Tim Brown’s, head of Infratil’s “Capital Markets and Economic Regulation” area, thought provoking article in the Dominion Post’s 24 October 2012 got me thinking about economic investment. Tim’s thesis was New Zealand companies reinvest too little of their current profit, to the detriment of theirs – and ultimately New Zealand’s…
Television and Duopoly Economics
I love duopolies: two or more companies fighting it out in an economic arena. There’s a couple of different models out there to describe the outcome of duopoly behaviour.One theory (Cournot duopolies) says that the companies will fight it out, matching business models and competing until both or all are “the same”. At the end of the day, each…
The Off Work Economist
Good Morning World!My name’s James Hogan, and I’m a practising Economist in a New Zealand Government department. Importantly, I’m on holiday. So, in between building websites, cleaning the house, and landscaping the section, I’ve got some time to read and keep abreast of the News of the Day. And like…