Publications by Author

1. FEATURE: A 'Regulatory Constitution' for New Zealand

   Roger Kerr | 17 Jun 2010 | POLICY Magazine

   New Zealand is analysing the potential and prospects of a Regulatory Responsibility Act.

2. FEATURE: The 'We' Word

   Roger Kerr | 12 Dec 2003 | POLICY Magazine

   The tyranny of the majority: False collectives- what Americans call 'weasel words'- poison the language we use to talk about... Read More...

3. FEATURE: New Zealand's flawed growth strategy

   Roger Kerr | 03 Mar 2003 | POLICY Magazine

   The government's committed to raising the country's growth rate, but this will not happen while public spending and taxation... Read More...

4. FEATURE: The Brain Drain

   Roger Kerr | 06 Jun 2001 | POLICY Magazine

   Why New Zealanders Are Voting with Their Feet: People decide to migrate on the basis of push and pull factors, in which... Read More...

5. Reconnecting Compassion and Charity

   Roger Kerr | 01 Jan 1999 | Occasional Papers

   Supporters of big government and the welfare state regularly accuse their opponents of lacking ‘compassion’. But how... Read More...

6. BOOK REVIEW: Making a Difference

   Roger Kerr | 09 Sep 1995 | POLICY Magazine

   Making a Difference by Ruth Richardson (Shoal Bay Press, 1995.)

7. FEATURE: Retirement Income Policies for a Dynamic Economy

   Roger Kerr | 09 Sep 1989 | POLICY Magazine

   Economic and demographic pressures are prompting governments to abandon their earlier commitments to the universal provision... Read More...

8. Ideas, Interests and Experience: Some Implications for Policy Advice

   Roger Kerr | 03 Mar 1988 | Occasional Papers

   Economists are increasingly called upon by bureaucrats and government official for policy advice. But economists have not... Read More...