While the Cartwright Duffy and Cull inquiries investigated in some detail the health system processes that led to the specific instances of malpractice that prejudiced the health states of the main 'whistleblowers' a key element of these processes - the design incentives and monitoring of the...

The current mobile ecosystem is best understood in terms of a monopolistic competition model characterised by heterogeneous producers providing a range of differentiated products for consumers with heterogeneous preferences. Product differentiation offers producers some market power ultimately...

Eliciting generation investment by decentralized profit-seeking private investors is a key goal of electricity liberalization. Debate rages regarding the ability of energy-only electricity markets to ensure that such investors provide generation investment as and when needed to ensure "the...

Slide presentation by Lewis Evans to LEANZ members in Auckland on Monday evening 26 September 2011.

We analyze the optimal hedging policy of a firm that has flexibility in the timing of investment. Conventional wisdom suggests that hedging adds value by alleviating the underinvestment problem associated with capital market frictions. However our model shows that hedging also adds value by...

This seminar will update developments on changes to Part 4A of the Commerce Act as outlined in the Commerce Amendment Bill 2008. Topics will include: (1) purpose statements (2) thresholds/default price-quality paths and problems in transition (3) the scope and meaning of input methodologies (4)...

Most OECD countries support the arts with a broad range of tax incentives. The primary incentives provided in New Zealand are direct subsidies to traditional art forms such as the ballet and the symphony orchestra; tax credits for donations to certain not-for-profit organisations which may...

Bronwyn Howell General Manager ISCR presented Diverse Dimensions of the 'Digital Divide': Perspectives from New Zealand at the session "Digital Divde in Asia-Pacific" at the Keio University Global COE Programme Conference on Designing Governance for Civil Society Tokyo on 5 February 2012.Click...

This article can be found at: The Berkeley Electronic Press Using some unique data from the New Zealand academic system this paper examines the relationship between worker quality and labour market value in a remuneration system that ignores opportunity cost differences. Based on a research...

While governments the world over have been debating with how much vigour to pursue foreign investment projects the New Zealand government has recently indicated a reduced appetite for this activity. It has maintained even strengthened its commitment to subsidize screen production projects coming...