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The End of Net Zero
The first Insights blog of the new year continues to emphasise a central theme of earlier pieces: the dangers
January 19, 2023
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Markets versus regulation? Drop the ‘versus’!
November’s pre-conference Insights blog is concerned with the meaning of the word ‘market’. The term appears often in economic
November 18, 2022
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Routine and its Limitations
Routine and its limitations’ completes a short cycle of three blogs with a common, thematic root: dysfunctions in the
October 30, 2022
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Old spectacles for myopic governments: monasteries and speculae
The latest Insights blog is concerned with narrowness of vision in economic policy/regulation and the distraction that is a
October 2, 2022
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The Insolence of Office
The second in the new Insights into Regulation series of short blogs addresses the causes and effects of a
August 9, 2022
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Climate policy – ‘Tain’t what you do, it’s the way that you do it.
In a new series of short blogs under the thematic title ‘Insights into Regulation’, members of the Regulatory Policy
June 22, 2022
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Covid-19: What have we learned about the importance of trustworthy statistics?
The Zeeman Lecture at the September 2021 Conference on ‘Rethinking Regulation’ was delivered by Ed Humpherson -Director General for
January 27, 2022
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Re-thinking climate change policies: A tale of two externalities
In this short paper, Gerard Fox and George Yarrow argue that, in the context of climate change policies, the
January 12, 2022
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A Commentary on the Opening Chapters of ‘An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations’
Adam Smith’s Wealth of Nations (“WoN”) is a foundational book in the social sciences and one of the classic
October 15, 2021
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The challenge of removing a mistaken price cap
The UK Competition and Markets Authority in 2016 calculated a detriment of £1.4 billion–£2 billion in Great Britain’s retail
September 24, 2021
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Reform, Cohabitation, Intervention and Independent Regulation
This research project is focused on how well suited are regulatory models in adapting to dynamic change, a more
July 8, 2021
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Economic regulation of digital platforms: scoping the RPI’s research programme
Should we establish ex ante economic regulation of ‘digital platforms’, with or without ‘enhanced’ competition law – and
June 3, 2021
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Public and Private Healthcare – Challenges for sustainability in the post-COVID era
The relationship between public and private healthcare has been a subject of regulatory scrutiny. Some aspects of private healthcare
May 15, 2021
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The changing role of independent economic regulators in decision-making for major infrastructure projects in the UK
How decisions are, or should be, taken for major infrastructure projects is a recurring area of policy debate. Longstanding
February 10, 2021
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Rethinking Regulation
The purpose of this document is to seek support for, and encourage participation in, the future research programme of
January 1, 2021
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Airport Enterprises: An Economic Analysis
‘Airport Enterprises: An Economic Analysis’ frames the airport firm as a business platform for a broad spectrum of commercial activities, some of which enjoy the characteristics of two-sided markets