Alexia Beer

Alexia has ten years’ professional experience as an economist and lawyer in the fields of competition and regulation, public policy, telecommunications and resource management. She is an experienced analyst and project manager and is skilled at presenting complex economic information in a user-friendly way.

Much of Alexia’s work arises at the interface between law and economics. Her consulting work includes the analysis of competitive dynamics within markets, evaluation of public investment programmes, and economic assessments informing land-use decisions. Most recently, she has been advising governments in the Asia-Pacific region regarding the design of regulatory and policy instruments governing the telecommunications sector.

Recent Work

Business Land Needs

Rodney District Council

Analysis of future business land requirements in Warkworth, including advice on strategic land-use issues.

Competition law principles for telecommunications and broadcasting

Macao Telecommunications Regulator (DSRT)

Review of the telecommunications and broadcasting industries in Macao, and development of principles to guide drafting of competition law for these sectors.

Demand for high-speed broadband in Auckland

Auckland Regional Broadband Authority

Primary research and econometric modelling of willingness to pay for enhanced broadband services by households and firms in the Auckland region.

Open Access Broadband in Auckland.pdf

Economic impact of retail development

Chaffers Properties

Analysis of the impact of a proposed development at Takapu Island in the Wellington region on the viability of nearby centres.

Interchange fee setting and other credit card network rules

Cards NZ Ltd

Economic advice on competition issues arising from the setting of interchange fees in open (four-party) credit card networks.

Liberalisation of telecommunications in Vanuatu

Government of 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 carpet industry

Minter Ellison Rudd Watts

Review of the competition implications of a proposed merger in the carpet manufacturing sector.