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Working Papers

2016

1. Idiosyncratic risk in direct property - a review of the literature
   ERES, European Real Estate Society (ERES)

2005

2. Assessing the Effects of Privatisation, Competition and Regulation on Economic Performance: The Case of Electricity Sector Reform
   Development Economics Working Papers, East Asian Bureau of Economic Research View citations (1)
3. 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) View citations (2)
   See also Journal Article Infrastructure regulation and poverty reduction in developing countries: A review of the evidence and a research agenda, The Quarterly Review of Economics and Finance, Elsevier (2008) View citations (10) (2008)

2004

4. 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) View citations (3)
   See also Journal Article Competition, regulation and privatisation of electricity generation in developing countries: does the sequencing of the reforms matter?, The Quarterly Review of Economics and Finance, Elsevier (2005) View citations (51) (2005)
5. 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 (11)
6. 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 (2)
7. 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) View citations (1)
8. 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 (7)
9. The UK's Privatisation Experiment: The Passage of Time Permits a Sober Assessment
   CESifo Working Paper Series, CESifo View citations (22)

2003

10. 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) View citations (2)
    Also in Development Economics and Public Policy Working Papers, University of Manchester, Institute for Development Policy and Management (IDPM) (2003) View citations (1)
11. 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 (9)
    See also Journal Article Privatisation in Developing Countries: A Review of the Evidence and the Policy Lessons, Journal of Development Studies, Taylor & Francis Journals (2005) View citations (57) (2005)
12. 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 (8)

2002

13. 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 (38)
    See also Journal Article Electricity sector reform in developing countries: an econometric assessment of the effects of privatization, competition and regulation, Journal of Regulatory Economics, Springer (2008) View citations (127) (2008)
14. 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)
15. 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 (6)
16. 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) View citations (2)

2001

17. 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 (5)

Journal Articles

2016

1. PRIVATIZATION OF THE UK'S PUBLIC UTILITIES: THE BIRTH OF THE POLICY 1979Ð1984
   Annals of Public and Cooperative Economics, 2016, 87, (1), 5-22

2014

2. Privatisation of the Royal Mail: Third Time Lucky?
   Economic Affairs, 2014, 34, (1), 78-84 View citations (1)
3. Selling the Royal Mail
   Public Money & Management, 2014, 34, (4), 251-258 View citations (1)

2013

4. New development: Recent changes to the UK's regulatory process
   Public Money & Management, 2013, 33, (6), 453-457 View citations (1)
5. PRIVATIZATION AND THE LABOUR GOVERNMENTS 1997–2010
   Annals of Public and Cooperative Economics, 2013, 84, (4), 343-360
6. The privatized railways: problems foreseen
   Public Money & Management, 2013, 33, (5), 313-319 View citations (3)

2012

7. Impact assessments and better regulation: the role of the UK's Regulatory Policy Committee
   Public Money & Management, 2012, 32, (4), 257-264 View citations (4)

2011

8. The Effects of Consolidation amongst Japanese Water Utilities
   Urban Studies, 2011, 48, (13), 2805-2825 View citations (19)

2009

9. Banking performance and technological change in non‐core EU countries
   Studies in Economics and Finance, 2009, 26, (3), 155-170 View citations (1)
10. Debate: History of privatization
    Public Money & Management, 2009, 29, (3), 140-142
11. EDITORIAL: PPP/PFI – SOLUTION OR PROBLEM?
    Economic Affairs, 2009, 29, (1), 2-6
12. 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 View citations (1)
13. The effects of ownership on bank efficiency in Latin America
    Applied Economics, 2009, 41, (18), 2353-2368 View citations (11)

2008

14. 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 (127)
    See also Working Paper 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 (2002) View citations (38) (2002)
15. 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 View citations (10)
    See also Working Paper 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 (2005) View citations (2) (2005)

2007

16. Challenges Facing the Polish Banking Industry: A Comparative Study with UK Banks
    Managing Global Transitions, 2007, 5, (1), 25-44
17. 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 (122)
18. Strategic groups, competitive groups and performance within the U.K. pharmaceutical industry: Improving our understanding of the competitive process
    Strategic Management Journal, 2007, 28, (7), 723-745 View citations (22)
19. The Determinants of Post-Privatization Efficiency Gains: The Taiwanese Experience
    Economic and Industrial Democracy, 2007, 28, (3), 465-493
20. The Impact of Regulation on Economic Growth in Developing Countries: A Cross-Country Analysis
    World Development, 2007, 35, (1), 87-103 View citations (96)
21. 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 View citations (21)

