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Working Papers

2005

1. Assessing the Effects of Privatisation, Competition and Regulation on Economic Performance: The Case of Electricity Sector Reform
   SCAPE Policy Research Working Paper Series, National University of Singapore, Department of Economics, SCAPE
2. Infrastructure Regulation and Poverty Reduction in Developing Countries: A Review of the Evidence and a Research Agenda
   Centre on Regulation and Competition (CRC) Working papers, University of Manchester, Institute for Development Policy and Management (IDPM)
   See also Journal Article in The Quarterly Review of Economics and Finance (2008)

2004

3. Competition, Regulation and Privatisation of Electricity Generation in Developing Countries: Does the Sequencing of the Reforms Matter?
   Centre on Regulation and Competition (CRC) Working papers, University of Manchester, Institute for Development Policy and Management (IDPM)
   See also Journal Article in The Quarterly Review of Economics and Finance (2005)
4. Foreign Direct Investment in Infrastructure in Developing Countries: Does Regulation Make a Difference?
   Centre on Regulation and Competition (CRC) Working papers, University of Manchester, Institute for Development Policy and Management (IDPM) View citations
5. Price and Profit Regulation in Developing and Transition Economies, Methods Used and Problems Faced: A Survey of the Regulators
   Centre on Regulation and Competition (CRC) Working papers, University of Manchester, Institute for Development Policy and Management (IDPM) View citations
6. Regulation and the Privatisation of Water Services in Developing Countries: Assessing the Impact of the General Agreement on Trade in Services (GATS)
   Centre on Regulation and Competition (CRC) Working papers, University of Manchester, Institute for Development Policy and Management (IDPM)
7. State versus Private Sector Provision of Water Services in Africa: A Statistical, DEA and Stochastic Cost Frontier Analysis
   Centre on Regulation and Competition (CRC) Working papers, University of Manchester, Institute for Development Policy and Management (IDPM) View citations
8. The UK's Privatisation Experiment: The Passage of Time Permits a Sober Assessment
   CESifo Working Paper Series, CESifo Group Munich View citations

2003

9. Creating the Conditions for International Business Expansion: The Impact of Regulation on Economic Growth in Developing Countries - A Cross-Country Analysis
   Centre on Regulation and Competition (CRC) Working papers, University of Manchester, Institute for Development Policy and Management (IDPM)
   Also in Development Economics and Public Policy Working Papers, University of Manchester, Institute for Development Policy and Management (IDPM) (2003) View citations
10. Privatisation in Developing Countries: A Review of the Evidence and the Policy Lessons
    Centre on Regulation and Competition (CRC) Working papers, University of Manchester, Institute for Development Policy and Management (IDPM) View citations
    See also Journal Article in The Journal of Development Studies (2005)
11. Regulatory Impact Assessment: Developing Its Potential for Use in Developing Countries
    Centre on Regulation and Competition (CRC) Working papers, University of Manchester, Institute for Development Policy and Management (IDPM) View citations

2002

12. Electricity Sector Reform in Developing Countries: An Econometric Assessment of the Effects of Privatisation, Competition and Regulation
    Centre on Regulation and Competition (CRC) Working papers, University of Manchester, Institute for Development Policy and Management (IDPM) View citations
    See also Journal Article in Journal of Regulatory Economics (2008)
13. Labour and Total Factor Productivity in the Chinese Electronics Industry in the 1990s
    Centre on Regulation and Competition (CRC) Working papers, University of Manchester, Institute for Development Policy and Management (IDPM)
14. Researching Economic Regulation in Developing Countries: Developing a Methodology for Critical Analysis
    Centre on Regulation and Competition (CRC) Working papers, University of Manchester, Institute for Development Policy and Management (IDPM) View citations
15. The Relative Performance of Public and Private Enterprise Under Conditions of Active and Passive Ownership
    Centre on Regulation and Competition (CRC) Working papers, University of Manchester, Institute for Development Policy and Management (IDPM)

2001

16. Economic Regulation: A Preliminary Literature Review and Summary of Research Questions Arising
    Centre on Regulation and Competition (CRC) Working papers, University of Manchester, Institute for Development Policy and Management (IDPM) View citations

2000

17. The impact of foreign direct investment on labour productivity in the Chinese electronics industry
    Working Papers, Lancaster University Management School, Economics Department View citations

Journal Articles

2009

1. EDITORIAL: PPP/PFI - SOLUTION OR PROBLEM?
   Economic Affairs, 2009, 29, (1), 2-6
2. Stock market perceptions of the motives for mergers in cases reviewed by the UK competition authorities: an empirical analysis
   Managerial and Decision Economics, 2009, 30, (4), 211-233
3. The effects of ownership on bank efficiency in Latin America
   Applied Economics, 2009, 41, (18), 2353-2368

