General

  • Geoff Bertram. Neoliberalism and Energy Poverty: Why corporatisation, deregulation and privatisation doubled the cost of electricity for New Zealand households. Lecture at Victoria University of Wellington, October 2015. [ .pdf ]
  • Geoff Bertram. What inequality is doing to Aoteraroa and how we can move to a more egalitarian society that embraces social justice. Presentation to Community Law Centres Association, November 2014. [ .pdf ]
  • Geoff Bertram. Piketty's Capital in the 21st Century: a New Zealand perspective. Presentation to IGPS seminar, September 2014. [ .pdf ]
  • Geoff Bertram. Piketty for dummies. June 2014. [ .pdf ]
  • Geoff Bertram. Asset values, rents, and the single buyer proposal for the New Zealand electricity sector. Paper for seminar at Auckland University Economics Department, April 2014. [ .pdf ]
  • Geoff Bertram and Simon Terry. Economic gains and costs from the TPP. Sustainability Council of New Zealand monograph, February 2014. [ .pdf ]
  • Geoff Bertram. History of power charges pure fiction. New Zealand Herald, January 30 2014. [ .pdf ]
  • Geoff Bertram. "Is there a 'regulatory compact' regarding gentailer asset values and revenues? Is so, what does it say?" . Presentation to IGPS symposium on proposals to restructure the electricity market, July 2013. [ http ]
  • Geoff Bertram. "Capitalism, wages and inheritance". Presentation to IGPS symposium 'Increasing Inequality: Causes, Consequences and Responses", July 2013. [ .pdf ]
  • Geoff Bertram. Weak regulation, rising margins, and asset revaluations: New Zealand's failing experiment in elecricity reform. in Evolution of global electricity markets: new paradigms, new challenges, new approaches, edited by F.P. Sioshansi, Amsterdam: Elsever Academic Press, pp.645-677, July 2013. [ .pdf ]
  • Geoff Bertram. Capitalis, inheritrance and inequality. Presentation to Institute of Policy Studies symposium on poverty ands inequality, July 2013. [ .pdf ]
  • Geoff Bertram. Asset revaluations, price-gouging, and barriers to entry: the state of play in electricity sector non-regulation . Seminar at Institute for Governance and Policy Studies, May 2013. [ .pdf ]
  • Geoff Bertram with Simon Terry. Green Border Control: Issues at the Environment/Economy Border. Paper prepared for Royal Forest and Bird Society, May 2013. [ .pdf ]
  • Geoff Bertram. Green Border Control: Summary Overview of the paper . Prepared forn Royal Forest and Bird Society, May 2013. This is a summary of key points from the full report "Green Border Control: Issues at the Environment/Economy Border". [ .pdf ]
  • Geoff Bertram. Tighter Rein Urged on Asset Revaluations. Dominion Post, page A9, April 29 2013. The published version of this article is accessible at http://www.stuff.co.nz/dominion-post/comment/8607601/Tighter-rein-urged-on-asset-revaluations. [ .pdf ]
  • Geoff Bertram. Tighter rein urged on asset revaluations. Dominion Post, page A9, April 29 2013. The attached file is a facsimile of the article as it appeared. [ .pdf ]
  • Geoff Bertram. Asset values and regulation. Presentation to Fabian Society, 16 April 2013, April 2013. [ .pdf ]
  • Geoff Bertram. The New Zealand Electricity System: link to video. On web, February 2013. Video interview with Paul Brennan 2 February 2012. Web link: http://www.ziln.co.nz/video/6031. [ .pdf ]
  • Geoff Bertram. Weak regulation, rising margins, and asset revaluations: New Zealand's failing experiment in electricity reform. Draft chapter for forthcoming book "Evolution of Global Electricity Markets: New paradigms, new challenges, new approaches" edited by F.P. Sioshansi, Elsevier, forthcoming 2013. This draft is as at the beginning of 2013., 2013. [ .pdf ]
  • Geoff Bertram. Light handed regulation of the energy sectors. Presented in Fabian Society series on light-handed regulation in New Zealand, November 2012. [ .pdf ]
