Working paper series

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...

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...

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...

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 ...

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...

This working paper reviews five alternative benchmarking methods – namely partial performance indicators, index-number-based total factor productivity analysis, econometric method, stochastic fro...

This paper reviews the allocation of costs between government and users in the regulation of wholesale water service providers in New South Wales