Competition Major Publications:

Submission to the Productivity Commission Inquiry into the National Access Regime

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:

Submission to the ACCC interested party consultation in relation to Cooperative Bulk Handling Limited (CBH) exclusive dealing Notification N93439

Many high profile businesses were ludicrously targeted by anti-trust laws, in the light of their obvious lack of market power.

How the Deities Approached Monopoly

Submission to the Productivity Commission’s Review of National Competition Policy Reforms

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.

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

Competition and Regulation

Address to Industry Economics Conference 1999

Vigorous competition delivers increased efficiency, more jobs and the higher living standards to which most of us aspire. Competition policy works in tandem with secure property rights in bringing about these benefits.