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Quantitative analysis – quality assured?

James Key | Bob Bartels | Dinesh Kumareswaran
11 December 2017

This bulletin from Frontier Economics looks at econometrics and discusses some examples of when econometric modelling goes awry.

2017 | Bulletins | Competition | Dispute Support | Econometrics | Energy | Public Policy | Regulation
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Ride sharing and public transportation – the next big disruption

Anna Wilson | James Key
27 November 2017

As the public increasingly embraces ride sharing, the discussion has extended from the implications for the taxi industry to the potential for it to also disrupt public transport. This bulletin [...]

2017 | Bulletins | Competition | Public Policy | Transport
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Easy Target

Danny Price | Matt Harris
15 February 2017

We project that Australia will comfortably meet its 2030 28% emissions target for the electricity sector due to existing and announced policies supporting energy efficiency, renewables and [...]

2017 | Bulletins | Climate Change | Energy | Resources
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Is that a fact?

Philip Williams
22 December 2016

A recent decision by The Australian Competition Tribunal brings into sharp focus a difference between economists and the courts in their approach to facts. The decision is Application by Sea [...]

2016 | Bulletins | Competition | Dispute Support
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Value capture: bypassing the infrastructure impasse?

Anna Wilson | Warwick Davis
25 November 2016

Australia needs at least $300 billion, and up to $700 billion, spent on infrastructure over the short to medium term if it is to maintain and improve its productivity and liveability [1].

2016 | Bulletins | Public Policy | Transport
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Fixing Competition Policy?

Philip Williams
7 July 2016

Earlier this year, a joint media release by the Australian Treasurer (Scott Morrison), Prime Minister (Malcolm Turnbull) and the Minister for Small Business (Kelly O’Dwyer) was headed “Fixing [...]

2016 | Bulletins | Competition
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Once Bitten Twice Shy

Dinesh Kumareswaran | Stephen Gray
11 May 2016

A recent judgment by the Australian Competition Tribunal leaves it open to the Australian Energy Regulator (AER) to consider whether it would be in the long-term interests of consumers of [...]

2016 | Bulletins | Energy | Regulation | Water
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Unappealing Prospects

Dinesh Kumareswaran | Danny Price
29 March 2016

The Australian Competition Tribunal’s recent judgment found in favour of the businesses that sought merits review of the Australian Energy Regulator’s revenue determinations, on most of the [...]

2016 | Bulletins | Public Policy | Transport
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Levelling Up

Warwick Davis
29 October 2015

In an earlier bulletin, Uber Regulated? we examined the case for regulating so-called “sharing economy” services, like Uber and Airbnb. In this companion piece, we discuss why it is important to [...]

2015 | Bulletins | Public Policy | Regulation | Transport
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Expecting The Unexpected: The Challenges Of Traffic Forecasting

Anna Wilson | Warwick Davis
30 August 2014

Inaccurate traffic forecasts are not a recent phenomenon. However, these inaccuracies are increasingly being exposed as a result of the greater involvement of the private sector in road development.

2014 | Bulletins | Contract Design | Market Design | Transport
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Uber Regulated?

Anna Wilson | Warwick Davis
4 July 2014

How We Should Regulate ‘Smartphone’ Taxi Apps. The emergence of smartphone-based apps to order and pay for taxis could revolutionise how these markets work – and reduce the need for onerous regulation.

2014 | Bulletins | Public Policy | Regulation | Transport
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Thinking outside the box: calculating damages

Philip Williams
29 June 2014

Explicit agreements among competitors that fix prices are illegal – and for good reason. If the collusion is successful, prices will be higher and output lower. But cartels are not always very [...]

2014 | Bulletins | Competition | Dispute Support | Econometrics
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Against the odds?

Frontier Economics
19 June 2014

As excitement over the 2014 World Cup finals in Brazil mounts, Frontier’s economists have been getting into the party spirit in the way that only economists can: by collecting data.

2014 | Bulletins | Corporate Finance | Econometrics
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Pray For Rain: ACCC’s Loss Capitalisation Model

Mike Woolston
5 May 2014

A fundamental objective of economic regulation is to ensure a regulated firm has a reasonable opportunity to recover its efficiently-incurred costs. Without this opportunity, such a firm will no [...]

2014 | Bulletins | Regulation | Water
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Naughty Or Nice – Frontier Christmas Bulletin 2013

Frontier Economics
23 December 2013

Christmas is a time for family, food and – of course – presents. But rumour has it that the best presents only go to the “nice” kids, with “naughty” ones finding nothing more than a lump of coal [...]