  • Geoff Bertram and David Tripe. Covered bonds and bank failure management in New Zealand. Policy Quarterly, 8(4):38-43, November 2012. [ .pdf ]
  • Geoff Bertram. Transcript of presentation to WEA/DEUN mini-conference on energy affordability, 7 November 2012, November 2012. [ .pdf ]
  • Geoff Bertram. Submission to the Finance and Expenditure Select Committee on the Reserve Bank of New Zealand (Covered Bonds) Amendment Bill. July 2012. [ .pdf ]
  • Geoff Bertram. Electricity prices, asset values, regulation, and renewables. Slides for Sustainable Energy Forum presentation, July 2012. [ http ]
  • Geoff Bertram. Statement to Select Committee on covered bonds. Notes for my appearance before the Select Committee on Finance and Expenditure, 25 July 2012, July 2012. [ .pdf ]
  • Geoff Bertram. Heresies and Dogmas in Economics. All Heretics Day lecture delivered in Christchurch, April 2012. [ .pdf ]
  • Geoff Bertram. Submission to Finance and Expenditure Select Committee on the Mixed Ownership Bill. The Bill provides for part-privatisation of state-owned assets in New Zealand, April 2012. [ .pdf ]
  • Geoff Bertram. Paths not taken in electricity restructuring: alternatives to the asset sales programme. Institute of Policy Studies seminar, 13 April 2012, April 2012. [ http ]
  • Geoff Bertram. Another approach to state asset sales programme. DominionPost, March 31 2012. [ .pdf ]
  • Geoff Bertram. Is economics still a branch of moral philosophy? . Lecture to Sea of Faith conference, Christchurch, October 2011. [ .pdf ]
  • Geoff Bertram. Sovereignty and material welfare in small island jurisdictions. Slides for seminar presented at the Stout Research Centre, Vctoria University, 3 August 2011, August 2011. [ http ]
  • Geoff Bertram. Pacific Islands development in long-run perspective. Slides for presentation to Institute of Policy Studies symposium February 2011, February 2011. [ http ]
  • Geoff Bertram. Assessing the Structure of Small Welfare States. Number 4 in Social Policies in Small States. Commonwealth Secretariat and UNRISD, 2011.
  • Geoff Bertram. Deregulatory Irresponsibility: the Unintended Consequences of Failure to Regulate. Slides for seminar at Institute of Policy Studies, February 2010. [ http ]
  • Geoff Bertram. How not to design an emissions trading scheme. Slides for seominar at Institute of Policy Studies, November 2009. [ http ]
  • Geoff Bertram. Middle Class Capture: a Brief Survey. In The April Report - Future Directions: Associated Papers, volume III Part 2, pages 107-170. Royal Commission on Social Policy, 1988. This is the electronic text file, not a facsimile of the published version. [ .pdf ]

Economic Theory

  • Geoff Bertram. Inequality in economic theory: has Piketty's "Capital in the 21st Century" changed anything? Paper presented at IGPS symposium "Inequality: Causes and Consequences", Victoria University of Wellington 109 June 2014, June 2014. [ .pdf ]
  • Geoff Bertram. Piketty for dummies. June 2014. [ .pdf ]
  • Geoff Bertram. Is economics still a branch of moral philosophy? Presentation to NZ Association of Economists conference, June 2012. [ .pdf ]
  • Peter Chang and Geoff Bertram. Escape from a Poverty Trap in an AK Growth Model. Paper revised for, but not accepted by, 'Economics Letters' in 2008. Submission elsewhere is intended., 2008. [ .pdf ]
  • Geoff Bertram and Peter Chang. The importance of resource fungibility in the AK model of economic growth, and implications for the theory of development aid. Paper presented to Australia and New Zealand Economics Workshop, 2006. [ .pdf ]
  • Geoffrey Bertram and Peter Chang. Development Aid and Multiple Steady-State Equilibria in a Neoclassical Growth Model. This paper was presented at the New Zealand Association of Economists Conference June 2005 and subsequently rejected by a couple of leading journals. Submission to some other journals is planned., 2005. [ .pdf ]

