Economics New Zealand

Friday, 28 April 2017

Mobile network mergers - what happens?

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If you've got any interest in what happens when competition increases or decreases in an industry, you've got to read this excellent...
Thursday, 20 April 2017

An "ugly casserole" indeed

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So we've tightened up our immigration settings, again. Opponents are saying it's fiddling at the margins. I hope the critics are rig...
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Tuesday, 18 April 2017

A quiet word in your ear...

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First of all, a quiet word in the ear of parties appearing before the Commerce Commission. Look at para 38 of the written reasons for the...

The details of SkyTV/Vodafone

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Just before the Easter weekend the Commerce Commission published its written reasons for turning down the SkyTV/Vodafone merger. Like other...
Wednesday, 5 April 2017

That touchy-feely stuff

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Life's too short, and you can't do everything, and one of the things that fell off my radar for a while was Masterchef . Lately, tho...

Beating the academic paywalls

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We've all got to make a living, and people are entitled to a return on their work, but there's a justified feeling that the paywalli...
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Tuesday, 4 April 2017

If it's tech, let it play out

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After an earlier draft decision to decline, last week  the ACCC definitively declined an authorisation application from three big banks (th...
Saturday, 1 April 2017

More good books - April 2017

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A history of Britain's Census may not be many people's first idea of a good read, so you'll be pleasantly surprised by Roger Hut...
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