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Research Interests
 

 

The Economics of Regulation

Topics include the design and impact of regulatory constraints (rate of return, price caps etc.), pricing issues (access pricing, Ramsey pricing, margin squeeze etc.), market definition, the measurement of market power in horizontal markets and vertical chains, the regulatory cost of finance.

 

Finance and Investment

Topics include short termism, replacement investment, optimal economic life, the impact of real options, asset pricing models, market efficiency, corporate finance and capital budgeting issues etc.

 

Management Accounting

Topics include cost allocation, transfer pricing, and the role of information in organisations.

 

Experimental Economics

Topics include experiments in learning environments with applications to management accounting issues.

 

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Contact details:

Ian M Dobbs

The Business School
Armstrong Building
University of Newcastle upon Tyne
NE1 7RU

Sec: +(0)191 222 6133
Fax: +(0)191 222 8758
email: 
i.m.dobbs@ncl.ac.uk

 


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