Electricity is a non-storable commodity frequently traded in complex markets characterized by oligopolistic structures and uniform-price auctions. These particularities confer to electricity prices idiosyncratic patterns not addressed by the usual commodity pricing literature. This paper allows...

With the exception of the introduction of experience-rated premiums the incorporation of the term "insurance" in the title of the 1992 legislation and the short-lived reforms to the structure of workplace accident compensation in 1998 New Zealand's accident compensation scheme has continued to...

This paper examines the effects that the private selection of arbitrators have over arbitrators' incentives in deciding the cases before them over the arbitrators' implied bias. These effects have important implications for the design of Arbitration rules by Arbitration and Dispute Resolution...

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.