This paper outlines the key distinguishing features of light- and heavy-handed regulation. It Provides an analysis of the importance of informational issues for the conduct of commerce Provides an analysis of informational issues for the design and operation of incentive regulation Uses...

Presentation by Richard Meade to the AARES 53rd Annual Conference held 10-13 February 2009 in Cairns Australia.Forest and Forest Land Valuation - How to Value Forests and Forest Land to Include Carbon Costs and Benefits.

Neil Quigley presented Governance and Regulatory Decision-Making at the Commerce Commission at the Contemporary Issues in Regulatory Theory and Practice half day workshop held in Wellington in March 2005.

The conversion of forest land into dairy farms has recently increased worsening New Zealand's greenhouse gas emissions under the Kyoto Protocol. Climate change policies can affect both forest value and optimal forest management as they relate to and affect future decisions regarding the...

This paper examines the success and failure of a once pre-eminent New Zealand charity - the Council of Organisations for Relief Service Overseas (CORSO). Delivering aid for government was a factor in its success in its early years as was its broad membership base. Voluntary failure occurred when...

Bronwyn Howell presented A Pendulous Progression: New Zealand Telecommunications Regulation 1987-2007 at FICORA (Finnish Communications Regulatory Authority) in June 2007.

Dr Stephen Knowles presented The Burden of Small Business Compliance Costs: Perception or Reality in Wellington in June 2004.

The ACC is currently funded on a pay-as-you-go (pay-go) basis. This means that levies on participants in the scheme cover only its current period operating costs. In the past these costs have been lower than the amount required to fully fund the cost of the new claims being added to the ACC each...

Competition policy is typically intended to protect competition where workable competition is possible. Conversely regulation can either preclude competition or can act as a substitute for competition when workable competition is impossible. Both types of policy can have a significant impact on...

Bronwyn Howell presented 'The Antipodean Approach: Government Funded Ultra-Fast Broadband Networks' at the PTC Conference, Honolulu January 2012.