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oft1391 The impact of competition interventions on compliance and deterrence
An independent piece of research providing a qualitative and quantitative assessment of compliance with competition law and deterrence from competition enforcement.
The impact of competition interventions on compliance and deterrence (pdf 1.89 mb) 		Download only
oft1354 Positive Impact 10/11 - Consumer benefits from the OFT's work (July 2011)
Positive Impact 10/11 - Consumer benefits from the OFT's work
OFT1354 Positive Impact 10/11 (pdf 289 kb) 		Download only
OFT1346 Research into the impact of the OFT’s case against Foxtons (by IFF Research) Evaluating the impact of the OFT’s consumer enforcement case against Foxtons (June 2011)
Research into the impact of the OFT’s case against Foxtons in respect of commission fees in letting agreements (by IFF Research) and Evaluating the impact of the OFT’s consumer enforcement case against Foxtons in respect of commission terms in letting agreements
Research into the impact of the OFT’s case against Foxtons in respect of commission fees in letting agreements - Report by IFF Research (pdf 1.02 mb) Evaluating the impact of the OFT’s consumer enforcement case against Foxtons in respect of commission terms in letting agreements (pdf 542 kb) 		Download only
OFT1332 Evaluating the impact of the OFT’s 2001 abuse of dominance case against Napp Pharmaceuticals (June 2011)
The aim of this evaluation was to understand the extent to which the SRM market has changed as a result of the 2001 decision and to estimate the impact of OFT’s intervention in terms of monetary savings to the NHS
Evaluating the impact of the OFT’s 2001 abuse of dominance case against Napp Pharmaceuticals (pdf 1.03 mb) An Independent Review of OFT's evaluation of its 2001 abuse of dominance case against Napp Pharmaceuticals (Professor Stephen Davies) (pdf 129 kb) 		Download only
oft1322 Evaluating the impact of the 2005 OFT study into care homes for older people (May 2011)
An independent evaluation of the impact of the OFT's 2005 market study into care homes for older people,
Evaluating the impact of the 2005 OFT study into care homes for older people (pdf 2.72 mb) Evaluating the impact of the 2005 OFT study into care homes for older people - annexes (pdf 560 kb) 		Download only
oft1323 Evaluating the financial benefits for consumers of consumer education and awareness campaigns Just tick it and Skilled to go (April 2011)
The Central Office of Information conducted an evaluation of OFT's Skilled to go consumer education programme, together with OFT's Just Tick It marketing campaign. Their report explores the return on investment of these initiatives.
OFT1323 - Evaluating Just tick it and Skilled to go (pdf 389 kb) 		Download only
oft1251 Positive Impact 2009/10 (July 2010)
A report providing the annual estimates for direct financial benefits to consumers from OFT's work on competition enforcement, consumer protection, mergers and markets work over the period 2007-10.
Positive impact 09/10 - July 2010 (pdf 435 kb) 		Download only
oft1250 A guide to OFT's impact estimation methods (July 2010)
A report presenting a consolidated guide of our approach to impact estimation
A guide to OFT's impact estimation methods (pdf 537 kb) 		Download only
oft1247 Consumer Codes Approval Scheme: Evaluating consumer experiences (July 2010)
In July 2010 the OFT published an independent evaluation of the impact on consumers of three codes at different stages of development within the Consumer Codes Approval Scheme (CCAS). The evaluation draws primarily on consumer surveys and follows on from a 2006 review of the impact on business of the CCAS.
Consumer Codes Approval Scheme: Evaluating consumer experiences (pdf 1.09 mb) 		Download only
OFT1228 The factors affecting compliance with consumer law and the role of deterrence (June 2010)
This report provides valuable and new insights into the deterrent role of enforcement.
Factors affecting compliance with consumer law and the deterrent effect of consumer enforcement (pdf 586 kb) 		Download only
oft1225a Qualitative research on the Drivers of Compliance and Non-Compliance with Consumer Protection Law (May 2010)
This report is a systematic qualitative review of the compliance experiences of a wide range of businesses.
Drivers of compliance and non-compliance with consumer law (pdf 567 kb) 		Download only
oft1225 Consumer Law and Business Practice: Drivers of Compliance and Non-Compliance (June 2010)
This report considers the main findings from the following qualitative and quantitative research and incorporates discussions with business and interested parties and learning's from reviewing research into regulatory compliance in other fields.