2006

22. An Empirical Analysis of State and Private-Sector Provision of Water Services in Africa
    The World Bank Economic Review, 2006, 20, (1), 143-163 View citations (60)
23. Does ownership affect the efficiency of african banks?
    Journal of Developing Areas, 2006, 40, (1), 37-62 View citations (11)
24. LIMITS TO PRIVATIZATION: HOW TO AVOID TOO MUCH OF A GOOD THING
    Economic Affairs, 2006, 26, (1), 76-76
25. Methods and trends of performance benchmarking in UK utility regulation
    Utilities Policy, 2006, 14, (3), 166-174 View citations (16)

2005

26. 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 (51)
    See also Working Paper 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 (2004) View citations (3) (2004)
27. Domestic Regulation and the WTO: The Case of Water Services in Developing Countries
    The World Economy, 2005, 28, (10), 1491-1508 View citations (6)
28. PRIVATE INVESTMENT IN INFRASTRUCTURE IN ASIA: THE IMPACT OF REGULATION
    The Singapore Economic Review (SER), 2005, 50, (spec0), 369-391
29. Price and Profit Regulation in Developing and Transition Economies: A Survey of the Regulators
    Public Money & Management, 2005, 25, (2), 99-105 View citations (10)
30. Privatisation in Developing Countries: A Review of the Evidence and the Policy Lessons
    Journal of Development Studies, 2005, 41, (4), 513-541 View citations (57)
    See also Working Paper Privatisation in Developing Countries: A Review of the Evidence and the Policy Lessons, Centre on Regulation and Competition (CRC) Working papers (2003) View citations (9) (2003)
31. The Fragmentation of a Railway: A Study of Organizational Change
    Journal of Management Studies, 2005, 42, (3), 507-537 View citations (10)

2004

32. EDITORIAL: LESSONS FROM PRIVATISATION
    Economic Affairs, 2004, 24, (3), 2-8 View citations (2)
33. Editorial: Regulatory Impact Assessment—An Overview
    Public Money & Management, 2004, 24, (5), 267-270
34. 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 (7)
35. Regulatory Impact Assessment in Developing and Transition Economies: A Survey of Current Practice
    Public Money & Management, 2004, 24, (5), 291-296 View citations (9)

2002

36. Book Reviews
    Journal of Economics, 2002, 75, (2), 194-197
37. Economic Regulation: a review of issues
    Annals of Public and Cooperative Economics, 2002, 73, (4), 493-519 View citations (27)
38. The Impact of Ownership on Management and Structures in the Chinese Electronics Industry
    Asia Pacific Business Review, 2002, 8, (3), 95-114

2001

39. Foreign direct investment and productivity spillovers in the Chinese manufacturing sector
    Economic Systems, 2001, 25, (4), 305-321 View citations (48)
40. Non-linear dynamics and duopolistic competition: a R&D model and simulation
    Journal of Business Research, 2001, 51, (3), 179-191 View citations (3)
41. 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 (127)
42. The impact of foreign direct investment on labour productivity in the Chinese electronics industry
    International Business Review, 2001, 10, (4), 421-439 View citations (40)

2000

43. Improving the effectiveness of external resource management: strategic and operational lessons from the privatisation experience in the UK
    International Journal of Business Performance Management, 2000, 2, (4), 222-245
44. 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 (100)

1999

45. Policy transfer and policy inertia: privatization in Taiwan
    Asia Pacific Business Review, 1999, 6, (2), 1-20
46. Privatization in the European Union: A Critical Assessment of its Development, Rationale and Consequences
    Economic and Industrial Democracy, 1999, 20, (1), 9-38
47. The Regional Distribution of Foreign Direct Investment in China
    Regional Studies, 1999, 33, (9), 857-867 View citations (88)
48. Water and Waste Water Services in the Russian Federation: A Study of Four Vodokanaly
    Post-Communist Economies, 1999, 11, (2), 219-235

