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About Frontier Economics Limited
[edit]Frontier Economics Ltd (Frontier) is a microeconomics consultancy firm, founded in 1999. Its chairman is Sarah Hogg, Viscountess Hailsham (also Baroness Hogg)[1]. The firm's executive directors are: Zoltan Biro, Phil Burns, Dan Elliott, Simon Gaysford, Wynne Jones, George Houpis, Chris Newton, Michael Ridge and Christoph Riechmann.
Frontier provides economics advice to public and private sector clients on matters of business strategy and strategic management, competition (antitrust), regulation and public policy.[2] Frontier regularly advises companies on matters before competition authorities (including the UK Office of Fair Trading and the UK Competition Commission). Frontier staff also regularly act as expert witnesses in litigation proceedings on a range of economic issues. For example, the company is listed in the 'Who's who' of competition economists in the Global Competition Review.[3].
The company has provided advice on a number of high profile economic issues including: the economics of the proposed River Severn Barrage;[4] mobile phone termination charges;[5] emissions trading schemes; [6] and postal sector reform and pricing.[7] Frontier staff have published articles in economics and industry journals, such as Utility Week[8] and also feature at high profile economics conferences. For example, in 2005, the firm was a sponsor of the Econometric Society World Congress. In 2008, Frontier sponsored and appeared at the Warwick Economics Summit.
Major competitors: NERA Economic Consulting, LECG, CRA International, Europe Economics and Oxford Economic Research Associates
Offices
[edit]Frontier Economics Ltd (Europe) has offices in London, Cologne, Brussels and Madrid.
Frontier Economics Pty (Australia) has offices in Melbourne, Sydney and Brisbane.
The two companies are part of the Frontier Economics network and are independently owned. Legal commitments entered into by any one company do not impose any obligations on other companies in the network.
References
[edit]- ^ Heather Connon, "Baroness of the boardrooms", The Guardian, November 30 2003. [1]
- ^ Hot Frog reference to Frontier Economics, "About Frontier Economics", Hot Frog website. [2]
- ^ Global Competition Review, "Who's who: Competition Economists", Global Competition Review Website. [3]
- ^ John Vidal, "Severn barrage will be costly ecological disaster, say environment groups", The Guardian, June 12 2008. [4]
- ^ Philip Stafford, "Mobile phone groups step up fight against cut in fees", The Financial Times, September 13 2008. [5]
- ^ The National Audit Office, "The UK Emissions Trading Scheme", April 2004. [6]
- ^ Nikhil Kumar, "The mail market: Is competition delivering?", The Independent, 18 December 2007. [7]
- ^ Rob Francis and Sam Williams, "Water firms must carry out rigorous cost-benefit analysis", Utility Week, 13 June 2008. [8]