Publications in: Public Policy
Impacts of DLA on Working Age People in Wales
| Published: | November, 2011 |
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The UK Government is currently in the process of introducing reforms to Disability Living Allowance (DLA). DLA will be replaced by a similar benefit called Personal Independence Payment (PIP). This study for the Welsh Government aims to assess the potential impacts of the change as they relate to working age adults in Wales. It first […]
Impacts of AA and DLA on Older People in Wales
| Published: | November, 2011 |
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This study draws on official data sources and on stakeholder consultations to review the current take‐up and use of income from two disability related benefits – Attendance Allowance (AA) and Disability Living Allowance (DLA) – and explores links with the demand for social care. The research then uses this information to develop projections of the […]
Evaluation of Commercial Services Provided by UKTI Overseas Posts
| Published: | October, 2011 |
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The study investigates 1) the scope for increased cost recovery from the services in support of UK-based exporters offered by UKTI’s overseas posts and 2) the structure of the market for these services, including the existence of synergies between UKTI’s overseas posts and other providers of services to UK exporters, such as consultants, business associations, […]
Review of Company Surveys of Consumer Willingness to Pay to Reduce the Impacts of Transmission Infrastructure on Visual Amenity
| Published: | October, 2011 |
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In the context of potential measures to reduce the visual amenity impacts of existing transmission infrastructure, this London Economics study for Ofgem provides a critical review of willingness to pay evidence provided to Ofgem by the transmission operators. The first step of the review involved determining a current best practice model for WTP studies assessing […]
Quality of Services and Consumers’ Needs: Recent Evidence from France
| Published: | June, 2011 |
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19th CPDE, CRRI, Jersey, June 2011.
Study on Consumers’ Postal Practices and Socio-economic Needs in Terms of the Quality and Provision of the Priority Postal Service
| Published: | June, 2011 |
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The study focuses on the postal practices and needs of households and businesses, especially SMEs. The first part of the study examines the extent to which the postal service is important to users, the users’ knowledge of postal products, their current postal practices, their sensitivity to the time it takes for a postal product to […]
Consumer Behavioural Biases in Competition
| Published: | May, 2011 |
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Office of Fair Trading, May 4, 2011.
Consumer Behavioural Biases in Competition
| Published: | May, 2011 |
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Consumer behavioural biases imply that consumers may not behave in the fully rational way that many economic models assume. This study assesses what impact behavioural biases can have on competition, including, how competition and pricing practices may change when consumers are biased; if lowering barriers to entry can reduce inefficiencies that arise from consumer behavioural […]
Digital Radio Switchover: Willingness to Pay and Consumer Behaviour Research
| Published: | April, 2011 |
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The Department for Culture, Media and Sport has published the report Digital Radio Switchover: Willingness to Pay and Consumer Behaviour Research by London Economics in association with YouGov. The study assesses consumers’ willingness to pay for the various attributes of digital radio through a choice experiment, and examines consumers’ attitudes towards radio and the costs […]
Review of Respite Care in Wales
| Published: | 15 March, 2011 |
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This review for the Welsh Assembly Government presents data on the volume and spend on publicly funded respite care services in Wales for both adults and children/young people, reports on consultations with carers, and makes a number of policy recommendations to the Welsh Assembly Government. The recommendations form the basis of a public consultation by […]