public policy
We analyse and design policy for central and local government. This includes market and competition analysis, defining intervention rationales, cost benefit and economic impact analysis, forecasting with- and without-policy scenarios, and design of strategies and policy instruments.
Competition between supermarkets
Expert testimony on economic issues arising from a proposal for a new Pak'nSave supermarket at Wairau Rd on Auckland's North Shore, before the Environment Court.
Competitive effects of a vertical merger
Expert testimony on the competitive impact of a proposed vertical merger in the Victorian electricity industry, before the Federal Court in Melbourne.
Cost benefit analysis of recycling
Analysis of the costs and benefits of improving levels of recycling for a wide spectrum of household and industrial wastes.
Cost-benefit analysis training
Two-day short course on economic issues in cost-benefit analysis.
Credit contracts and Consumer Finance Act
Advice on the application of the Credit Contracts and Consumer Finance Act to certain bank fees and charges.
Design of fuel rationing system
Design of a fuel rationing system to be used in an oil or petroleum fuel supply emergency.
Economic development of the Auckland region
Review of the Auckland Regional Economic Development Strategy (AREDS) and the Metro Project Action Plan in light of economic and governance changes.
Emissions trading system design
Assisted in the design of the emissions trading system (ETS) including membership of the Emissions Trading Group and advice to the Technical Advisory Groups on Stationary Energy, Industrial Processes, and on Agriculture. The work included overall system design, impacts on emissions-intensive firms and design and implementation of the allocation system.
Liberalisation of telecommunications in Vanuatu
Negotiation of an early end to the monopoly telecommunications franchise including compensation modelling. Provision of complete regulatory service for first 18 months of the new competitive regime, including design and implementation of universal access policy.
Merger analysis in the waste industry
Detailed empirical modelling of the cost and demand for different forms of waste collection in cities of varying sizes, including modelling economies of route density.
Mobile termination
Provided expert advice and analysis on economic, competitive and regulatory issues relating to termination of calls on mobile networks.
Shaping affordable housing policy
We provided economic evidence on Queenstown’s proposal to include affordable housing provisions in its district plan.