New Zealand Institute for the study of competition and regulation inc.

The large company dilemma

The policy issue of how to accommodate internationally competitive scale of operations for corporate players with global aspirations within the New Zealand market place will become an increasingly pressing one for New Zealand government and domestic consumers.

A market is born!

On the New York Mercantile Exchange milk is traded in massive volumes. George Crosby explains why Global Dairy Company has a strong incentive to create a wholesale market for milk in New Zealand.

Can a large, single, producer Co-operative be efficient?

Acceptance of the Global Dairy proposal reaffirms dairy farmers' commitment to the co-operative form of business organisation. Professor Lewis Evans assesses whether a large single co-operative can be efficient in the public interest.

Regulating Global Dairy

ISCR's Executive Director Lewis Evans explains the principles that should guide the design of a regulatory framework for New Zealand's dairy industry.

Vertical restraints, free riders & cannibalisation

Should rates be levied on the value of utility company distribution networks?

Many Local Authorities in New Zealand are currently planning to introduce new rates on the value of the distribution networks that utility companies operate within their jurisdiction. In this article Neil Quigley draws on research undertaken with Lewis Evans to argue that rates based on value of utility company distribution networks reduce economic efficiency and are inconsistent with a range of government policy objectives.

Growing our next generation of business leaders

"New Zealand business needs informed leaders who are prepared to make the hard decisions and then deliver on them" said Roderick Deane, Professor of Economics in Victoria University's Graduate School of Business and Government Management at a recent ISCR function to celebrate the achievement of top MBA students.

Six o'clock swill filled brewers' trough

A law designed to limit alcohol consumption and drunkenness achieved just the opposite and served the interests of hotel owners and trade unions, finds Tim Mulcare in an ISCR study.