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.
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Business Land Needs
Analysis of future business land requirements in Warkworth, including advice on strategic land-use issues.
Competition law principles for telecommunications and broadcasting
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
Primary research and econometric modelling of willingness to pay for enhanced broadband services by households and firms in the Auckland region.
Economic impact of retail development
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
Economic advice on competition issues arising from the setting of interchange fees in open (four-party) credit card networks.
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 carpet industry
Review of the competition implications of a proposed merger in the carpet manufacturing sector.