Does the European Union’s Emissions Trading Scheme (ETS) for CO2 emissions “cap and trade” a real resource? Do emissions allowances allocated free to electricity generators have an opportunity cost? And if so, does a levy on the value of these allowances have an opportunity cost? In 2011,...

The “Big Six” energy firms currently face the prospect of political and regulatory intervention that is unprecedented in the more than 15 years since Britain’s 27 million households have been free to choose their gas and electricity supplier. In his September 2013 party conference speech,...

The UK government progressively privatised the British gas and electricity industry between 1986 and 1996. By 2002 the British energy regulator Ofgem, had first made all customers eligible to choose their supplier and finally lifted price controls for all customer types, driven by the belief...

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Economic stress and uncertainty is argued to increase older adults’ vulnerability to physical health decline and mental distress. Nevertheless, there is a paucity of research that examines the relationship between a large historical economic event, such as the recent global financial crisis...

This paper describes the design of a dynamic microsimulation model being built as part of the DYNOPTA (Dynamic Analyses to Optimize Ageing) Project. The model aims to establish a demographic modelling infrastructure to simulate the health outcomes of Australia's baby boomer and aged cohorts and...