Ports: what role for mixed ownership? The great majority of the international published and peer reviewed empirical literature finds that a degree of private ownership tends to improve firms’ performance on average and over time. Key reasons are that the incentives and ability to monitor 100% government-owned [...]
Comcom – Covid-19 and Regulated Returns The Covid-19 period coincides with the period the Commerce Commission uses when estimating several key parameters in its current Input Methodologies review. This creates a risk that the estimates which the Commission derives from data over the last three years are [...]
Funding fire and emergency services On 1 July last year, fire and emergency services in New Zealand were amalgamated into one entity, Fire and Emergency Services NZ (FENZ). The amalgamation was accompanied by a remarkable 40% increase in average levies. In a recent report for the Property [...]
Georgia - The Public Sector Balance Sheet The New Zealand government currently owns thirteen state-owned enterprises (SOEs). The Georgian government on the other hand owns approximately 160 SOEs with a further 70-plus owned by local government. Over the last year, TDB director Phil Barry has had the [...]
Funding New Zealand's fire-services TDB is pleased to have contributed to the work of the Property Council that has led to the government announcing a review of the funding of fire services in New Zealand. The government has said it recognises the problems with the current regime’s [...]
State-owned enterprises in Georgia The New Zealand government currently owns thirteen state-owned enterprises (SOEs). The Georgian government on the other hand owns approximately 160 SOEs with a further 70-plus owned by local government. Over the last year, TDB director Phil Barry has had the opportunity to work [...]