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oft 1321 Empowering consumers of public services through choice-tools (April 2011).
Choice-tools are sources of information, such as price comparison websites, patient feedback forums and education league tables, which support consumer decision making and can foster greater competition and choice in public services. This paper outlines how choice-tools may create competition and consumer protection concerns and suggests ways these concerns can be mitigated.
Empowering consumers of public services through choice-tools  (pdf 503 kb) 		Download only
oft 1214case Choice and Competition in Public Service Markets - case studies (March 2010)
These case studies examine choice and competition in public service markets, related to report OFT1214.
oft1214case (pdf 1.34 mb) 		Download only
oft 1113 Government in markets: Why competition matters – a guide for policy makers (September 2009)
This paper explains how government interventions can affect markets. It provides practical advice on how interventions might be designed to minimise negative effects on competition.
Government in markets (pdf 981 kb) 		Download only
oft 1030 The competition impact of environmental product standards: A report prepared by Frontier Economics for the OFT (October 2008)
This report examines the impact on markets of different approaches to regulating product standards. It considers the pros and cons of voluntary and mandatory approaches, and looks at alternative instruments such as energy labelling.
The competition impact of environmental product standards (pdf 575 kb) 		Download only
oft 841 More competition, less waste: Public procurement and competition in the municipal waste management sector. (May 2006)
This report aims to identify how the use of landfill to dispose of municipal waste in England could be reduced through the development of competitive markets. It also considers how competition could be enhanced for the municipal waste collection services.
More competition, less waste,  (pdf 473 kb) 		Download only
oft 829 Guidance on how to assess the competition effects of subsidies (January 2007).
This guidance, published jointly with HM Treasury, is designed to enable subsidy providers to assess whether a proposed subsidy is likely to have a significant effect on competition and, if this is the case, incorporate this effect into the wider appraisal of the subsidy.
Guidance on how to assess the competition effects of subsidies (pdf 190 kb) 		Download only


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