The ACCC/AER Regulatory Conference, entitled 'Regulating for the Future', was held on Thursday 28 and Friday 29 July at the Sofitel Hotel, Brisbane, Queensland.
Papers and slides for the conference are attached below.
International speakers included:
Stephen Littlechild, Fellow, Judge Business School, University of Cambridge
Professor David Newbery, Director of Research, Electricity Policy, Research Group, Faculty of Economics, Cambridge University
Dr Bill Tye, Senior Advisor, The Brattle Group, Washington DC
Professor George Yarrow, Director, Regulatory Policy Institute, Oxford
Professor John Mayo, Professor of Economics, Business and Public Policy, McDonough School of Business, Georgetown University
Dr Cento Veljanovski, Managing Partner, Case Associates and Adjunct Senior Research Fellow, Centre for Market and Regulatory Analyses, University of South Australia
Professor Richard Green, Director, Institute for Energy Research and Policy, University of Birmingham
Professor Eli Noam, Professor of Finance and Economics, Columbia Business School and Director Columbia Institute for Tele-Information
Professor Hans-Martin Niemeier, Institute of Transport Development, Bremen University of Applied Sciences
Professor Ravi Jagannathan, Chicago Mercantile Exchange / John F Sandner Professor of Finance and Co-Director, Financial Institution and Market Research
Dr Toby Brown, The Brattle Group, San Francisco
Topics discussed included:
Is 'Cost-Of-Service Plus Incentives' the Optimal Form of Regulation?
The Evolution of Regulation: Past and Future
Improving the Practice of Regulation in Australia
Energy - Achieving a Low-Carbon Future
Communication - Regulation '3.0'
Water - Development of Rural Water Markets in Australia
Transport - What Can We Learn from the International Experience of Airport Regulation?
Finance - Does the Market Risk Premium Change Over Time?
Legal - Trends in Regulatory Decisions
Papers / Presentations for the 2011 Regulatory Conference
Dr Cento Veljanovski, Managing Partner, Case Associates and Adjunct Senior Research Fellow, Centre for Market and Regulatory Analyses, University of South Australia
Stephen Littlechild, Fellow, Judge Business School, University of Cambridge. These papers will be in the forthcoming journal of Air Transport Management.
Professor Ravi Jagannathan, Chicago Mercantile Exchange / John F Sandner Professor of Finance and Co-Director, Financial Institution and Market Research
