Eric Crampton

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Dr. Eric Crampton is chief economist at the New Zealand Initiative in Wellington. From 2003 through 2014, he served as Lecturer and Senior Lecturer with the Department of Economics at the University of Canterbury. He blogs at Offsetting Behaviour.

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Opinion

How an OIA laid bare the pork barrel shambles that is Shane Jones’ provincial growth fund

Economist Eric Crampton on the primary school maths and abuse of the official information act underpinning Shane Jones' provincial growth fund.

By Eric Crampton | 18th April, 2019

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How to solve housing affordability in New Zealand? Look to the United States

If New Zealand is to crack the problems of unaffordable housing, the government must look seriously at how the better parts of America finance infrastructure, argues Eric Crampton.

By Eric Crampton | 30th June, 2018

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Houses for sale and sold in central Auckland suburbs (Photo by Fiona Goodall/Getty Images)

Why the ban on foreign homebuyers is so very dumb

On Tuesday, economist Eric Crampton argued prohibiting foreign buyers will do nothing to alleviate the housing crisis. Today, he lays out all the other reasons why the ban makes no sense.

By Eric Crampton | 18th April, 2018

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The foreign buyer ban is an abomination. Bad in principle, worse in practice

The prohibition on foreign property buyers is the worst kind of populist, fear-based policy-making, argues economist Eric Crampton.

By Eric Crampton | 17th April, 2018

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Yes we know economists do more than put numbers in calculators but it will have to do

Give us our red socks, and $212m public money, for the 2021 Economist’s Cup

Eric Crampton lays out a compelling argument for an international economists' regatta that will pump cash into the NZ economy.

By Eric Crampton | 27th March, 2018

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The Spinoff

Eric Crampton

Why it’s so hard to launch a new supermarket in New Zealand

A crisis budget. A debt budget. And a budget on which our recovery depends

How well is a school really performing? We built a lab to find out

The parliamentary budget office should be just the beginning

The rot at treasury started years ago

How an OIA laid bare the pork barrel shambles that is Shane Jones’ provincial growth fund

How to solve housing affordability in New Zealand? Look to the United States

Why the ban on foreign homebuyers is so very dumb

The foreign buyer ban is an abomination. Bad in principle, worse in practice

Give us our red socks, and $212m public money, for the 2021 Economist’s Cup

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