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David is the UK Government's Official Historian of Privatisation and a Member of the Government's Regulatory Policy Committee. Formerly he was a Member of the UK Competition Commission and remains Emeritus Professor of Privatisation and Regulation at Cranfield.

David has considerable experience of privatisation and regulation internationally, dating back to the 1970s. He has undertaken consultancy and training on privatisation, regulation and competition policy in the UK, the Russian Federation, Trinidad, Germany, India, Taiwan, Malaysia, the Czech Republic, the Philippines, Slovakia, Estonia, Lithuania, Mexico, Cyprus, Germany, South Africa, Australia, Jamaica, Malawi, Ghana, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, Jersey, Hungary, Thailand and Vietnam. In addition, he has published 13 books on privatisation or regulation and over 50 research papers and book chapters. He is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts and the British Academy of Management.

Publications

Articles In Journals

Conference Papers

  • Parker D (2007) Infrastructure regulation and poverty reduction in developing countries: a review of the evidence and a research agenda. In: Economic Regulation, Development and Markets in Public Infrastructure Services Conference, Milton Keynes.
  • Parker D (2007) The performance of liberalized infrastructures. In: 10th Annual Conference on the Economics of Infrastructures, Delft.
  • Arnold M & Parker D (2007) Stock Market Perceptions of the Motives for Mergers in Cases Reviewed by the UK Competition Authorities: An Empirical Analysis. In: Conference proceedings 2007 : British Academy of Management : management research, education and business success : is the future as clear as the past?, Warwick, 11 September 2007.
  • Parker D (2005) The relevance of regulatory impact assessment in developing countries. In: Third South Asia Investment Roundtable, Dhaka.
  • Parker D (2005) Competition in the provision of energy and water services in developing countries. In: Annual Shirley Playfair Lecture, Kingston, Jamaica.
  • Parker D & Arnold M (2004) The impact of UK competition regulation on shareholder value. In: British Academy of Management Conference, St Andrews.
  • Parker D & Leask G (2004) Strategic groups in the UK pharmaceutical industry. In: Strategic Management Society 24th annual international conference, Puerto Rico.
  • Parker D (2004) Performance measurement and regulation. In: International Conference on Performance Management, Brisbane.
  • Parker D (2004) Regulatory impact assessment: applying the concept in the context of a developing country. In: Regulation and Competition in Ghana Conference, Accra.
  • Parker D (2004) Regulating development: an empirical assessment of the effects of regulation on economic performance in developing countries. In: The Regulation of Development and the Development of Regulation, Urbana-Champaign, IL, USA.
  • Parker D (2004) Competition, regulation and privatisation of electricity generation in developing countries: Does the sequencing of reforms matter?. In: Academy of Management Annual Meeting, New Orleans.
  • Leask G & Parker D (2004) The UK pharmaceutical industry: strategy and the competitive process. In: British Academy of Management Conference, St Andrews.
  • Parker D (2004) Privatisation and regulation in developing countries. In: 14th Beesley lectures 2004, London, 10 November 2004.
  • Figueira C, Nellis J & Parker D (2004) The effects of private versus state and foreign versus domestic ownership on bank efficiency in Latin America. In: British Academy of Management Conference, St Andrews.
  • Figueira C, Nellis J & Parker D (2004) Bank efficiency in Latin America. In: ESRC Conference on Finance for Development & Poverty Reduction, Bath.
  • Figueira C, Nellis J & Parker D (2004) Are international financial markets integrating. In: Academy of International Business annual meeting, Sweden.
  • Parker D (2003) Privatisation, competition and regulation - the issues. In: The Future for Regulation and Competition in Developing Countries Conference, Manchester.
  • Parker D, Jalilian H & Kirkpatrick C (2003) Creating the conditions for international business expansion: the impact of regulation on economic performance in developing countries - a cross country analysis. In: British Academy of Management Conference, Harrogate.
  • Parker D & Kirkpatrick C (2003) Prospects for and limitations of RIA in the developing country context. In: Regultory Impact Assessment; Strengthening Regulation Policy and Practice Conference, Manchester.
  • Parker D (2002) Managerialism rampant? British Rail 1979-1996. In: British Academy of Management Conference, London.
  • Parker D (2001) Wider Utility Regulation. In: EU Telecommunications Law & Regulation Conference, Brussels.
  • Parker D & Willner J (2001) A model of state enterprise and privatisation under conditions of active and passive ownership. In: European Association for Research in Industrial Economics Conference, Dublin.
  • Parker D & Hartley J (2001) Transaction costs and relational contracting: public-private partnerships and a case study of the European defence sector. In: British Academy of Management Conference, Cardiff.
  • Parker D (2001) Privatisation and liberalisation of electricity. In: Conference on Market Liberalisation in the Australian Electricity Market, Melbourne.