Political Economy of Small Islands

  • Geoff Bertram. Does the Cook Islands still need overseas aid? Lecture at University of the South Pacific, Rarotonga, May 2017. [ .pdf ]
  • Geoff Bertam. Implications of the Cook Islands’ Graduation from Development Assistance Committee (DAC) Eligibility. Technical report, Report for MFAT and Cook Islands Government, December 2016. [ .pdf ]
  • Geoff Bertram. Sovereignty and material welfare in small island jurisdictions, chapter in A region in transition: politics and power in the Pacific Islands, pages 391-435. Saarbrucken University Press, 2015. [ .pdf ]
  • Geoffrey Bertram. Is independence good or bad for small island economies? A long-run analysis. Region et Developpement, (42):31-54, 2015. [ .pdf ]
  • Geoff Bertram. Economic consequences of decolonisation in small island economies. Paper presented at the conference “Tourism specialization and vulnerability: evidence and challenges for sustainable development in small island territories” Reunion Island 5 December 2014., December 2014. [ .pdf ]
  • Geoff Bertram. A response to McElroy and Lucas. Island Studies Journal, 9(2):377-382, 2014. [ .pdf ]
  • Geoff Bertram. Economic links between New Zealand and the Pacific in the twentieth century, chapter in Tangata o le Moana: New Zealand and the People of the Pacific, pages 233-257 and 389-390. Te Papa Press, 2012. [ .pdf ]
  • Geoff Bertram. Sovereignty and material welfare in small island jurisdictions. Seminar presented at Stout Centre, Victoria University of Wellington, August 2011. [ .pdf ]
  • Geoffrey Bertram. Pacific Islands Development in Long-run Perspective. Slides for Institute of Policy Studies conference "Resilience in the Pacific: Addressing the Critical Issues", February 2011. [ .pdf ]
  • Geoffrey Bertram. The Pacific Islands: Environment and Society, chapter Economy, pages 959-967. Hawai'i University Press, 2011. [ .pdf ]
  • Geoffrey Bertram. Viability, Aid, Migration and Remittances in the Pacific: Some Thoughts. Paper prepared for World Bank Sydney office, April 2010. [ .pdf ]
  • Geoff Bertram. New Zealand in the Pacific. draft for Te Ara Encyclopedia of New Zealand, 2010. [ .pdf ]
  • Godfrey Baldacchino and Geoffrey Bertram. The Beak of the Finch: Insights into the Economic Development of Small Economies . The Round Table, 98(401):141-160, April 2009. [ .pdf ]
  • Geoff Bertram. The Welfare State in Microstates and Small States. UNRISD Workshop on Social Policies in Small States, October 2007. [ .pdf ]
  • Geoff Bertram. Reappraising the Legacy of Colonialism: A response to Feyrer and Sacerdote. Island Studies Journal, 2(2):239-254, 2007. [ .pdf ]
  • Geoffrey Bertram and Bernard Poirine. Island Political Economy. In Godfrey Baldacchino, editor, A World of Islands, chapter 10, pages 325-377. Institute of Island Studies, University of Prince Edward Island, 2007. [ .pdf ]
  • Geoffrey Bertram. Introduction: The MiRAB Economy in the Twenty-First Century. Asia Pacific Viewpoint, 47(1):1-12, April 2006. [ .pdf ]
  • Geoffrey Bertram. Remittances, Microfinance and Development: Building the Links Volume 1: A Global View, chapter 10 Bibliography on Migration and Remittances, pages 92-123. Foundation for Development Cooperation, Brisbane, 2006. [ .pdf ]
  • Geoffrey Bertram. On the Convergence of Small Island Economies with their Metropolitan Patrons. World Development, 32(2):343-365, February 2004. [ .pdf ]
  • Geoffrey Bertram and Ozer Karagedikli. Are Pacific Economies Converging or Diverging? In Jacque Poot, editor, On the Edge of the Global Economy. Edward Elgar, 2004.
  • Geoffrey Bertram. The Pacific Islands: Economy and Society, chapter 28 Economy, pages 337-352. Bess Press, Hawaii, 1999. [ .pdf ]
  • Geoffrey Bertram. The MIRAB Model. In B.V. Lal and Kate Fortune, editors, Encyclopedia of the Pacific Islands. University of Hawaii Press, 1999.
