Archive for August, 2015

BAEconomics investigates the impacts of government regulation on iron ore

BAEconomics finds that government regulation of iron ore exports would reduce Australia’s export earnings and state government iron ore royalties. The working paper can be found at the following link: http://www.baeconomics.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/Iron-Ore-Spatial-Equilibrium-Model-8Aug15.pdf Additional information can be found in the following article from the Australian Financial Review: http://www.afr.com/business/mining/iron-ore/brazil-the-winner-from-the-forrest-way-20150810-givt3m

The impacts of potential iron ore supply restrictions on producer country welfare – Working paper

BAEconomics finds that government regulation of iron ore exports would reduce Australia’s export earnings and state government iron ore royalties.