Review of National Competition Policy arrangements

Supplement

Modelling impacts of infrastructure industry change over the 1990s

Supplement to inquiry report

This supplement was released with the inquiry report Review of National Competition Policy Reforms. The supplement provides details of the quantitative analysis drawn on in the public inquiry report.

Preliminaries
Cover, Copyright, Contents, Abbreviations

1 Introduction
1.1 Model framework
1.2 Productivity and price changes in infrastructure industries considered
1.3 Putting infrastructure industry changes in context

2 Overview of changes in key infrastructure industries
2.1 Electricity
2.2 Gas
2.3 Urban water and sewerage
2.4 Urban transport
2.5 Ports
2.6 Rail freight
2.7 Telecommunications

3 Impacts of changes in infrastructure industries
3.1 National and sectoral changes
3.2 State and regional results

4 Comparison between actual changes in regional employment and effects of infrastructure industry change

5 Distributional impacts of changes in infrastructure industries
5.1 Economy-wide changes in household purchasing power
5.2 Income and expenditure patterns by income group
5.3 Distributional effects
5.4 Sensitivity testing

A The MMRF-CR model

B A framework for assessing the welfare effects of infrastructure industry change

C The income distribution model

D Data sources for labour productivity and prices

References

  • Contents

Preliminaries
Cover, Copyright, Contents, Abbreviations

1 Introduction
1.1 Model framework
1.2 Productivity and price changes in infrastructure industries considered
1.3 Putting infrastructure industry changes in context

2 Overview of changes in key infrastructure industries
2.1 Electricity
2.2 Gas
2.3 Urban water and sewerage
2.4 Urban transport
2.5 Ports
2.6 Rail freight
2.7 Telecommunications

3 Impacts of changes in infrastructure industries
3.1 National and sectoral changes
3.2 State and regional results

4 Comparison between actual changes in regional employment and effects of infrastructure industry change

5 Distributional impacts of changes in infrastructure industries
5.1 Economy-wide changes in household purchasing power
5.2 Income and expenditure patterns by income group
5.3 Distributional effects
5.4 Sensitivity testing

A The MMRF-CR model

B A framework for assessing the welfare effects of infrastructure industry change

C The income distribution model

D Data sources for labour productivity and prices

References