  • Geoffrey Bertram. Sustainability, Aid, and Material Welfare in Small Pacific Island Economies, 1900-1990. World Development, 21(2):247-258, 1993. [ .pdf ]
  • Geoffrey Bertram. Decolonisation and Nationhood in Small South Pacific Societies. In Anthony Hooper, Steve Britton, Ron Crocombe, Judith Hunstman, and Cluny Macpherson, editors, Class and Culture in the South Pacific, pages 16-31. Centre for Pacific Studies, University of Auckland, and Institute of Pacific Studies, Suva, 1987. [ .pdf ]
  • Geoffrey Bertram. 'Sustainable Development' in Pacific Micro-Economies. World Development, 14(7):809-822, July 1986. [ .pdf ]
  • Geoffrey Bertram and Ray Watters. The MIRAB Process: Earlier Analysis in Context. Pacific Viewpoint, 27(1):47-59, April 1986. [ .pdf ]
  • Geoffrey Bertram and Ray Watters. The MIRAB Economy in South Pacific Microstates. Pacific Viewpoint, 26(3):497-519, September 1985. [ .pdf ]
  • Geoffrey Bertram and Ray F. Watters. New Zealand and its Small Island Neighbours: A Review of New Zealand Policy Toward the Cook Islands, Niue, Tokelau, Kiribati and Tuvalu. Institute of Policy Studies, Victoria University of Wellington, 1984. [ .pdf ]
  • Geoffrey Bertram and Ray F. Watters. New Zealand and its Small Island Neighbours: A Review of New Zealand Policy Toward the Cook islands, Niue, Tokelau, Kiribati and Tuvalu. Institute of Policy Studies, Victoria University of Wellington, 1984. Zipped version of file. [ http ]
  • Geoffrey Bertram. Economic Characteristics. In A Report on the Results of the Census of the Population of Tuvalu 1979, chapter 9. Government of Tuvalu, Funafuti, 1980.

Energy and Climate Change

  • Geoff Bertram. William Nordhaus's Climate Club Proposal: thinking globally about climate change economics. Policy Quarterly, 12(2):23-29, May 2016. [ .pdf ]
  • Geoff Bertram. William Nordhaus's climate club proposal: Thinking globally about climate change economics. Seminar paper, February 2016. [ .pdf ]
  • Geoff Bertram. Climate change economics: Thinking globally. Presentation in Christchurch 30 September 2015, repeated for the Fabian Society in Wellington, 26 October 2015., September 2015. [ .pdf ]
  • Martin Manning Shonagh Kenderdine Peter Barrett Geoff Bertram and Suze Kerr. Submission on New Zealand's climate change target, June 2015. [ .pdf ]
  • Geoff Bertram. Light-handed regulation of the energy sectors. In Flawed theory, failed practice: light-handed regulation in New Zealand, pages 51-72. NZ Fabian Society, 2014. [ .pdf ]
  • Geoff Bertram. Electricity supply and poverty in New Zealand. Briefing paper for Policy Observatory, Auckland Institute of Technology, 2014. Link is http://briefingpapers.co.nz/electricity-supply-and-poverty-in-new-zealand/.
  • Geoff Bertram and Simon Terry. The Carbon Challenge: New Zealand's Emissions Trading Scheme. Bridget Williams Books, 2010.
  • Geoff Bertram and Simon Terry. Errata for The Carbon Challenge: New Zealand's Emissions Trading Scheme, 2010. Pages 100-101 were wrongly typeset; these are the corrected pages. [ .pdf ]
  • Geoff Bertram. Border Carbon Adjustments and Climate Change Policy. In Jane Kelsey, editor, No Ordinary Deal: Unmasking the Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement, pages 136-148. Bridget Williams Books, 2010. [ .pdf ]
  • Geoff Bertram and Simon Terry. The Carbon Challenge: Response, Responsibility and the Emissions Trading Scheme. Sustainability Council of New Zealand, April 2008. [ .pdf ]
  • Geoff Bertram. Climate Change Policy and forestry II. Technical report, Ministry of Agriculture, November 2001. [ .pdf ]
  • Geoffrey Bertram. Energy. Asia Pacific Viewpoint, 42(1):115-131, April 2001. Special Issue on New Zealand. [ .pdf ]
  • Geoffrey Bertram. Tradeable Emission Quotas and the Control of Greenhouse Gases. In Tom Tietenberg, editor, The Economics of Global Warming. Edward Elgar, 1997.
