Centre on Regulation and Competition
Position: Centre Director, Centre on Regulation and Competition
Professor of Economics and Development Policy
Contact: Centre on Regulation and Competition
Institute for Development Policy and Management
School of Environment and Development
The University of Manchester
Harold Hankins Building, Precinct Centre
Oxford Road
Manchester M13 9QH
United Kingdom
Phone: +44 (0) 161 275 2798
Fax: +44 (0) 161 275 0808
E-mail: paul.cook@manchester.ac.uk
Research Interests: Public enterprise reform and privatisation; regulation and competition; economic policy issues in the transitional economies; macroeconomic and trade policy; public sector management.
Selected Publications:
Books
Cook, P., Kirkpatrick, C., Minogue, M. and Parker, D. (Eds), 2004, Leading Issues in Competition, Regulation and Development, Edward Elgar, Cheltenham
Book Chapters
'Competition Policy, Market Power and Collusion in Developing Countries' in Cook P, Kirkpatrick C, Minogue M and Parker D (Eds) 2004, heading Issues in Competition, Regulation and Development, Edward Elgar, Cheltenham
'Small and medium-sized enterprises in developing countries' in Green C, Kirkpatrick C and Murinde V (Eds) 2005 Finance and Development, Edward Elgar Cheltenham (with Frederick Nixson)
Journal Articles
'The effects of competition on technological and trade competitiveness', Quarterly Review of Economics & Finance 45 2/3, p258-283 (with Yuichiro Uchida)
'The Transformation of Competitive Advantage in East Asia: An Analysis of Technological and Trade Specialisation' World Development 33 (5) 701-728 (with Yuichiro Uchida)
'Privatisation and Utility Regulation in Developing Countries: the Lessons So Far', Annals of Public and Cooperative Economics 1999 70 (4) 549-587
'The Welfare and Political Economy Dimensions of Private vs State Ownership of Enterprise', The Manchester School, 2002 70 (2) 246-61. (with Raul Fabella)
'Productivity Growth in East Asia: a Reappraisal', Applied Economics, 2002 34 (10), 1195-1207 (with Yuichiro Uchida)
'Competition and its Regulation: Key Issues', Annals of Public and Cooperative Economics 2002 73(4) 541-558
'Privatisation and Economic Growth in Developing Countries' Journal of Development Studies, 2003 (with Yuichiro Uchida) 39 (6) 121-154
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