This paper develops and utilizes a firm-based methodology for evaluating the direct employment effects of industrial financial assistance. This approach is applied to a micro data set containing details of assistance payments made to firms in northeastern of England under regional policy, by...

This paper investigates the evolution of electricity prices for domestic customers in the UK following the introduction of competition. The empirical analysis is based on a panel data set containing detailed information about electricity supply prices over the period 1999 to 2006. The analysis...