  • Geoffrey Bertram. Tradeable Emission Quotas, Technical Progress and Climate Change. Environment and Development Economics, 1(1):465-487, 1996. [ .pdf ]
  • Geoffrey Bertram. Modelling the Effects on the New Zealand Economy of the Use of Economic Instruments to Reduce Carbon Emissions. In W.J. Bouma, C.I. Pearman, and M.R. Manning, editors, Greenhouse: Coping with Climate Change, pages 586-606. CSIRO, 1996. [ .pdf ]
  • Geoffrey Bertram. Non-linear Pricing Theory: The case of Wholesale Electricity pricing in New Zealand. New Zealand Economic Papers, 30(1):87-108, 1996. [ .pdf ]
  • Geoffrey Bertram. Beyond Joint Implementation: Technology Transfer and Climate Change. In K. Ishizuka, S. Hisajima, and D.R.J. Macer, editors, Traditional Technology for Environmental Conservation and Sustainable Development in the Asian-Pacific Region. University of Tsukuba, Japan, 1996.
  • Geoffrey Bertram. Tradeable Emission Permits and the Control of Greenhouse Gases. Journal of Development Studies, 28(3):423-446, April 1992. [ .pdf ]
  • Geoffrey Bertram, Bob Stephens, and Cath Wallace. The Relevance of Economic Instruments for Tackling the Greenhouse Effect. Technical report, New Zealand Ministry for the Environment, 1989. [ .pdf ]
  • Geoffrey Bertram. The Political Economy of Oil: Peru and New Zealand Compared. Australian and New Zealand Journal of Sociology, 14:290-296, October 1978.

The New Zealand Economy

  • Barry Coates Geoff Bertram Rod Oram and Tim Hazeldine. The Economics of the TPPA. NZ Law Foundation, January 2016. [ .pdf ]
  • Geoff Bertram. Research note: a revised set of New Zealand wealth estimates. Policy Quarterly, 11(3):73-75, August 2015. [ .pdf ]
  • Geoff Bertram. A New Zealand perspective on Thomas Piketty's Capital in the twenty-first century. Policy Quarterly, 11(1):39-46, February 2015. There is an error in Table 1 which subtracted foreign holdings rather than adding them. A revised version is in the August issue of Policy Quarterly. [ .pdf ]
  • Geoff Bertram. Some thoughts on exchange rate overvaluation and bank regulation. slides for Fabians seminar ‘Fresh Ideas for a Productive Economy, July 2011. [ .pdf ]
  • Geoff Bertram. Bank regulation, exchange rate policy, overseas debt, and asset sales: how to untangle them? Talk to Fabian Society, March 2011. [ .pdf ]
  • Geoff Bertram. Slides on the NZ economy early 2011. Material used in talks on the economy, March 2011. [ .pdf ]
  • Geoff Bertram. Mining in the New Zealand Economy. Policy Quarterly, 7(1):13-19, February 2011. [ .pdf ]
  • Geoff Bertram and Jonathan Boston. Editorial for special issue on mining in the Conservation Estate. Policy Quarterly, 7(1):2, February 2011. [ .pdf ]
  • Geoff Bertram. A comparative world-systems analysis of settler colonies in the Hispanic and Anglo realms. Journal of New Zealand Studies, 11:11-34, 2011. [ .pdf ]
  • Geoff Bertram. Deregulatory Irresponsibility: Takings, Transfers and Transcendental Institutionalism. Policy Quarterly, 6(2):48-53, May 2010. [ .pdf ]
  • Geoff Bertram and Jonathan Boston. Editorial for special issue on the Regulatory Responsibility Bill. Policy Quarterly, 6(2):2, May 2010. [ .pdf ]
  • Geoff Bertram. Mining Economics and the Conservation Estate text of report (appendices separate). Technical report, Simon Terry Associates Reserch Ltd, 2010. [ .pdf ]
  • Geoff Bertram. Mining Economics and the Conservation Estate: appendices. Technical report, Simon Terry Associates Research td, 2010. [ .pdf ]
