Publications in: Competition & Antitrust

Structure and Functioning of the Electricity Market in Belgium in a European Perspective

Client: CREG
Published: October, 2004

London Economics was commissioned by the General Council of the “Commission fĂ©dĂ©rale de RĂ©gulation de l’ElectricitĂ© et du Gaz” (CREG) to analyse whether, and to what extent, the current federal regulation makes the markets for production, trading and supply of electricity competitive or potentially competitive and, if not, what remedies could be implemented. The report […]

Empirical Analysis of Further Liberalisation in Norway

Client: LE Presentation
Published: June, 2004

12th Conference on Postal and Delivery Economics. Cork, Ireland. June 2-5, 2004.

Ex-post Evaluation of the Impact of Rescue and Restructuring Aid on the International Competitiveness of the Sector(s) Affected by Such Aid

Client: EC DG Enterprise and Industry
Published: June, 2004

London Economics was commissioned by the European Commission – DG Enterprise to evaluate the impact of rescue and restructuring aid on the international competitiveness on the sectors affected by such aid. This ex-post evaluation focuses on the survival of companies having received rescue and/or restructuring State aid, the social and economic effects of such aid […]

Assessing the Key Economic Drivers for Change in the Current Business Climate

Client: LE Presentation
Published: June, 2004

European Outsourcing Association’s Conference. Amsterdam, the Netherlands. June 9-10, 2004.

Internet Use by Businesses in Old and New EU Member Countries

Client: LE Presentation
Published: April, 2004

TIGER Conference The New Economy and Post-Socialist Transition. Warsaw, April 10-11, 2004.

Overview of EU25 Securities Trading, Clearing, Central Counterparties, and Securities Settlement

Client: EC DG Competition
Published: February, 2004

The report for the European Commission – DG Competition provides a pan-European overview of trading, clearing and central counterparties, settlement, and custody, of equity, corporate and government bonds, and the related infrastructures (exchanges, clearing institutions and central counterparties, central securities depositories and international central securities depositories at primary level and international central securities depositories and […]

Study of the Consequences of Further Liberalisation of the Postal Market in Norway

Client: Norwegian Ministry of Transport and Communications
Published: December, 2003

This Report for the Norwegian Ministry of Transport and Communications provides consultancy advice on the consequences of further liberalisation of the postal market in Norway. The study evaluates the impact of postal liberalisation, based on qualitative analysis and quantitative modelling. Under each of the models, we assess the impacts on liberation across various scenarios, ranging […]

A Production Model of Service Quality at An Post

Published: June, 2003

Crew, M.A. and Kleindorfer, P.R. (eds), Competitive Transformation of the Postal and Delivery Sector, Kluwer Academic Publishers, 2004. Swinand, G.

London Economics Review of European Union Electricity Markets

Client: ESB
Published: April, 2003

This study reviews the regulatory regimes in the EU member states and examines how the differences in regulatory policy and openness to investment are likely to have had an impact on new investment.

Assessment of Restrictions in the Supply of Professional Services

Client: Irish Competition Authority
Published: March, 2003

The London Economics/Indecon report analyses competition and restrictions in eight professions in 3 sectors: engineers and architects, medical practitioners, veterinary surgeons, dentists and optometrists in the medical sector and solicitors and barristers in the legal sector. The report notes that three types of restrictions are common across the eight professions. These are restrictions on entry […]