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Sarbanes-Oxley and its Aftermath: A Review of the Evidence

Boyle, Glenn; Grace-Webb, Eli (2007)

Introduced in response to several high profile US corporate collapses the Sarbanes-Oxley Act (SOX) of 2002 has proven to be a gold mine for academic researchers: after only five years no less than 528 studies of SOX appear ...
Save it for a Sunny Day: The Value of Water Storage

Counsell, Kevin (2004)

Kevin Counsell presented Save it for a Sunny Day: The Value of Water Storage at an ISCR Seminar.
A Scheme For Incentivizing Investment in Transmission Enhancements

Contreras, Javier; Gross, George; Ruiz-Gomez, Isabel (2007)

We present an incentive scheme to stimulate investment in the improvement/ expansion of the transmission network in the competitive market environment. The formulation of these incentives is based on a decentralized ...
A Scheme For Incentivizing Investment in Transmission Enhancements

Contreras, Javier (2007)

Providing the right incentives for investment continues to be a major source of concern in the New Zealand electricity sector. This seminar outlines a decentralised incentive mechanism designed to encourage transmission ...
The Science of Taxing the Arts

Marriott, Lisa (2010)

Most OECD countries support the arts with a broad range of tax incentives. The primary incentives provided in New Zealand are direct subsidies to traditional art forms such as the ballet and the symphony orchestra; tax ...
Selling The Family Tin? Rail Privatisation in New Zealand, in the Light of Wider Railway and Network Industry Experience

Clark, Ross (2011)

When New Zealand's railway system was privatised in 1993 it was as one entity thus avoiding any issues arising from the 'separation of wheel and rail'. Yet this approach failed in time in that in 2003 the New Zealand ...
Seminar: Protection of Private Property Rights & Just Compensation

Quigley, Neil; Evans, Lewis (2009)

Slide presentation for March seminar based on Monograph by Neil Quigley Lew Evans with Kevin Counsell (Feb 09) - Protection of Private Property Rights and Just Compensation.
Seminar: The Tyranny of Distance Prevails

Howell, Bronwyn; Obren, Mark (2010)

The Tyranny of Distance Prevails Internet technologies have been widely claimed to herald an end to the 'tyrannies of distance' that have proved costly for small remote trade-dependent economies. Consequently support for ...
Sender or Receiver: Who should pay to Exchange an Electronic Messages?

Katz, Michael; E, Benjamin. Hermalin (2005)

Professor Michael Katz presented Sender or Receiver: Who should pay to Exchange an Electronic Messages? at an ISCR seminar in February 2005.
Separating New Zealand's Incumbent Provider: A Political Economy Analysis

Howell, Bronwyn (2009)

Economic and policy literature on the vertical separation of incumbent telecommunications providers indicates that costs and risks of separation are high and benefits hard to identify. Thus providers should only be vertically ...
The single electricity buyer is very different from Pharmac

Evans, Lewis (2013)

Commentary from Lew Evans regarding single electricity buyer vs Pharmac. Published in The Dominion Post 21 June 2013.
Slides from Lew Evans' address to the Transpower 2040 Stakeholder Workshop

Evans, Lewis (2008)

On 5 November 2008 in Wellington Lew Evans presented "Market Turmoil and Planning Grid Investment" to the Transpower 2040 Stakeholder Workshop.
Smart Evaluation of Electric Utility Smart Grid Investment Proposals

Stanford Levin (2011)

Electric companies policy makers and regulators around the world are facing calls for smart grid updates. Sometimes these upgrades make business sense and are undertaken by electric companies as has been the case with ...
The State of e-New Zealand

Evans, Lewis; de Boer, David Boles; Howell, Bronwyn (2000)

Our study is based upon publicly available sources of information. Internationally published statistics have been used to supplement New Zealand data to assess New Zealand's relative position. While international studies ...
The State of e-New Zealand 12 months on

Howell, Bronwyn; Marriott, Lisa (2004)

In The State of e-New Zealand: 12 Months On we revisit the measures of New Zealand's preparedness to utilise and capitalise upon the economic and social benefits promised by the uses of electronic infrastructures addressed ...
The State of e-New Zealand: 2004

Howell, Bronwyn; Mishra, Veena; Ryan, Lisa (2005)

This State of E-New Zealand paper revisits the relative international measures of New Zealand's preparedness to utilise and capitalise upon the economic and social benefits promised by the use of technology. In the previous ...
The State of the Failing Company Defence in New Zealand

Berry, Mark (2000)

This brief outline identifies the various issues which confront the failing company defence. This article will:(1) briefly outline the competition laws which apply to mergers in New Zealand;(2) examine the theoretical basis ...
Staying Close to Home: Foreign Bank Participation in Syndicated Loans

Roger Stover; Boyle, Glenn (2008)

We examine the propensity of Australian banks to participate in syndicated loans to corporate borrowers from 12 countries in the Asia-Pacific region. We find that these banks participate more often in greater numbers and ...
Stirring the Waters: A Review of Water Allocation Practice

Counsell, Kevin (2003)

Kevin Counsell presented Stirring the Waters: A Review of Water Allocation Practice in October 2003. Kevin's paper on the topic, Achieving Efficiency in Water Allocation: A Review of Domestic and International Practices, ...
Strategic Behaviour of Internet Service Providers in New Zealand and the Performance of this Market

Enright, Christina (2000)

This study provides an economic history of the Internet access market in New Zealand from 1996 essentially the inception of the market to early 1999. It reviews the strategy literature about entry to new markets and tests ...