  • Geoff Bertram. New Zealand's Overseas Debt, the Banks, and the Crisis. CAFCA Watchdog, (120):25-39, May 2009. http://www.converge.org.nz/watchdog/20/04.htm is the link for the published version. [ .pdf ]
  • Geoff Bertram. The Banks, the Current Account, the Financial Crisis, and the Outlook. Policy Quarterly, 5(1):9-16, February 2009. [ .pdf ]
  • Geoffrey Bertram. The New Zealand Economy 1900-2000. In Giselle Byrnes, editor, New Oxford History of New Zealand, chapter 22, pages 537-572. Oxford University Press, 2009. Endnotes are in a separate file (see below). [ .pdf ]
  • Geoffrey Bertram. The New Zealand Economy 1900-2000: endnotes. In Giselle Byrnes, editor, The New Oxford History of New Zealand, chapter 22, pages 713-717. Oxford University Press, 2009. [ .pdf ]
  • Geoff Bertram. Restructuring of the New Zealand Electricity Sector, 1984-2005. In Perry Sioshansi, editor, International Experience in Restructured Electricity Markets: What Works, What Does Not, and Why? Elsevier, 2006. [ .pdf ]
  • Geoffrey Bertram. The New Zealand Economy Since 1984: Elite Succession, Income Distribution and Economic Growth in a Small Trading Economy. GeoJournal, 59(2):93-106, 2004. [ .pdf ]
  • Geoff Bertram. Economic, Legal and Political Theory in Relation to the New Zealand Commerce Commission’s Public Benefits Test. September 2003. [ .pdf ]
  • Geoff Bertram. Economic, Legal and Political Theory in Relation to the New Zealand Commerce Commission's Public Benefit Test. September 2003. [ .pdf ]
  • Geoff Bertram. Factor Income Shares, the Banking Sector, the Exchange Rate, and the New Zealand Current Account Deficit. New Zealand Economic Papers, 36(2):177-198, 2002. [ .pdf ]
  • Geoffrey Bertram. The Factor Shares Debate: An Update. In Philip Morrison, editor, Labour, Employment and Work in New Zealand: Proceedings of the Ninth Conference. Institute of Geography, Vctoria University of Wellington, 2001. [ .pdf ]
  • Geoff Bertram and Kevin Hackwell. Pests and Weeds in New Zealand: The Costs of Restoring an Indigenous Dawn Chorus. New Zealand Conservation Authority, 1999.
  • Geoffrey Bertram. Macroeconomic Debate and Economic Growth in Postwar New Zealand . In C. Rudd and B. Roper, editors, The Political Economy of New Zealand. Oxford University Press, 1997.
  • Geoffrey Bertram. Keynesianism, Neoclassicism and the State. In C. Rudd and B. Roper, editors, State and Economy in New Zealand. Oxford University Press, 1993.
  • Geoff Bertram. Overseas Debt as a Constraint on Alternative Policies for New Zealand. December 1991. Paper prepared for Gamma Foundation workshop. [ .pdf ]
  • Geoffrey Bertram. The Limitations of Regional Employment Initiatives. In L. Evans, J. Poot, and N. Quigley, editors, Long Run Perspectives on the New Zealand Economy: Proceedings of the Sesquicentennial Conference of the New Zealand Association of Economists, pages 448-462, June 1991.
  • Geoff Bertram. New Zealand Tariff Policy Between the Wars. Paper presented at New Zealand Association of Economists conference 1988, revised 1990, 1990. [ .pdf ]
  • Geoff Bertram. The real wage debate continued. 1989.
  • Geoffrey Bertram. Evaluation of Employment Programmes. In Royal Commission on Social Policy: The April Report, volume 3. Government Printer, Wellington, 1988.
  • Geoffrey Bertram. Middle Class Capture: a Brief Survey. In Royal Commission on Social Policy: The April Report, volume 3. Government Printer, Wellington, 1988. [ .pdf ]
  • Geoffrey Bertram. Rents in the New Zealand Energy Sector. In Royal Commision on Social POlicy: The April Report. Government Printer, Wellington, 1988.