Books

  • Figueira C & Parker D (2011) Infrastructure Liberalization: Challenges to the new Economic Paradigm in the Context of Developing Countries. In: International Handbook of Network Industries. Finger M, Kuenneke, R W (ed.), Cheltenham, UK: Edward Elgar, p. 491-512.
  • Parker D & Figueira C (2010) PPPs in developed and developing economies: what lessons can be learned?. In: International Handbook on Public-Private Partnerships. Hodge G, Greve C, Boardman A E (ed.), Cheltenham: Edward Elgar, p. 526-547.
  • Crew M & Parker D (2008) Developments In The Economics Of Privatization And Regulation. Edward Elgar.
  • Parker D & Kirkpatrick C (2007) Regulatory Impact Assessment: Towards Better Regulation?. Cheltenham: Edward Elgar.
  • Parker D (2007) Privatisation and Productivity: Lessons from the UK. In: Perspectives on Irish Productivity. Aylward C, O'Toole R (ed.), Dublin: Forfas.
  • Parker D & Kirkpatrick C (2007) Regulation. In: Regulation, Markets and Poverty. Cook P, Mosedale S (ed.), Cheltenham: Edward Elgar.
  • Nellis J & Parker D (2006) Principles of business economics. Harlow: Financial Times / Prentice Hall, ed. 2nd ed..
  • Parker D (eds), (2006) International Handbook on Economic Regulation, Cheltenham: Edward Elgar.
  • Parker D (2006) The UK's privatisation experiment: the passage of time permits a sober assessment. In: Privatisation: The International Experience. Whalley J, Sinn H, Koethenbuerger M (ed.), Cambridge, MA: MIT Press.
  • Parker D & Kirkpatrick C (2006) Privatisation and regulation in developing countries. In: Regulating utilities and promoting competition: lessons for the future. Robinson C (ed.), Cheltenham, UK: Edward Elgar.
  • Parker D & Kirkpatrick C (2006) Privatisation. In: The Elgar Companion to Development Studies. Clark D (ed.), Cheltenham: Edward Elgar.
  • Parker D, Saal D & Dassler T (2006) Performance benchmarking in utility regulation and the UK experience. In: International Handbook on Economic Regulation. Crew M, Parker D (ed.), Cheltenham: Edward Elgar.
  • Saal D & Parker D (2006) Assessing the performance of water operations in the English and Welsh water industry: A lesson in the implications of inappropriately assuming a common frontier. In: Performance measurement and regulation of network utilities. Coeli T, Lawrence D (ed.), Cheltenham: Edward Elgar, p. 297-327.
  • Parker D, Jalilian H & Kirkpatrick C (2006) Creating the conditions for international business expansion: The impact of regulation on economic growth in developing countries - a cross country analysis. In: Regulating development: Evidence from Africa and Latin America. Amann E (ed.), Cheltenham: Edward Elgar.
  • Parker D & Kirkpatrick C (2006) A comparative analysis of the performance of public and private water utilities in Africa. In: Regulating development: Evidence from Africa and Latin America. Amann E (ed.), Cheltenham: Edward Elgar.
  • Parker D & Crew M (2006) Development in the theory and practice regulatory economics. In: International Handbook on Economic Regulation. Crew M, Parker D (ed.), Cheltenham: Edward Elgar.
  • Parker D (2006) Enterprise sales: Thatcher leads the charge. In: Privatization and market development: Global movements in public policy ideas. Hodge G (ed.), Cheltenham: Edward Elgar, p. 9-35.
  • Cook P,‎ Kirkpatrick C,‎ Minogue M, Parker D (eds), (2005) Leading issues in competition, regulation and development, Cheltenham: Edward Elgar.
  • Parker D & Saal D (2005) Performance in the English and Welsh privatised water industry. In: Performance Measurement and Regulation of Network Utilities. Coelli T, Lawrence D (ed.), Cheltenham: Edward Elgar.
  • Nellis J & Parker D (2004) Principles of macroeconomics. Prentice Hall.
  • Parker D (2004) International experience in restructuring electricity. In: Power Progress: An Audit of Australia's Electricity Reform Experiment. Hodge G (ed.), Melbourne: Australian Scholarly Publishing.
  • Parker D, Saal D (eds), (2003) International handbook on privatization, Cheltenham: Edward Elgar.
  • Parker D (2003) Inertia in the implementation of a privatisation programme: the case of a policy transfer in Taiwan. In: The theory and practice of institutional transplantation: experiences with the transfer of policy institutions. de Jong M, Lalenis K, Mamadouh V (ed.), Dordecht: Kluwer.
  • Parker D (2003) The dynamics of regulation: performance, risk and strategy in the privatised, regulated industries. In: On creating competition and strategic restructuring. Hulsink W, Wubben E (ed.), Cheltenham: Edward Elgar.
  • Parker D (2003) Privatisation in the European Union. In: International Handbook on Privatisation. Parker D, Saal D (ed.), Cheltenham: Edward Elgar.
  • Parker D (2003) Privatization and regulation of public utilities: problems and challenges for developing economies. In: International Handbook on Privatisation. Parker D, Saal D (ed.), Cheltenham: Edward Elgar.
  • Parker D (2003) Australia's electricity privatization experiments. In: Power to the People? An Audit of Australia's Electricity Privatization Experiment. Hodge G (ed.), Melbourne.
  • Parker D & Kirkpatrick C (2003) Economic regulation in developing countries: a critical assessment of theory and practice. In: Leading Issues in Competition, Regulation and Development. Cook P, Minogue M, Kirkpatrick C, Parker D (ed.), Cheltenham: Edward Elgar.
  • Nellis J & Parker D (2002) Principles of business economics. Harlow: Financial Times / Prentice Hall, ed. 1st ed..
  • Saha SK, Parker D (eds), (2002) Globalisation and sustainable development in Latin America: perspectives on the new economic order, Aldershot: Edward Elgar.
  • Parker D (2002) Privatisation and neoliberalism: the European experience and the lessons for Latin America. In: Globalisation and sustainable development in Latin America: perspectives on the new economic order. Parker D, Saha S (ed.), Aldershot: Edward Elgar.
  • Saha K & Parker D (2002) Introduction. In: Globalisation and sustainable development: perspectives on the new economic order. Parker D, Saha S (ed.), Aldershot: Edward Elgar.
  • Hartley K & Parker D (2001) Adversarial competition vs partnership sourcing: a critique. In: Public Procurement (in Series 'International Library of Critical Writings in Economics). Arrowsmith S, Hartley K (ed.), Cheltenham: Edward Elgar.
  • Parker D (2001) An economic perspective on innovation networks. In: Social interaction and organisational change. Jones O, Conway S, Steward F (ed.), London: Imperial College Press.