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Working papers are intended to disseminate the results of current research by ACCC staff and consultants in order to facilitate discussion and comment.


This paper provides an overview of historical developments as well as an outline of the current form of economic regulation for telecommunication, posts, airports, energy, rail, ports, shipping, wa...
Published: 16th July 2009. Electronic: free.
This working paper aims to provide a comprehensive coverage of the issues that can arise, and the methods that can be used, in conducting ex post evaluations of competition, institutional and regul...
Published: 20th August 2010. Electronic: free.
This paper summarises what Dr Darryl Biggar considers to be the fifty most important papers in the field in regulatory economics. An attempt is made to put the paper in its historical context, to e...
Published: 10th May 2011. Electronic: free.
This paper outlines the concerns and issues that have been raised about public utility regulation in Australia, steps back to look at the rationale for regulation, offers a different rationale and ...
Published: 15th August 2011. Electronic: free.
This paper is, in part, a reference document  to provide background material to researchers from the public and private sectors.  Each chapter provides context about regulatory frameworks...
Published: 2nd December 2011. Electronic: free.
This working paper reviews five alternative benchmarking methods – namely partial performance indicators, index-number-based total factor productivity analysis, econometric method, stochastic fro...
Published: 25th May 2012. Electronic: free.
This paper reviews the allocation of costs between government and users in the regulation of wholesale water service providers in New South Wales
Published: 13th September 2012.
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