Consumer Law and Business Practice (pdf 550 kb) 		Download only
oft 1240 Evaluation of the impact of the OFT's investigation into bid rigging in the construction industry (June 2010)
An independent evaluation has been conducted by Europe Economics of the impact of recent OFT enforcement activities in the construction sector. The evaluation, based on survey responses from construction companies and procurers of construction goods and services, highlights a number of positive developments in awareness and business behaviour in the sector and provides insights into a number of issues, such as the important role of media reports as sources of information about the OFT's work.
Evaluation of the impact of the OFT's investigation into bid rigging in the construction industry (pdf 1.53 mb) 		Download only
oft 1219 Evaluating the impact of the 2003 OFT study on the Control of Entry regulations in the retail pharmacies market (March 2010)
The OFT commissioned DotEcon to evaluate the impact of the 2005 partial liberalisation introduced as a result of the 2003 OFT market study on control of entry regulations in the sector.
OFT1219 (pdf 3.62 mb) OFT1219a (pdf 7.15 mb) 		Download only
oft767 Ex-post evaluation of mergers (March 2005)
Analysis of a sample of mergers that were referred to the Competition Commission for investigation and ultimately unconditionally cleared.
Ex post evaluation of mergers (pdf 518 kb) 		Download only
oft 3861 The development of targets for consumer savings arising from competition policy (June 2002)
Economic Discussion Paper 4
The development of targets for consumer savings arising from competition policy (pdf 376 kb) 		Download only
oft 1091 Consumer Credit Interventions Evaluation (June 2009)
A report prepared for the Office of Fair Trading by IFF Research
Consumer Credit Interventions Evaluation  (pdf 1.14 mb) 		Download only
oft 1085 Trading Standards impact (June 2009)
An evaluation of the impact of the fair trading work of local authority Trading Standards Services in the UK
An evaluation of the impact of the fair trading work of local authority TSS in the UK (pdf 701 kb) 		Download only
oft1079 Findings from consumer surveys on internet shopping (May 2009)
A report comparing the findings from 2009 telephone and online consumer omnibus surveys to those of the original surveys conducted as part of the OFT's Internet Shopping Market Study.
Findings from consumer surveys on Internet Shopping (pdf 228 kb) 		Download only
oft1073 Review of merger decisions under the Enterprise Act 2002 (March 2009)
An independent review, with hindsight and in the light of subsequent market developments, of merger decisions under the Enterprise Act 2002, commenting on the approach to decisions.
Review of merger decisions under the Enterprise Act 2002 (pdf 747 kb) 		Download only
oft 1029 Evaluation of the Save Xmas awareness campaign (October 2008)
A report prepared for the Office of Fair Trading by Ipsos Mori
Evaluation of Save Xmas (pdf 374 kb) 		Download only
oft 1024 Evaluating the impact of the Supply of Extended Warranties on Domestic Electrical Goods Order 2005 (October 2008)
A report prepared for the Office of Fair Trading by LECG
Evaluating the impact of the Supply of Extended Warranties on Domestic Electrical Goods Order 2005  (pdf 306 kb) Evaluating the impact of the Supply of Extended Warranties on Domestic Electrical Goods Order 2005 - annexes (pdf 283 kb) 		Download only
oft 917 Consumer savings from merger control (April 2007)
Merger simulation for impact estimation
Consumer savings from merger control (pdf 306 kb) 		Download only
oft 870 and 870a Review of the impact on business of the Consumer Codes Approval Scheme (October 2006)
An evaluation of the Consumer Codes Approval Scheme
Review of impact on business of the Consumer Codes Approval Scheme (pdf 567 kb) Review of the impact on business of the Consumer Codes Approval Scheme (pdf 102 kb) 		Download only
oft 866 Evaluation of OFT Competition Advocacy (April 2010)
A report prepared for the Office of Fair Trading by London Economics
Evaluation of OFT Competition Advocacy (pdf 980 kb) 		Download only
oft 862 Evaluation strategy for market studies (September 2006)
Evaluation strategy for market studies
Evaluation strategy for market studies (pdf 134 kb) 		Download only
oft 852 Evaluating the impact of the car warranties market study (June 2006)
A report prepared for the Office of Fair Trading by Europe Economics
Evaluating the impact of the car warranties market study (pdf 554 kb) 		Download only
oft 827 Positive impact (December 2005)
An initial evaluation of the effect of the competition enforcement work conducted by the OFT
Positive impact (pdf 210 kb) 		Download only
oft 549 Evaluation of Enterprise Act training for TSS (December 2006)
A report prepared for the Office of Fair Trading by IFF research on the training of Local Authority Trading Standards Services (TSS) in Part 8 of the Enterprise Act
Evaluation of Enterprise Act training for TSS (pdf 537 kb) Evaluation of Enterprise Act training for TSS: Annexes (pdf 212 kb) 		Download only
oft1153 Monitoring the internet shopping market (January 2010)
Assessing changes to consumer awareness and business practices in the market following OFT work
Monitoring the internet shopping market (pdf 369 kb) 		Download only
oft1164 A review of OFT's impact estimation methods (January 2010)
The OFT commissioned Professor Stephen Davies to carry out an independent review of its impact estimation methodologies. The review assesses the methodologies applied to each area of OFT's work and suggests possible modifications. Overall, it provides a very positive endorsement of the bulk of the OFT impact estimation work.
