Working papers

Please also visit the personal web pages of our Centre members as well as the series of discussion papers at the department of Economics at City University.

A selection of policy papers is also available below.

Jon Stern: The role of the regulatory asset base as an instrument of regulatory commitment

Jon Stern: Econometric benchmarking and its uses by ORR: a review

Martin Cave & Jon Stern: Economics and the development of system operators in infrastructure industries

Jon Stern & Jonathan Mirrlees-Black: A framework for valuing water in England and Wales from 2015 onwards (pdf)

Jon Stern: System operators: Lessons from US and EU energy industry experience and implications for the England and Wales water industry (pdf)

Jon Stern: Developing upstream competition in the England and Wales water supply industry: A new approach. (pdf)

Jon Stern: The Evaluation of Regulatory Agencies. (pdf)

Jon Stern: The Regulatory & Institutional dimension of infrastructure services. (pdf)

Jon Stern: The Regulatory & Institutional dimension of infrastructure services. (pdf)

Jon Stern: The Relationship between Regulation and Contracts in Infrastructure Industries. (pdf)

Jon Stern: Introducing competition into England and Wales water industry - Lessons from UK and EU energy market liberalisation. (pdf)

Xeni Dassiou & Jon Stern: Infrastructure Contracts: Trust & Institutional Updating. (pdf)

Jon Stern: Infrastructure Regulatory Institutions and their Impact: Papers from CCRP Workshop 2006. (pdf)

Maria Manuela Gonzalez & Lourdes Trujillo: Efficiency Measurement in the Port Industry: A Survey of the Emperical Evidence. (pdf)

Beatriz Tovar, Sergio Jara-Diaz & Lourdes Trujillo: Econometric Estimation of Scale and Scope Economies within the Port Sector: A Review. (pdf)

Antonio Estache, Marianela Gonzalez & Lourdes Trujillo: Government Expenditures on Education, Health and Infrastructure: A Naive Look at Levels, Outcomes and Efficiency. (pdf)

Federica Maiorano & Jon Stern: Institutions and Infrastructure Investment in Low and Middle-Income Countries: The case of Mobile Communications. (pdf)

Antonio Estache, Ana Goicoechea & Lourdes Trujillo: Utilities Reforms and Corruption in Developing Countries. (pdf)

Policy papers

Jon Stern & Mirrlees-Black: Valuing water in England and Wales in the medium and long term, 2011 (pdf)

Jon Stern: Competition and Trade Proposals for the UK Water Industry, 2011 (pdf)

Jon Stern: BIS Consultation: Principles for Economic Regulation, 2011 (pdf)

Jon Cubbin: What is Competition Policy For? (pdf)

Jon Stern: House of Lords Select Committee on Regulators 2007 (pdf)