Presented at the Second Annual New Zealand Regulatory Evolution Summit held in Wellington on 20 May 2008 Bronwyn Howell answers the questions: What is the objective of regulation? What is competition? What is regulated competition and its effects on economy?

Bronwyn Howell was recently invited to participate in an experts forum on Telecommunications Open Access Regulation by the OECD and African Development Bank.Whilst the experts were encouraged generally by the discussion each was asked to prepare material relating to specific issues. Bronwyn was...

In most OECD countries dial up internet accounts have typically been offered under two-part tariffs where connection and usage are charged separately. By contrast broadband accounts are typically offered under flat-rate tariffs. As consumers purchase internet accounts based upon their combined...

In January 2010 the New Zealand Government introduced a continuous disclosure regime for State-Owned Enterprises (SOEs) modelled on the regime applying to publicly-listed companies (PLCs). The government sees continuous disclosure increasing the transparency of SOEs and that this will lead to...

Economic and policy literature on the vertical separation of incumbent telecommunications providers indicates that costs and risks of separation are high and benefits hard to identify. Thus providers should only be vertically separated when there is a proven risk of discrimination all other...

This paper adopts a productivity-based approach to assess the state of the New Zealand broadband market. This approach presumes that broadband penetration is a proxy for the ultimate objective of increased economic and social benefit which can be measured as increases in productivity. The state...

Bronwyn Howell presented Submission: Telecommunications Amendment Bill to the Finance and Expenditure Select Committee in September.

In 2002 New Zealand's government-funded primary health care payments were changed from a fee-for-service basis to a capitation basis as part of a change towards a population-based managed care style of primary health care provision. However some specific differences characterise the New Zealand...

Carolyn Cordery presented this paper (co-authored with Bronwyn Howell) at the NZ Association for the study of Cooperatives & Mutuals conference held in Wellington 21-22 June 2012.