1998

49. Developments: Reducing Regulatory Risk: The Case for a New Regulatory Contract with the Privatized Utilities
    Public Money & Management, 1998, 18, (4), 51-57 View citations (1)

1997

50. A Study of Management Attitudes in Chinese State-Owned Enterprises, Collectives and Joint Ventures
    Asia Pacific Business Review, 1997, 3, (3), 38-63 View citations (3)
51. Price cap regulation, profitability and returns to investors in the UK regulated industries
    Utilities Policy, 1997, 6, (4), 303-315 View citations (15)
52. The impact on technical efficiency of the UK privatization programme
    Applied Economics, 1997, 29, (3), 297-310 View citations (16)

1995

53. The Impact of UK Privatisation on Labour and Total Factor Productivity
    Scottish Journal of Political Economy, 1995, 42, (2), 201-20 View citations (15)

1994

54. Book Review: Urban Alternatives: Public and Private Markets in the Provision of Local Services
    Urban Studies, 1994, 31, (8), 1425-1426

1991

55. Do changes in organizational status affect financial performance?
    Strategic Management Journal, 1991, 12, (8), 631-641 View citations (6)
56. Organisational Status, Ownership and Productivity
    Fiscal Studies, 1991, 12, (2), 46-60 View citations (17)

1990

57. The 1988 Local Government Act and Compulsory Competitive Tendering
    Urban Studies, 1990, 27, (5), 653-667

1988

58. Reviews
    Economic and Industrial Democracy, 1988, 9, (3), 424-427

1987

59. The New Right, State Ownership and Privatization: a Critique
    Economic and Industrial Democracy, 1987, 8, (3), 349-378

Edited books

2008

1. Developments in the Economics of Privatization and Regulation
   Books, Edward Elgar Publishing

2007

2. Regulatory Impact Assessment
   Books, Edward Elgar Publishing View citations (16)

2006

3. International Handbook on Economic Regulation
   Books, Edward Elgar Publishing View citations (24)

2004

4. Leading Issues in Competition, Regulation and Development
   Books, Edward Elgar Publishing View citations (13)

2003

5. International Handbook on Privatization
   Books, Edward Elgar Publishing View citations (56)

2002

6. Globalisation and Sustainable Development in Latin America
   Books, Edward Elgar Publishing View citations (4)

2000

7. Privatisation and Corporate Performance
   Books, Edward Elgar Publishing View citations (1)

Chapters

2011

1. Infrastructure Liberalization: Challenges to the New Economic Paradigm in the Context of Developing Countries
   Chapter 27 in International Handbook of Network Industries, 2011

2010

2. PPPs in Developed and Developing Economies: What Lessons can be Learned?
   Chapter 23 in International Handbook on Public–Private Partnerships, 2010 View citations (1)

2007

3. Regulatory Impact Assessment in Developing Countries
   Chapter 9 in Regulatory Impact Assessment, 2007 View citations (2)
4. Regulatory Impact Assessment: An Overview
   Chapter 1 in Regulatory Impact Assessment, 2007 View citations (1)

2006

5. A Comparative Analysis of the Performance of Public and Private Water Utilities in Africa
   Chapter 9 in Regulating Development, 2006
6. Development in the Theory and Practice of Regulatory Economics
   Chapter 1 in International Handbook on Economic Regulation, 2006 View citations (1)
7. Enterprise sales: Thatcher leads the charge
   Chapter 2 in Privatization and Market Development, 2006
8. Performance Benchmarking in Utility Regulation: Principles and the UK’s Experience
   Chapter 6 in International Handbook on Economic Regulation, 2006
9. Privatisation and regulation in developing countries
   Chapter 9 in Regulating Utilities and Promoting Competition, 2006

2004

10. Competition, regulation and regulatory governance: an overview
    Chapter 1 in Leading Issues in Competition, Regulation and Development, 2004
11. Economic regulation in developing countries: a framework for critical analysis
    Chapter 4 in Leading Issues in Competition, Regulation and Development, 2004 View citations (1)

2001

12. An Economic Perspective On Innovation Networks
    Chapter 4 in Social Interaction And Organisational Change Aston Perspectives on Innovation Networks, 2001, pp 125-163 View citations (2)