The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) hosted a conference on key regulatory issues of national significance, focussing on Regulating for Efficiency and Competition, on the 25th and 26th July 2002 at the Manly Pacific Parkroyal in Sydney NSW. The conference featureed international and local speakers representing industry, consumers, academia, consulting firms and government.
The Conference presented the views of a range of experts in regulatory design and evaluation, and considered trends in regulatory practice in Australia, the United States, Europe and elsewhere.
International Speakers included:
Professor Sanford Berg, Director, Public Utility Research Centre, University of Florida
Professor Frank Wolak, Stanford University
Dr Bill Tye, Consultant, The Brattle Group, Boston
Dr Jonathan Levy, Deputy Chief Economist, The Federal Communications Commission (FCC), Washington DC
Mr Bob Cotterill, Director, Economic Policy and Regulation Civil Aviation Authority, United Kingdom
Topics discussed included:
The Paradox of Competition and Regulation
Competitive Neutrality: Regulating Interconnection Disputes in the transition to Competition
Institutional Requirements for Second-Generation Regulatory Reforms
Electricity: Measuring and Mitigating Market Power in Electricity Markets
Airports: Competition and Regulation for Airports
Gas: Regulating Greenfield Pipelines
Telecommunications: Leveraging Market Power? Premium Pay TV Content & Interactive Television Services
Australia’s Productivity Surge: An Outcome of Microeconomic Reforms?