OFT1164 Review of the OFT's impact estimation methods (pdf 543 kb) OFT1164 OFT response to review of impact estimation methods (pdf 135 kb) 		Download only
Consumer confidence Assessing the wider benefits of the OFT's work (November 2009)
Assessing the wider benefits of the OFT's work - Evidence on consumer confidence
Evidence on consumer confidence (pdf 330 kb) 		Download only
OFT 1139 Evaluation of a sample of consumer enforcement cases plus annexes (October 2009)
The OFT commissioned London Economics to evaluate the impact of a sample of six completed consumer enforcement cases. The principal aim of this study was to review the effectiveness of a cross section of OFT interventions, and consider ways to enhance the impact of future interventions.
OFT1139 - Evaluation of a sample of consumer enforcement cases (pdf 612 kb) OFT1139a - Evaluation of a sample of consumer enforcement cases: Annexes (pdf 1.59 mb) 		Download only
oft 1102 Positive impact 08/09 (July 2009)
Consumer benefits from the OFT's work
Positive impact 08/09 - July 2009 (pdf 291 kb) 		Download only
oft 981 An evaluation of the impact upon productivity of ending resale price maintenance on books (February 2008)
A report that examines how the ending of resale price maintenance (RPM) on books affected productivity in book publishing and retailing.
An evaluation of the impact upon productivity of ending resale price maintenance on books (pdf 441 kb) 		Download only
oft 928 Positive Impact 06/07 (July 2007)
Consumer benefits from competition enforcement, merger control, and scam busting
Positive impact 06/07 (pdf 475 kb) 		Download only
oft963 and oft963a The deterrent effect of competition enforcement by the OFT – discussion document (November 2007)
An OFT discussion document seeking views on the key findings and policy issues arising from the report on the deterrent effect of competition enforcement by the OFT
The deterrent effect of competition enforcement by the OFT - Discussion document  (pdf 136 kb) The deterrent effect of competition enforcement by the OFT - Summary of comments (pdf 115 kb) 		Download only
oft 1007 Positive Impact 07/08 (July 2008)
Consumer benefits from competition enforcement, merger control, market studies and market investigation references, and scam busting
Positive impact 07/08 (pdf 337 kb) 		Download only
oft955 and oft955a Approach to calculating direct benefits to consumers (March 2008)
An OFT report
Approach to calculating direct benefits to consumers (pdf 161 kb) OFT response to points raised during the consultation on its approach to calculating benefits (pdf 98 kb) 		Download only
oft 956 Evaluating the impact of the taxis market study (October 2007)
A report for the OFT by Europe Economics
Evaluating the impact of the taxis market study (pdf 580 kb) 		Download only
oft 871 Usage and efficacy of the CD database for TSS (February 2007)
A case study analysis of the usage and efficacy of the Consumer Direct database for Local Authority Trading Standards Services
Usage and efficacy of the CD database for TSS (pdf 387 kb) 		Download only
oft 962 The deterrent effect of competition enforcement by the OFT (November 2007)
A report prepared for the OFT by Deloitte
The deterrent effect of competition enforcement by the OFT (pdf 845 kb) The deterrent effect of competition enforcement by the OFT - Discussion document  (pdf 136 kb)


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