Steven Bond-Smith Economist, UHERO

What I work on

Bankwest Curtin Economics Centre Publications

Reports written between 2016 and 2021 at the Bankwest Curtin Economics Centre in Perth, on the Western Australian economy and on Australian industry, innovation, and higher education.

Publications on this theme are listed below. A full list of authored reports written for governments and other public audiences is on the reports page.

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Focus on Industry

  1. BCEC Focus on Industry Series, No. 5 cover

    Green shoots: Opportunities to grow a sustainable WA economy

    Bond-Smith, S., Cassells, R., Duncan, A., Mavisakalyan, A., Salazar, S., Sandoval-Guzman, M., Seymour, R., and Twomey, C.

    BCEC Focus on Industry Series, No. 5, 2020

    Published version

  2. BCEC Focus on Industry Series, No. 4 cover

    Future-proofing the WA economy: A roadmap to industrial diversification and regional growth

    Bond-Smith, S., Dockery, A.M., Duncan, A., Kiely, D., and Salazar, S.

    BCEC Focus on Industry Series, No. 4, 2019

    Project leader.

    Published version

    In the pressMandurah Mail, The Fifth Estate, Sydney Morning Herald, nationaltribune.com.au

  3. BCEC Focus on Industry Series, No. 3 cover

    To health and happiness: WA's health industry future

    Bond-Smith, S., Duncan, A., Mavisakalyan, A., Seymour, R., and Tarverdi, Y.

    BCEC Focus on Industry Series, No. 3, 2018

    Published version

  4. BCEC Focus on Industry Series, No. 1 cover

    From paddock to plate: WA's potential in agriculture and agribusiness

    Bond-Smith, S., Duncan, A., Nguyen, H., Kiely, D., and Leong, K.

    BCEC Focus on Industry Series, No. 1, 2016

    Published version

Focus on WA

  1. BCEC Focus on Western Australia Series, No. 11 cover

    Falling through the net: The digital divide in Western Australia

    Bond-Smith, S., Duncan, A., Kiely, D., and Salazar, S.

    BCEC Focus on Western Australia Series, No. 11, 2018

    Published version

  2. BCEC Focus on Western Australia Series, No. 9 cover

    The engine room for growth? The role, performance and future prospects of small business in Western Australia

    Bond-Smith, S., Duncan, A., Kiely, D., Leong, K., Nguyen, H., and Ong, R.

    BCEC Focus on Western Australia Series, No. 9, 2017

    Published version

Focus on the States

  1. BCEC Focus on the States Series, No. 4 cover

    Positioned for an ideas boom? Productivity and innovation in Australia

    Bond-Smith, S., Cassells, R., Duncan, A., Kiely, D., and Tarverdi, Y.

    BCEC Focus on the States Series, No. 4, 2016

    Published version

Quarterly Economic Commentary

  1. BCEC Quarterly Economic Commentary cover

    BCEC Quarterly Economic Commentary, Issue 13

    Bond-Smith, S., Cassells, R., Duncan, A., and Salazar, S.

    BCEC Quarterly Economic Commentary, 2021

    Published version

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    BCEC Quarterly Economic Commentary, Issue 12

    Bond-Smith, S., Cassells, R., and Salazar, S.

    BCEC Quarterly Economic Commentary, 2021

    Published version

Research briefs

  1. BCEC Research Brief cover

    Agriculture in WA: Update

    Bond-Smith, S., Kiely, D., and Salazar, S.

    BCEC Research Brief, 2020

    Published version

  2. BCEC Research Brief, COVID-19 Insights, No. 8 cover

    Analysis of costs and savings of reforms to higher education

    Bond-Smith, S. and Cassells, R.

    BCEC Research Brief, COVID-19 Insights, No. 8, 2020

    Published version

    In the pressYahoo! Finance Australia, studyinternational.com, The Mandarin, studyinternational.com, The New Daily