2008

4. Electricity sector reform in developing countries: an econometric assessment of the effects of privatization, competition and regulation
   Journal of Regulatory Economics, 2008, 33, (2), 159-178 View citations
   See also Working Paper (2002)
5. Infrastructure regulation and poverty reduction in developing countries: A review of the evidence and a research agenda
   The Quarterly Review of Economics and Finance, 2008, 48, (2), 177-188
   See also Working Paper (2005)

2007

6. Challenges Facing the Polish Banking Industry: A Comparative Study with UK Banks
   Managing Global Transitions, 2007, 5, (1), 25-44
7. Determining the contribution of technical change, efficiency change and scale change to productivity growth in the privatized English and Welsh water and sewerage industry: 1985–2000
   Journal of Productivity Analysis, 2007, 28, (1), 127-139 View citations
8. The Impact of Regulation on Economic Growth in Developing Countries: A Cross-Country Analysis
   World Development, 2007, 35, (1), 87-103 View citations
9. The Performance of Public and Private Enterprise under Conditions of Active and Passive Ownership and Competition and Monopoly
   Journal of Economics, 2007, 90, (3), 221-253

2006

10. An Empirical Analysis of State and Private-Sector Provision of Water Services in Africa
    World Bank Economic Review, 2006, 20, (1), 143-163 View citations
11. Methods and trends of performance benchmarking in UK utility regulation
    Utilities Policy, 2006, 14, (3), 166-174

2005

12. Competition, regulation and privatisation of electricity generation in developing countries: does the sequencing of the reforms matter?
    The Quarterly Review of Economics and Finance, 2005, 45, (2-3), 358-379 View citations
    See also Working Paper (2004)
13. Domestic Regulation and the WTO: The Case of Water Services in Developing Countries
    The World Economy, 2005, 28, (10), 1491-1508 View citations
14. PRIVATE INVESTMENT IN INFRASTRUCTURE IN ASIA: THE IMPACT OF REGULATION
    The Singapore Economic Review (SER), 2005, 50, (sp), 369-391
15. Price and Profit Regulation in Developing and Transition Economies: A Survey of the Regulators
    Public Money & Management, 2005, 25, (2), 99-105 View citations
16. Privatisation in Developing Countries: A Review of the Evidence and the Policy Lessons
    The Journal of Development Studies, 2005, 41, (4), 513-541 View citations
    See also Working Paper (2003)
17. The Fragmentation of a Railway: A Study of Organizational Change
    Journal of Management Studies, 2005, 42, (3), 507-537 View citations

2004

18. Editorial: Lessons from privatisation
    Economic Affairs, 2004, 24, (3), 2-8
19. Editorial: Regulatory Impact Assessment-An Overview
    Public Money & Management, 2004, 24, (5), 267-270
20. Harmony or disharmony in the regulation and the promotion of competition in EU telecommunications? A survey of the regulatory offices
    Utilities Policy, 2004, 12, (1), 9-28 View citations
21. Regulatory Impact Assessment in Developing and Transition Economies: A Survey of Current Practice
    Public Money & Management, 2004, 24, (5), 291-296 View citations

2002

22. Economic Regulation: a review of issues
    Annals of Public and Cooperative Economics, 2002, 73, (4), 493-519 View citations

2001

23. Foreign direct investment and productivity spillovers in the Chinese manufacturing sector
    Economic Systems, 2001, 25, (4), 305-321 View citations
24. Non-linear dynamics and duopolistic competition: a R&D model and simulation
    Journal of Business Research, 2001, 51, (3), 179-191
25. Productivity and Price Performance in the Privatized Water and Sewerage Companies of England and Wales
    Journal of Regulatory Economics, 2001, 20, (1), 61-90 View citations

2000

26. The impact of privatization and regulation on the water and sewerage industry in England and Wales: a translog cost function model
    Managerial and Decision Economics, 2000, 21, (6), 253-268 View citations

1999

27. The Regional Distribution of Foreign Direct Investment in China
    Regional Studies, 1999, 33, (9), 857-867 View citations
28. Water and Waste Water Services in the Russian Federation: A Study of Four Vodokanaly
    Post-Communist Economies, 1999, 11, (2), 219-235

1997

29. Price cap regulation, profitability and returns to investors in the UK regulated industries
    Utilities Policy, 1997, 6, (4), 303-315 View citations
30. The Impact on Technical Efficiency of the UK Privatization Programme
    Applied Economics, 1997, 29, (3), 297-310

1995

31. The Impact of UK Privatisation on Labour and Total Factor Productivity
    Scottish Journal of Political Economy, 1995, 42, (2), 201-20 View citations

1991

32. Organisational Status, Ownership and Productivity
    Fiscal Studies, 1991, 12, (2), 46-60 View citations
33. Organizational Status and Performance: The Effects on Employment
    Applied Economics, 1991, 23, (2), 403-16