2013 | Bulletins | Econometrics | Retail and Consumer
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Strangely Irresistable

Frontier Economics
23 September 2013

Most people have bought products on an impulse that they did not need – the new gadgets in the kitchen cupboards, the exercise equipment in the garage or the unworn clothes in the wardrobe. Often [...]

2013 | Behavioural Economics | Bulletins | Retail and Consumer | Strategy
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The Invisible Handout – Frontier Christmas Bulletin 2012

Frontier Economics
20 December 2012

Every Christmas, children receive free goods via a supply chain that winds through their chimney and ends up under a tree. It seems simple and efficient: few customers question the quality of [...]

2012 | Behavioural Economics | Bulletins | Competition | Retail and Consumer | Strategy
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Measure for measure

Dave Appels
8 August 2012

Do estimates of virtual water and food miles really help consumers to make environmentally friendly choices?

2012 | Bulletins | Climate Change | Public Policy | Resources | Water
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Starting Over

Warwick Davis
17 May 2012

The rise of the internet has drastically reduced the costs of media production and paved the way for the entry of new firms into a traditionally highly concentrated industry.

2012 | Bulletins | Competition | Media | Strategy | Telecoms
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Constructive Criticism

Anna Wilson | Warwick Davis
4 April 2012

Making negotiations between airports and airlines work. Australia, New Zealand and the UK have adopted different approaches to regulating airports. However, all place some reliance on direct [...]

2012 | Bulletins | Competition | Regulation | Transport
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Present Values

Danny Price
25 December 2011

It’s easier to think of economists as the prophets of trading doom than as Santa’s little helpers – too busy telling everybody what’s happening to productivity, energy demand and like-for-like [...]

2011 | Behavioural Economics | Bulletins | Retail and Consumer
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Google it

Warwick Davis
16 November 2011

Google Inc’s recently proposed acquisition of Motorola Mobility Holdings Inc raises some important economic issues about the merits or otherwise of vertical integration between device, platform [...]

2011 | Bulletins | Competition | Media | Strategy | Telecoms
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Where Convergence Exposes Divergence

Danny Price
6 April 2011

Communications, media and entertainment services are converging fast, with the digitisation of content and the emergence of new delivery platforms transforming consumer choices and shifting [...]

2011 | Bulletins | Competition | Media | Telecoms
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Green is good, but at what cost?

Matt Harris | Danny Price
3 April 2011

On Monday 28 February 2011, the Climate Institute, an Australian interest group, released a study that claims that a 25% reduction on 2000 level greenhouse gas emissions by 2020 would be positive [...]

2011 | Bulletins | Climate Change | Energy | Public Policy
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What’s The Cost Of Carbon Uncertainty?

Danny Price
8 November 2010

Some studies and commentary have recently raised the issue of carbon certainty for the electricity sector. The uncertainty regarding whether a carbon price will be introduced in Australia means [...]

2010 | Bulletins | Climate Change | Energy | Public Policy
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Keep ’Em Un-Coordinated

Philip Williams
19 October 2010

The ACCC has been placing increased emphasis on the possibility of ‘coordinated effects’ as a reason for deciding to oppose mergers between firms. While concerns about mergers resulting in [...]

2010 | Bulletins | Competition
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Third Time Lucky

Warwick Davis
17 September 2010

The Minister for Communications and Technology in New Zealand has finally accepted a recommendation from the New Zealand Commerce Commission (NZCC) to regulate mobile termination rates (MTRs). [...]

2010 | Bulletins | Regulation | Telecoms
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The Times, They’re A Changin’

Matt Harris
11 August 2010

Adaptation in climate policy is about reducing the harm, or seizing the opportunities, caused by climate change. Unlike mitigation, which focuses on the reduction of greenhouse emissions, [...]

2010 | Bulletins | Climate Change | Public Policy
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Not Patently Obvious

Philip Williams
30 June 2010

Many holders of patents (and some intellectual property lawyers) do not realise that the exercise of patent rights is constrained by the provisions of the Australian Trade Practices Act 1974.

2010 | Bulletins | Competition | Dispute Support | Intellectual Property
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Pricing It So They Shall Come

Warwick Davis
21 August 2009

The Australian Government has commenced the roll-out of a national wholesale-only high-speed broadband access network, and is considering the regulatory arrangements that should apply to this network.

2009 | Bulletins | Competition | Regulation | Telecoms
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