ECONOMICS
REGULATION
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Competition Major Publications:
Inquiry into the National Access Regime
February 2013
Submission to the Productivity Commission Inquiry into the National Access Regime
The Adverse Effects of Government Actions Against Cartels
January 2009
Government intervention against cartels is seldom effective and sometimes counterproductive. Competitive firms may conspire to push up prices and profits, but this is difficult to achieve for a lengthy period of time. Firms have different costs, market prospects and objectives and price or market share agreements break down because of:
A new single desk for Western Australia?
July 2008
Submission to the ACCC interested party consultation in relation to Cooperative Bulk Handling Limited (CBH) exclusive dealing Notification N93439
Competition and the cartel crusade
IPA Review, January 2008
Many high profile businesses were ludicrously targeted by anti-trust laws, in the light of their obvious lack of market power.
Is There Market Power in Australian Electricity Generation?
Address to the ACCC 2004 Regulatory Conference 29 July 2004
How the Deities Approached Monopoly
Review of National Competition Policy Reforms
2004
Submission to the Productivity Commission’s Review of National Competition Policy Reforms
Market Contestability
Address to the Conference Competition & Regulation in the Energy Industry 15 March 2002
Opening up electricity and gas markets to competition forces retailers to seek better ways of meeting the needs of customers more cheaply and ensures that cross subsidies are made known.
Review of the National Access Regime
Inquiry by the Productivity Commission into the operation of Clause 6 of the Competition Principles Agreement and Part IIIA of the Trade Practices Act 1974