  • Geoffrey Bertram. Second Thoughts on the Perrings Model. One of a series of working papers in the 1983 debate over whether the New Zealand economy faced a savings constraint or a foreign-exchange constraint., October 1983. [ .pdf ]
  • Geoffrey Bertram and Graeme Wells. The Real Wage Controversy. In Bob Buckle, editor, Inflation and Economic Adjustment: Proceedings of a Seminar, pages 68-117. Department of Economics, Victoria University of Wellington, 1983.
  • Geoffrey Bertram and Mark O'Brien. Optimal Pricing Policy and Indigenous Forest Management in New Zealand. New Zealand Journal of Forestry, 24(2):261-296, 1979. [ .pdf ]
  • Geoffrey Bertram. Television and the Decline of the Cinema in New Zealand: a Study of Changing Location Patterns, 1956-1966. New Zealand Geographer, 26(2):136-144, October 1970. For size reasons the file is split into two. This is pp.136-140. [ .pdf ]
  • Geoffrey Bertram. Television and the Decline of the Cinema in New Zealand: a Study of Changing Location Patterns, 1956-1966. New Zealand Geographer, 26(2):136-144, October 1970. For size reasons the file has been split in two; this is pp.141-144. [ .pdf ]

Regulation

  • Geoff Bertram. New Zealand's zombie 'regulators' have struck again. Dominion Post, November 10 2015. [ .pdf ]
  • Geoff Bertram. Neoliberalism and energy poverty: why corporatisation, deregulation and privatisation doubled the cost of electricity for New Zealand households. Lecture to mark 100 years of Continuing Education at Victoria University, October 2015. [ .pdf ]
  • Geoff Bertram. Light-handed regulation of the energy sectors. In Flawed theory, failed practice: light-handed regulation in New Zealand, pages 51-72. NZ Fabian Society, 2014. [ .pdf ]
  • Geoff Bertram. Assessing the Structure of Small Welfare States. Number 4 in Social Policies in Small States. Commonwealth Secretariat and UNRISD, 2011.
  • Geoffrey Bertram. Predatory Pricing and Section 36. Paper presented to Sixth Annual Competition Law and Regulation Review Conference, Wellington, February 2006. [ .pdf ]
  • Geoff Bertram. Asset Value, ODV, and Contestability Theory. Presentation to Brightstar conference on regulatory economics, February 2005. [ http ]
  • Geoff Bertram and Dan Twaddle. Price-Cost Margins and Profit Rates in New Zealand Electricity Distribution Networks Since 1994: The Cost of Light-Handed Regulation. Journal of Regulatory Economics, 27(3):281-307, 2005. [ .pdf ]
  • Geoffrey Bertram. What's wrong with New Zealand's public benefit test? . New Zealand Economic Papers, 38(2):265-277, December 2004. [ .pdf ]
  • Geoffrey Bertram. Deregulation and Monopoly Profits in New Zealand’s Gas and Electricity Industries. Energy Studies Review, 12(2):208-227, Spring 2004. [ .pdf ]
  • Geoffrey Bertram. Unbundling the Local Loop in New Zealand: Some Economic Issues Raised by Telecom's Evidence. Report for TelstraClear, November 2003. [ .pdf ]
  • Geoffrey Bertram and Simon Terry. Insurability, Financial Fitness, and GM Organisms. Monograph, Sustainability Council of New Zealand, September 2003. [ .pdf ]
  • Geoff Bertram and Simon Terry. Supplementary Submission with respect to Commerce Commission Review of Electricity Lines Businesses' Asset Valuation Methodology. December 2002. [ .pdf ]
  • Geoff Bertram and Simon Terry. Submission to Commerce Commision with Respect to "Review of Asset Valuation Methodologies: Electricity Lines Businesses' System Fixed Assets". November 2002. [ .pdf ]
  • Geoff Bertram. Identifying and estimating excess profits in New Zealand infrastructure utilities. A 2002 seminar paper summing up several years of research on utility profits and regulatory failures in New Zealand, November 2002. [ .pdf ]
  • Geoff Bertram, Ian Dempster, and Simon Terry. Portly Charges: Port Company Profitability. Simon Terry Associates, March 2002. [ .pdf ]
  • Geoffrey Bertram. Climate Change Policy and Forestry: Review of an NZIER Report. Technical report, Ministry of Agriculture, November 2001. [ .pdf ]
