Publications

Study Analysing Possible Changes in the Minimum Rates and Structures of Excise Duties on Alcoholic Beverages

Client: EC DG Taxation and Customs Union
Published: May, 2010

This report for EC DG Taxation and Customs Union considers the arguments and evidence, for and against changes to the existing minimum duty rates for alcoholic beverages that apply across all EU Member States.Ā  The overarching objective of the study is to examine whether the current structures of alcohol taxation and the minimum rates laid […]

UK Space Exploration Review Economic Analysis

Client: LE Presentation
Published: April, 2010

EC-ESA Workshop on Exploration and Innovation, Industrial Competitiveness and Technological Advance, Oxfordshire, UK, April 29-30, 2010

Evaluation of OFT Competition Advocacy

Client: Office of Fair Trading
Published: April, 2010

London Economics was commissioned to conduct an evaluation of the impact of the OFT competition advocacy interventions. A survey of government officials illustrates that competition advocacy is valued by those receiving the advice, often resulting in changes to delivery and, in cases, to the very objectives of the policy. The report also explores, with the […]

Model of Estate Costs (MEC)

Client: N/A
Published: March, 2010

London Economics were commissioned by AUDE (University Association of Directors of Estate) to update and restructure the previous model of the non-residential estate costs. The new model, the Model of Estate Costs (MEC) allows the estimation of annualised financial costs for different types of freehold, leasehold and licence non-residential estate (teaching, research, etc) and of […]

Using Experiments in Consumer Research

Client: N/A
Published: March, 2010

Ofcom has published the report ā€œUsing experiments in consumer researchā€ by London Economics. The work informs Ofcom about how behavioural and experimental economics can assist regulators in understanding consumer behaviour. The research implemented a controlled economic experiment which considered a number of options for improving the understanding of consumers when choosing telecommunication services funded through […]

Competition in Upstream Sewage and Sludge Markets

Client: Ofwat
Published: March, 2010

This research provides Ofwat with an independent assessment of the level of ā€˜in-the-marketā€™ competition that already exists in the upstream sewage and sludge sector in England and Wales; an assessment of the scope for increasing competition in the sewage and sludge markets; and some options for further developing upstream competition in sewage and sludge markets.