John Small
John applies the tools and techniques of economics to issues at the boundary between public policy and private business, and on either side of that boundary.
He has worked in all major network industries, in banking and finance, agriculture, food processing, and on regional economic development. He is particularly interested in competition, regulation, market risk assessment, efficient contracting, and start-up businesses.
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Recent Work
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.
Input methodologies for regulation
Peer review of a discussion paper setting out the Commission's views on input methodologies pursuant to the 2008 amendment to Part 4 of the Commerce Act.
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.
The composition and scale of Auckland’s economy
Analysis of the population, the industrial structure, economic outcomes for Aucklanders, and the economic links between Auckland and other places.
Valuing the right to broadcast music
Expert testimony on the economic valuation of rights to broadcast music, before the Copyright Tribunal.