One Final Effort is an economics blog dedicated to investigating, and collating evidence on, regulatory barriers to economic opportunity.

Matthew Maltman is a economist from Western Australia, now based in Sydney. He is a Research Economist at the e61 institute, and is formerly of the Australian Productivity Commission. The views expressed here are his own, and not reflective of any organisation or employer.

He can be reached on twitter @1finaleffort, or by emailing onefinaleffortblog@gmail.com.

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Current Working Papers:

Going it Alone: The Impact of Upzoning on Housing Construction in Lower Hutt (2024), with Ryan Greenaway-McGrevy

Peverse Policy Incentives and Deteriorating Economic Outcomes (2024), with Christopher Parsons.