1. Gold and the world economy: overview / Moonjoong Tcha -- 2. Western Australian mineral commodity outlook: gold / Chris Wiggins -- 3. Gold as a commitment mechanism: past, present and future / Michael D. Bordo -- 4. The misuse of central bank gold holdings / Ernst Juerg Weber -- 5. International barriers to gold trade / Chris Allen, Taron Brearley, Antony Clarke, Julie Harman and Peter Berry -- 6. The price of gold and the exchange rate / Larry A. Sjaastad and Fabio Scacciavillani -- 7. The determinants of gold price exposure: an Australian Study / Izan H. Y. Izan and Jeffrey Wong -- 8. Output response to gold prices: more evidence for South Africa / Duane Rockerbie -- 9. Gold production in Western Australia: an econometric analysis / Saroja Selvanathan and Eliyathamby A. Selvanathan -- 10. An analysis of the implications for the gold mining industry of alternative tax policies: a regional disaggregated model for Australia / Andrew Feltenstein.