explains how a cross-disciplinary approach, drawing on a range of urban experiences, can add value to current policy debates about the costs of urban water management, and environmental problems in gene…
Political science (10 works) · Economics (9 works) · Australian History and Society (8 works) · Law (7 works) · Cartel (3 works) · Collusion (3 works) · Historical Economic and Social Studies (3 works) · International trade (3 works) · Law (3 works) · Legislation (3 works)