The ACCC Regulatory Conference Regulating for Efficiency and Competition was held on the Thursday 25 and Friday 26 July 2002 at the Manly Pacific Parkroyal in Sydney NSW. 

Conference papers and presentation slides

Session Presentations
Session 1: The paradox of competition and regulation

Professor Allan Fels, AO - opening address ( PDF 53.64 KB )

Professor Frank Wolak - slides ( PDF 265.77 KB )

Session 2: Competitive Neutrality: Regulating Interconnection Disputes in the transition to Competition

Dr Bill Tye - paper ( PDF 134.56 KB )

Professor Christopher Findlay - slides ( PDF 16.5 KB )

Mr Henry Ergas - paper ( PDF 26.27 KB )

Session 3: Institutional Requirements for Second-Generation Regulatory Reforms

Professor Sanford Berg - paper ( PDF 50.91 KB )

Mr David Havyatt - paper ( PDF 13.98 KB )

Session 4: Airports: Competition and Regulation for Airports

Mr Bob Cotterill - paper ( PDF 47.63 KB )

Mr Luke Woodward - paper ( PDF 49.78 KB )

Session 4: Electricity: Measuring and Mitigating Market Power in Electricity markets

Professor Frank Wolak - slides ( PDF 287.53 KB )

Mr Christopher Short - slides ( PDF 46.6 KB )

Session 5 : Gas: Regulating Greenfield Pipelines

Mr Rod Shogren - slides ( PDF 19.51 KB )

Mr Greg Houston - slides ( PDF 160.32 KB )

Session 5: Telecommunications: Leveraging Market Power? Premium Pay TV Content and Interactive Television Services

Dr Jonathan Levy - slides ( PDF 67.69 KB )

Mr Kim Williams - Subscription Television in Australia - slides ( PDF 40.21 KB )

Session 6: Australia's Productivity Surge: An Outcome of Microeconomic Reforms?

Mr Dean Parham - slides ( PDF 869.59 KB )

Mr Chris Field - slides ( PDF 22.67 KB )