Publications in: Productivity, Innovation and New Economy

An Independent Review of the Evidence Base for UKTI’s Support for Firms in High Growth Markets

Published: February, 2010

A study undertaken to review the rationale for supporting UK firms into high growth markets, incorporating an impact evaluation of UKTI’s pilot High Growth Market Programme.

An Economic Study on Patent Backlogs and a System of Mutual Recognition

Published: January, 2010

IPO conference, London, March 10, 2010.

Why PETs? Stakeholder Views and Economic Considerations

Published: November, 2009

European Commission, Brussels, November 12, 2009

Information Sharing in Common Agency: When is Transparency Good?

Published: March, 2009

Maier, N. and Ottaviani, M. Journal of the European Economic Association, March 2009, Vol. 7, No. 1: 162–18

Evaluation of the CAP Policy on Protected Designations of Origin (PDO) and Protected Geographical Indications (PGI)

Published: November, 2008

The study is based on two elements. A descriptive part provides a detailed analysis of the development of the Protected Designations of Origin (PDO) and Protected Geographical Indications (PGI) schemes over the course of the evaluation period, including the regulatory framework and the implementation mechanism underpinning the schemes. The second part of the project focuses […]

An Evaluation of the Tradeshow Access Programme

Published: September, 2008

The key objectives of the evaluation were to 1) clarify the economic rationale for government support for trade fairs, and use this to determine the appropriate intervention model for TAP;  2) assess how and whether TAP meets its programme targets, for different groups (i.e. sponsors and participants) and in different markets; 3) separately determine the […]

Impact Evaluation of the Tradeshow Access Programme (TAP)

Published: September, 2008

London Economics was commissioned in August 2007 to undertake an impact evaluation of the Tradeshow Access Programme (TAP). The evaluation research involved a firm survey, a stakeholder consultation and a detailed quantitative and econometric analysis of programme impact and additionality. These research strands were then used to formulate a benefit-cost analysis, identify an economic rationale […]

Impact Assessment for Proposed Changes to UK Copyright Law

Published: June, 2008

London Economics was commissioned by the UK Intellectual Property Office (UK-IPO) to provide an impact assessment of four different options for the revision of the current conditions for exemption from payment of music licensing fees for the public performance of musical work. The impact assessment sought to understand, and where possible quantify, the likely costs […]

International Case Studies of the Commercial Use of Public Information

Published: December, 2006

This report, undertaken for the OFT as part of its market study into the commercial use of public information, provides background information on the general public sector information policy of Australia, Sweden and the United States and examines in detail the policies and practices of three different Public Sector Information Holders (PSIH) in each country, […]

E-communications: Investment and the Regulatory Framework

Published: 2006

Communications & Strategies, No. 64, 4th quarter. Jones, S. and Salsas P