Publications in: Public Policy
Performance-based Full Policy Cycle for the Digital Single Market
| Published: | October, 2013 |
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A benchmarking exercise of a number of Digital Single Market policy initiatives recently proposed by the European Commission against the performance-based policy model shows that the current policy development and assessment process could be improved markedly by following the performance-based policy model set out in the present study.
Performance-based Full Policy Cycle for the Digital Single Market
| Published: | October, 2013 |
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A benchmarking exercise of a number of Digital Single Market policy initiatives recently proposed by the European Commission against the performance-based policy model shows that the current policy development and assessment process could be improved markedly by following the performance-based policy model set out in the present study. The key features of a performance-based full […]
Barriers to Cross-border Health Care: Can Behavioural Insights Help?
| Published: | September, 2013 |
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Presentation at European Commission conference on Applying Behavioural Insights to Policy-Making 30th September 2013.
Using Behavioural and Experimental Economics to Understand Consumer Behaviour
| Published: | August, 2013 |
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Presentation at Copenhagen Summer University, Executive Course in Behavioural Economics and Psychology of Choice 12th – 16th August 2013 This session at the University of Copenhagen provided applied examples of behavioural experiments that have been used to inform policy development. It covers pricing practices, consumer switching and consumer understanding of contracts. The session also explored […]
Partitioned Pricing Research: A Behavioural Experiment
| Published: | August, 2013 |
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London Economics was commissioned by the Office of Fair Trading to undertake a behavioural economics study into how partitioned pricing, which is the practice of splitting the price of a good or service into multiple components, affects consumer decision making. The study builds upon earlier research by London Economics for the OFT on the impact […]
How Much Does Size Matter? – A Comment on the English and Welsh Prison Estate
| Published: | July, 2013 |
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In the light of the recent announcement by the MoJ of its plan to build a 2,000 prison at Wrexham, and the report from the think tank Policy Exchange[1] arguing that £10 billion could be saved over 25 years by restructuring the prison estate, we analyse what the data shows and what it suggests in […]
The Value of Lost Load (VoLL) for Electricity in Great Britain
| Published: | July, 2013 |
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As part of the documents for the Consultation on the draft Electricity Market Reform Delivery, the Department of Energy and Climate Change has published the report prepared by London Economics which estimates the value of lost load (VoLL) for domestic, small and medium sized businesses and industrial and commercial electricity consumers in Great Britain. VoLL […]
A European Single Point of Contact
| Published: | July, 2013 |
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This research study for the European Parliament discusses the features and value added of a European single point of contact. The large number of European level online services combined with an extensive range of services at national level generates complexity in identification of the most appropriate services, and in understanding their different competencies. Such complexity […]
A European Single Point of Contact
| Published: | June, 2013 |
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Presentation of Study to the Committee on the Internal Market and Consumer Protection, 27 June 2013, Brussels
Levelling the Playing Field in the Single Market
| Published: | June, 2013 |
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The study for the European Parliament shows that the size of the shadow economy in the EU in 2012 is estimated at approximately EUR 2.35 trillion. The shadow economy represents a threat to the Single Market, leads to substantial budgetary difficulties, puts considerable pressure on legitimate businesses, and in long run, limits the potential growth […]