Energy and environmental policy: the GB experience A Report for the Australian Energy Market Commission

George Yarrow and Philip Davies

published February 2017

This Report provides an account of the development of GB energy and environmental policies over recent decades, with a focus on the extent to which they have worked together to bring about best-feasible trade-offs between …

The provision of nutrition supply services: an assessment of current NHS procurement arrangements in England (A report for Abbott Laboratories Ltd)

George Yarrow and Thomas Yarrow

published October 2015

This Report evaluates current National Health Service procurement arrangements for nutritional supply services in England. The principal focus is on contractual procurement of these services in the secondary care sector, but, since the economic effects …

Understanding barriers to entry, exit and changes to the structure of regulated legal firms: Full report

Cloda Jenkins, George Yarrow and Suzanne Rab

published December 2013

The Regulatory Policy Institute was commissioned by the Legal Services Board (LSB), supported by the Law Society, to undertake a study of possible barriers to (a) entry, (b) exit, and (c) changes in the business …

Understanding barriers to entry, exit and changes to the structure of regulated legal firms: Summary and main conclusions

Cloda Jenkins, George Yarrow and Suzanne Rab

published December 2013

Entry, exit and firm restructuring are important aspects of the ability of any market to respond and adapt to changing circumstances. The capacity to respond and adapt relatively quickly – often referred to as flexibility …

Assessing the economic significance of the professional legal services sector in the European Union

Chris Decker and George Yarrow

published August 2012

This report assesses the economic significance of the professional legal services sector in the European Union.1 Its purpose is to contribute to current understanding of the linkages between the sector and economic performance, and to …

Review of the Limited Merits Review regime

George Yarrow, John Tamblyn and Michael Egan

published June 2012

On 30 April 2012 the Panel was appointed to consider issues arising from the performance of the limited merits review (LMR) regime for electricity and gas networks submitted its Interim Report on Stage One of …

Understanding the economic rationale for legal services regulation (A report for the Legal Services Board)

Chris Decker and George Yarrow

published October 2010

This Report examines the economic rationale for regulation of legal services markets and the legal service professions. It takes a step back from the existing regulatory framework in England and Wales, to take a wide …

Review of Guernsey's utility regulatory regime

Chris Decker and George Yarrow

published October 2010

This report constitutes our assessment of Guernsey’s utility regulatory system as applied to the regulation of electricity, post and telecoms, and it includes recommendations for change to improve the framework and conduct of regulation. Although …

Assessment of competition at Stansted airport

David Starkie and George Yarrow

published August 2008

The CAA has asked us to consider the CC’s draft paper on the Assessment of Competition at Stansted Airport, which differs from the CAA’s own initial thinking to an extent that appears to lie well …

Comment on Competition Comission report: Stansted Quinquennial review – Assessment of Competition at Stansted Airport

Colin Robinson and Eileen Marshall

published July 2008

We have been asked by the Civil Aviation Authority to comment on the Competition Commission (CC)`s paper on Assessment of Competition at Stansted Airport (ACP) and on a paper by Dr David Starkie and Professor …

Reflections on policy issues raised by next-generation access networks in communications

Chris Decker and George Yarrow

published June 2008

The introduction of next-generation access networks (NGANs) in communications changes the market and technological context in which public policy operates. It does so in a way that, in terminology used in the economic analysis of …

Review of the Regulatory Impact Assessments accompanying the introduction of the Traffic Management Permit Scheme (England) Regulations 2007

Tim Keyworth

published June 2008

The Traffic Management Act 2004 (TMA) provided for the introduction of a number of measures intended to address problems associated with urban and inter-urban congestion on the road network. This included providing the potential for …

Competition in the provision of water services: Full report

George Yarrow, Tim Keyworth and Tony Appleyard

published April 2008

This Report is published as a contribution to the current debate in the UK on the prospects for the development of competition in water, sewage and sewerage services (henceforth abbreviated to ‘water services’), and on …

Competition in the provision of water services: Executive summary

George Yarrow, Tim Keyworth and Tony Appleyard

published April 2008

Our main conclusion is that competitive discovery processes have potentially very important roles to play in the water sector, particularly at the wholesale level, where we know that we know relatively little about the economic …

Response to the preliminary consultation on reform of the renewables obligation (RO)

George Yarrow and Tim Keyworth

published January 2007

Revising the Regulatory Impact Assessment: Response to the BRE’s consultation

Tim Keyworth and Tim Tutton

published October 2006

Members of the Regulatory Policy Institute have been longstanding supporters of Cabinet Office initiatives to promote better regulation, from the earliest days of these exercises. The Institute has on occasion also undertaken research projects that …

Reverse eAuctions and NHS procurement: Executive Summary

George Yarrow and Tim Keyworth

published March 2006

Reverse eAuctions and NHS procurement: Full report

George Yarrow and Tim Keyworth

published March 2006

The primary focus of this paper is the contribution of “reverse eAuction processes”, characterised by on-line, descending price bidding, to NHS procurement strategies. There has for some years now been considerable interest in the use …

Pilot study of a combined postal, telephone and structured interview methodology for assessing the impact on business of existing regulation

Chris Decker, George Yarrow, Pavindra Samra, Tim Keyworth and Tony Appleyard

published November 2004

A report prepared for the Cabinet Office Regulatory Impact Unit.

The regulation of radioactive waste management in the UK

Chris Decker, David Slater, George Yarrow and Tim Keyworth

published February 2002

The substantial quantities of radioactive waste which exist in the UK largely as a result of the activities of government agencies or government owned companies since the 1940s, raise important and difficult questions concerning how …

Better Government Report: Political and regulatory risk: Summary

RPI

published January 2000

Consideration of political risk – uncertainty arising from actions or the structure of policy or regulatory processes – is topical at a time when considerable attention is being paid to risk assessment and management as …

Political and regulatory risk: Is it a serious problem? Can it be limited? Report of the Risk Commission

RPI

published January 2000

The Regulatory Policy Institute’s Better Government Programme was established to focus on practical proposals for improving accountability and transparency in UK and EU policy and regulatory processes. Consideration of political risk – uncertainty arising from …

Political and Regulatory Risk: Summary of findings and recommendations

published January 2000

Effects of national regulation in the single market: the case of tobacco

Raoul Craemer

published April 1997

The development of the European Single Market has significantly changed the market environment in which public policy toward the tobacco market has had to operate. Since 1 January 1993 consumers have been able to import, …

The effects of regulation in the UK beer market

George Yarrow, Helen Lawton Smith and Tim Keyworth

published January 1994

From time to time UK governments and their agencies have been concerned about the level of competion in the beer market, and, in particular, whether competition is sufficiently effective to ensure that, given the government …

Simplified procedures for network pricing

George Yarrow

published May 1992

This paper sets out results from work in progress on the issue of tariff structures for access to, and use of, network facilities. Starting from a simple version of the notional path approach, it is …