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January 31, 2007
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Revising the Regulatory Impact Assessment: Response to the BRE’s consultation
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 have contributed to the initiatives. Whilst the following remarks are critical of the current proposals, they are nevertheless the views of ‘friends of the process’.
October 31, 2006
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Reverse eAuctions and NHS procurement: Full report
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 of such auctions in the procurement of goods and services by both private and public sector organisations. Over the last year or two, this interest has been particularly intense in the UK public sector, and it has been accompanied by claims of substantial gains when these types of arrangements are introduced.
March 30, 2006
Research Reports
March 30, 2006
Contributions to External Events and Publications
The role of economic analysis within Article 81
A presentation by George Yarrow to the Judicial Studies Board’s Competition Law Course, 9-10 January 2006.
January 10, 2006
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Pilot study of a combined postal, telephone and structured interview methodology for assessing the impact on business of existing regulation
A report prepared for the Cabinet Office Regulatory Impact Unit.
November 30, 2004
Contributions to External Events and Publications
The Changing Dynamics Of Europe’s Liberalising Energy Markets: What Taking The EC Treaty Seriously Means For The Future
Sparks & Flames, Amsterdam, 4 December 2003
December 4, 2003
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The regulation of radioactive waste management in the UK
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 trade-offs between both the levels and distribution of costs and environmental quality/safety associated with different waste management decisions.
This paper is concerned with how the institutional arrangements for dealing with issues surrounding radioactive waste management can best be developed. Our main focus is on those factors that at other times and in other industries have been shown to influence regulatory developments.
February 28, 2002
Materials from Hertford Seminars
Is there an end game for regulation with competitive markets
Delivered as part of ‘Is there an end game for regulation with competitive markets’, Hertford Seminar in Regulation 2000
November 24, 2000
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The regulation of water public services in France
In France, the debate on regulation of public services often excludes the water sector, one of the few sectors not affected by post-war nationalisation. The industry is decentralisied, with quality and price placed on the large number of communes. The 1990s saw increasing social demands in favour of better regulaton.
July 3, 2000