Economics in business

Electricity Market Reform

By Belinda Littleton Dr Michael Pollitt of the Electricity Policy Research Group provided a critical if not controversial view of Electricity Market Reform (EMR) from the perspective of pure economic theory to mark the end of the 2012 Beesley Lectures. Pollitt reminded the audience of the key principles associated with...

Shale gas in the UK: an energy policy game changer?

Belinda Littleton from our Energy, Utilities and Mining Strategy Team talks about the first lecture in the 2012 Beesley Lecture series. On 20 September, Howard Rogers of the Oxford Institute for Energy Studies presented the first Beesley Lecture at the Institute of Directors. The topic, whether shale gas in the...