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Jonathan Boston answers: Should New Zealand Fight Climate Change?

Boston, Jonathan (2008)

New Zealand is about to implement the world's first "all sectors all gases" emissions trading scheme yet the country emits only 0.2% of the world's total greenhouse gas emissions and not all the impacts of climate change ...
Lattice methods for no-arbitrage pricing of interest rate securities

Daglish, Toby (2010)

We explore calibration of single factor no-arbitrage short rate models to yield and volatility information. We note that the calculation of Arrow-Debreu prices for interest rate securities is analogous to solving the ...
The Law and Economic Basis of Enforcement of Governance of Private Joint Venture Network Markets: the case of NZEM

Evans, Lewis; Arnold, Terence (2001)

The purpose of this paper is to point out the feasibility of joint ventures contracting out of using Courts to resolve disputes and to explain and assess the enforcement of the rules that form the governance of the New ...
Legal Protection for the Database: Is there a better way?

Howell, Bronwyn; Corbett, Susan; Moayyed, Mina (2011)

The business database is a valuable commodity. However without adequate legal protection the economic incentives required to invest in their creation ongoing updating and maintenance will be absent. The underlying objectives ...
Lessons From NZ For England's Proposed NHS Foundation Trust and Vice-Versa

Howell, Bronwyn (2004)

Bronwyn Howell presented Lessons from NZ for England's Proposed NHS Foundation Trust and Vice-Versa at the New Zealand Health Economics Meeting in November 2004.
Lew Evans presents seminar to Brazilian Co-op Delagates on 3 Sept 2012 'The Position and Evolution of Cooperative Firms Application to NZ Dairy'

Evans, Lew (2012)

This seminar was presented to ISCR members and a visiting delegation of 30 Presidents and Directors of cooperatives of the Brazilian State of Parana drawn mainly from the agricultural and credit sectors.
The Limited Gains From Complex Tariffs

Miravete, Eugenio (2007)

This paper uses an equilibrium model of multipart nonlinear pricing to determine the magnitude of foregone profits due to the implementation of simple tariff options. I then use the available information from a cross-section ...
Linking Higher-Quality Infrastructure Regulation to Tomorrow's Economic Growth

Howell, Bronwyn (2011)

Bronwyn Howell recently presented at the 5th Annual Regulatory Evolution Summit held in Wellington on 30 March 2011.
Linking Regulation to Outcomes: Network Separation, Pricing Discrimination and Investment in Small-Scale Economies

Howell, Bronwyn (2008)

Presented at the Second Annual New Zealand Regulatory Evolution Summit held in Wellington on 20 May 2008 Bronwyn Howell answers the questions: What is the objective of regulation? What is competition? What is regulated ...
Living with Mortgage Break Fees

Patel, Nimesh; Daglish, Toby (2010)

Toby Daglish and Nimesh Patel discuss the rationale behind banks charging break-fees to recoup their losses as a result of customers prepaying loans. Next they chart the historical levels of these for New Zealand. Lastly ...
Local Body Rating of the Distribution Networks of Utility Companies: An Economic Analysis

Quigley, Neil; Evans, Lewis (2001)

Our analysis is concerned solely with the levy of rates on the value of the distribution networks of utilities (which may be on poles above ground or underground) and is not applicable to the land and buildings owned by ...
Making Economic Regulation More Effective: The Case of NZ Electricity Networks

Pinar Bagci (2007)

Pinar Bagci presented Making Economic Regulation More Effective: The Case of NZ Electricity Networks in Wellington July 2007.
Meaningful Connectivity: The Co-operative Glue

Nygren, Kris (2003)

Kris Nygren presented Meaningful Connectivity: The Co-operative Glue at an ISCR half day seminar in September 2003.
Meat Industry Performance and Organisational Form

Evans, Lewis; Grace, Eli-Webb (2007)

The purpose of this report is to review the contemporary history of the meat packing industry and particularly the role of cooperatives and investor-owned firms in its development. The report that follows is divided into ...
Meat Industry Performance and Organisational Form

Evans, Lewis; Grace-Webb, Eli (2008)

The purpose of this report is to review the contemporary history of the meat packing industry and particularly the role of cooperatives and investor-owned firms in its development. The report that follows is divided into ...
Medical Misadventure and Accident Compensation in New Zealand: An Incentives-Based Analysis

Howell, Bronwyn (2004)

Under the provisions of New Zealand's no-fault government-indemnified accident compensation scheme (ACC) victims who are injured as a consequence of medical misadventure receive compensation for their injuries. In exchange ...
The Merits of a Merit Review process for Regulatory Decisions: Why New Zealand should have It

Round, David (2005)

David Round presented The Merits of a Merit Review process for Regulatory Decisions: Why New Zealand should have It at the Contemporary Issues in Regulatory Theory and Practice half day workshop held in Wellington in March 2005.
Metagovernance and the Role of Cultural Norms in the Regulation of Foreign Direct Investment: Trans-Tasman FDI Regimes

Mahony, Greg; Sadleir, Chris (2011)

Australia and New Zealand provide a unique set of comparators with which to examine similarities and differences in approaches to the regulation of foreign direct investment (FDI). By examining experience with regulation ...
Metagovernance and the Role of Cultural Norms in the Regulation of Foreign Direct Investment: Trans-Tasman FDI Regimes

Mahony, Greg (2011)

Australia and New Zealand provide a unique set of comparators with which to examine similarities and differences in approaches to the regulation of foreign direct investment (FDI). By examining experience with regulation ...
The Microeconomics of Television Markets

Hurren, Konrad (2014)

I consider the literature surrounding the television market. Two important issues in the literature are: the market's two-sided nature, and bundling of channels. I discuss how an asymmetric pricing structure arises in ...