In the June 2023 e-Competitions Bulletin of Concurrences, Managing Directors Ling-Ling Ang and Alan Grant and former Consultant Peter Traber examine the findings of their white paper...

Mobile spectrum licence renewal presents regulators with a critical policy choice: should renewal fees reflect full market value, or can below-market pricing serve as an investment instrument? This white paper models how pre-committed renewal fee structures affect operator investment decisions and social welfare, revealing that optimal fees may strategically deviate from market rates when private returns fall short of social benefits. The analysis further explores how success-dependent fee extraction create

Internet surveys are not only growing in popularity in the market research industry, but in the legal industry as well.

In Duran vs. U.S. Bank, the California Supreme Court affirmed the Court of Appeal's ruling and remanded a new trial on liability and damages in this misclassification suit.

A NERA team, led by Associate Director Stuart Holder and working in conjunction with Consult Sirius, was commissioned by Ofcom to review approaches to measuring the efficiency of postal operators.

The relocation of old, well-established brands in times of BEPS can be mastered by a careful dissection of intellectual property into various usage rights.

NERA Director Dominik Huebler and former colleague Claudia Beckmann published an article on quantum and class certification in privacy disputes in the peer-reviewed Mass Claims Journal. Drawing on NERA's recent work...

The EPA finalized cooling water intake requirements for existing power plants and other industrial facilities under Section 316(b) of the Clean Water Act.

The weighted average cost of capital (WACC) is central to French airport price-cap regulation.

This report presents the results of analysis that compares the taxation and subsidy regimes applying to oil, gas, coal, wind, and solar power in the EEA.

In this report, we demonstrate analysis methods to assess the potential costs and impacts on the US economy of a more stringent national ambient air quality standard.

Plaintiffs in wage and hour cases typically allege they did not receive full compensation for all time worked.

Senior Managing Director Richard Marsden addresses the observed decline in mobile spectrum prices in the 5G era reported in the first edition of the "NERA Spectrum Report" and explores some of the factors that could drive future prices as we approach 6G allocation.

US environmental regulations are increasingly influenced by cost-benefit analyses that are performed based on the guidance of the Office of Management and Budget.

The 10 new securities class actions filed in 2013 matched the number filed in 2012, according to this newly released edition of NERA's ongoing study, Trends in Canadian Securities Class Actions: 2013 Update

Developers of infrastructure and mining projects face mounting cost pressures, shifting trade policies, and evolving regulatory requirements that threaten project economics and investment decisions.

NERA Economic Consulting yesterday released an update on the number and value of securities class action claims in Canada.

Managing Director Vladimir Starkov wrote a Letter to the Editor on Philip Baker's "The Need for Plan B" published in Intertax in 2023.

A new study examines how tradable rights in regulated markets derive value not just from immediate use, but from the strategic flexibility they provide firms over time. Using New Zealand's quota fisheries as a case study, researchers demonstrate that rights with longer tenure command premium prices by allowing firms to optimize harvest decisions based on market conditions.

In a new paper titled “The End of the American Dream? Inequality and Segregation in US Cities” published by the Journal of Political Economy, Senior Consultant Mark Ponder...