  • Simon Terry, Mark Hickford, Geoffrey Palmer, and Geoff and Bertram. Who Bears the Risk? Genetic Modification and Liability. Chen Palmer & Partners and Simon Terry Associates, September 2001. [ .pdf ]
  • Geoff Bertram, Ian Dempster, and Simon Terry. Pipeline Profits: Gas Pipeline Rates of Return. Simon Terry Associates, July 2001. [ .pdf ]
  • Geoff Bertram, Ian Dempster, and Simon Terry. Rates of Return at Auckland International Airport. Simon Terry Associates report for Air New Zealand, August 2000. [ .pdf ]
  • Geoff Bertram and Simon Terry. Lining Up the Charges: Electricity Line Charges and ODV. Simon Terry Associates, July 2000. [ .pdf ]
  • Geoff Bertram. Light Handed Disciplines on the Market power of Network Owners: New Zealand's Pipeline Access Code and Information Disclosure Regulations . Victoria Economic Commentaries, pages 9-24, March 1999. [ .pdf ]
  • Geoff Bertram. The Optimised Deprival Value Methodology and the Objectives of Utility Sector Reform in New Zealand. First presented to New Zealand Association of Economists conference, Wellington, July 2000, 2000 revised 2002. [ .pdf ]
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    Geoff Bertram. Middle Class Capture: A Brief Survey. In The April Report - Future Directions: Associated Papers, volume Vol III Part 2, pages 107-170. Royal Comission on Social Policy, 1988. This is the electronic text file, not a facsimile of the published version.

Peru

  • Geoffrey Bertram. Peru 1930 - c1960. In Leslie Bethell, editor, The Cambridge History of Latin America, chapter 37. Cambridge University Press, 1995.
  • Rosemary Thorp and Geoffrey Bertram. Perú 1890-1977: Crecimiento y Politica en una Economía Abierta. Mosca Azul, Lima, 1985.
  • Geoff Bertram. Modernisation and Change in the Wool Industry of Southern Peru: a Case of Development Failure. Economia (Lima), pages 1-9, 1982. This is the English-language version of the paper - it was published in Spanish. Size constraints on the website mean it has been uploaded in several sections. [ .pdf ]
  • Geoff Bertram. Modernisation and Change in the Wool Industry of Southern Peru: a Case of Development Failure. Economia (Lima), pages 10-19, 1982. This is the English-language version of the paper - it was published in Spanish. Size constraints on the website mean it has been uploaded in several sections. [ .pdf ]
  • Geoff Bertram. Modernisation and Change in the Wool Industry of Southern Peru: a Case of Development Failure. Economia (Lima), pages 34-44, 1982. This is the English-language version of the paper - it was published in Spanish. Size constraints on the website mean it has been uploaded in several sections. [ .pdf ]
  • Geoff Bertram. Modernisation and Change in the Wool Industry of Southern Peru: a Case of Development Failure. Economia (Lima), pages 20-33, 1982. This is the English-language version of the paper - it was published in Spanish. Size constraints on the website mean it has been uploaded in several sections.
  • John Kirby and Geoffrey Bertram. South American Geographical Studies: Agricultural Systems. Action Publications, Christchurch, 1981.
  • Rosemary Thorp and Geoffrey Bertram. Peru 1890-1977: Growth and Policy in an Open Economy . Macmillan, 1978.
  • Rosemary Thorp and Geoffrey Bertram. Industrialización en una Economía Abierta: el Caso del Perú en el Período 1890-1940. Economía, 1(1), December 1977.
  • Geoff Bertram. End-use classification of Peruvian imports, 1891-1972. Monograph, St Antonys College Oxford, 1977. [ .pdf ]
  • Rosemary Thorp and Geoffrey Bertram. Industrialisation in an Open Economy: A Case Study of Peru 1890-1940. In C.T. Miller, R.mand Smith and J Fisher, editors, Social and Economic Change in Modern Peru, Monograph Series No 6. Centre for Latin American Studies, University of Liverpool, 1975.
  • Geoffrey Bertram. New Thinking on the Peruvian Highland Peasantry. Pacific Viewpoint, September 1974.