The Long Term View. Patricia Scott Commissioner, Productivity Commission
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1 The Long Term View Patricia Scott Commissioner, Productivity Commission Melbourne Institute Economic and Social Outlook Conference 2 nd November 2012 Productivity Commission
2 What is the Productivity Commission? Government s principal review and advisory body on microeconomic policy reform and regulation Adopts an economy-wide approach Productivity Commission 2
3 Production cost as a percentage of minimum production cost Industries Assistance Commission graph Manufacturing at Below Optimal Scale units Australian top selling vehicle Compact 150 Mini Output per annum Adapted from IAC, Report No. 267, 1981 Productivity Commission 3
4 Car assistance making headlines Source: Australian Financial Review, 2012 Productivity Commission 4
5 Car assistance vs. steel assistance Source: Kretser D, 2012, Car industry slams steel protection plan Australian Financial Review, October , pp 1. Productivity Commission 5
6 Effective rates of protection for the textiles, clothing and footwear sector % 1960s s s 157 Productivity Commission 6
7 Unilateral action to increase competition % tariff cut across the board Most tariffs reduced to 15%, auto quotas abolished general level of assistance to be reduced to 5% by 1996 Phased reductions for PMV tariffs from 35% TCF Tariff reductions to 25% by the year TCF quotas abolished PMV and TCF highest tariffs 10% and 17.5% PMV top tariff reduced to 5% - TCF top tariff reduced to 10% TCF tariffs to be reduced to 5%. Productivity Commission 7
8 Complementary Structural Reforms Floating exchange rate (December 1983) Capital market liberalisation (1983+) Pro-competitive infrastructure reforms (mid- 90s+) Improved labour market flexibility (mid-80s+) A coordinated National Competition Policy (1995+). Productivity Commission 8
9 Per cent Effective assistance rates for cars and clothing Textiles, clothing and footwear Motor vehicles and parts Productivity Commission 9
10 Per cent A more open economy (falling protection, rising trade intensity) Manufacturing ERA (LHS) Trade intensity (X+M)/GDP (RHS) - CVM Productivity Commission 10
11 Per cent Per cent Falling assistance and unemployment Manufacturing ERA (LHS) Agriculture ERA (LHS) Unemployment rate (RHS) Productivity Commission 11
12 Productivity and innovation uplift Average multi factor productivity growth to to to to to to Productivity Commission 12
13 Reform improved Australia s relative economic performance Reform imperative remains Australia's economic ranking (GDP per Capita, in 1990 ppp, 23 OECD countries) Australia ranked 4 th in 1950 Australia ranked 14 th in 1983 Domestic Australia ranked 4 th in 2011 Australia ranked 7 th in Ageing population Term of trade Growing demands for government funded services Source: The Conference Board Total Economy Database, January 2012, Productivity Commission 13
14 Proportion of total assistance A change in the types of measured assistance Output assistance (mainly tariffs) Input penalties (mainly tariffs) Assistance to value adding factors (R&D, etc) Productivity Commission 14
15 Proportion of Total Assistance A change in the types of measured assistance to the manufacturing sector Output assistance (mainly tariffs) Assistance to value adding factors (R&D, etc) Input penalties (mainly tariffs) Productivity Commission 15
16 Total measured assistance Total measured assistance at the Commonwealth level is $17.7 billion per annum but this is the quantifiable amount Estimated assistance at the State level is $4 billion per annum (only what can be measured) A lot of assistance is not measured Productivity Commission 16
17 Types of assistance not estimated Quarantine restrictions that may provide assistance Government purchasing preferences and local content arrangements Regulatory restrictions on competition pharmacy, air services, importation of books and media and broadcasting Anti-dumping and countervailing measures Certain differential tax rates Certain State and Territory government support to industry Government programs and tax concessions affecting professional sport and the arts Government programs affecting the labour market Resource access arrangements including to mining, forestry and fisheries. Productivity Commission 17
18 Hiding a deeper story Broad industry groupings conveys assistance rate at 2 4% Film industry assistance estimates 12% Latest X-Men movie assistance 30% Many grant programs provide for 50/50 or 3:1 government/business funding Car industry assistance of $2 billion per annum with each job saved costing $300,000 annually (2008). Productivity Commission 18
19 Assistance can be in Australia s interest.. when it is subject to a net benefits test The key efficiency rationale for assistance is market failure: spillovers, public goods, information deficiencies and asymmetry, natural monopolies. Productivity Commission 19
20 A recent analysis quantitative modelling of trade-policy options Liberalization scenarios considered Preferential bi-lateral, Unilateral action, APEC-style, Global action Simulation: tariffs to zero GDP-Australia Share of potential world gain Per cent change T1. Australia-small country a Per cent T2. Australia-large country T3. Australia unilateral T4. Stylised APEC T5. World Source: GTAP model simulations (PC, 2010) Productivity Commission 20
21 Looking forward Industry assistance has moved towards market failures but there are still some standouts The long term fundamentals for an industry are rarely changed by assistance Largest gains occur when markets are flexible Policies that facilitate easier adjustment are more beneficial than policies that resist change Opportunities for further gains are within our reach Gains will be necessary to close the gap between expectations of government and capacity to fund Lowering counter-productive assistance could go to fund necessary services. Productivity Commission 21
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