Contact Professor David Parker
- Email: david.parker@cranfield.ac.uk
Current activities
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
- Figueira C, Nellis J & Parker D (2009) The effects of ownership on bank efficiency in Latin America, Applied Economics, 41 (18) 2353-2368.
- Figueira C, Nellis J & Parker D (2009) Banking performance and technological change in non-core EU countries: A study of Spain and Portugal, Studies in Economics and Finance, 26 (3) 155-170.
- Zhang Y, Parker D & Kirkpatrick C (2008) Electricity sector reform in developing countries: an econometric assessment of the effects of privatization, competition and regulation, Journal of Regulatory Economics, 33 (2) 159-178.
- Arnold M & Parker D (2008) Stock market perceptions of the motives for mergers in cases reviewed by the UK competition authorities, Managerial and Decision Economics, 30 211-233.
- Parker D, Kirkpatrick C & Figueira C (2008) Infrastructure regulation and poverty reduction in developing countries: A review of the evidence and a research agenda, Quarterly Review of Economics and Finance, 48 (2) 177-188.
- Parker D & Wu HL (2007) Determinants of post-privatization efficiency gains: The Taiwanese experience, Economic and Industrial Democracy, 28 (8) 465-493.
- Jalilian H, Kirkpatrick C & Parker D (2007) The impact of regulation on economic performance in developing countries: A cross-country analysis, World Development, 35 (1) 87-103.
- Saal D, Parker D & Weyman-Jones T (2007) Determining the Contribution of Technical Change, Efficiency Change and Scale Change to Productivity Growth in the Privatised English and Welsh Water and Sewerage Industry: 1985-2000, Journal of Productivity Analysis, 28 (40210) 127-139.
- Willner J & Parker D (2007) The Performance of Public and Private Enterprise under Conditions of Active and Passive Ownership and Competition and Monopoly, Journal of Economics, 90 (3) 221-253.
- Leask G & Parker D (2007) Strategic groups, competitive groups and performance within the UK pharmaceutical industry: Improving our understanding of the competitive process, Strategic Management Journal, 28 (7) 723-745.
- Figueira C, Nellis J & Parker D (2007) Challenges Facing the Polish Banking Industry: A Comparative Study with UK Banks, Managing Global Transitions, 5 (1) 25-44.
- Kirkpatrick C, Parker D & Zhang YF (2006) Foreign direct investment on infrastructure in developing countries: does regulation make a difference?, Transnational Corporations, 15 (1) 143-172.
- Parker D, Kirkpatrick C & Zhang YF (2006) State versus private sector provision of water services in Africa: An empirical analysis, World Bank Economic Review, 20 (1) 143-63.
- Dassler T, Parker D & Saal D (2006) Methods and trends of performance benchmarking in UK utility regulation, Utilities Policy, 14 (3) 166-174.
- Parker D & Leask G (2006) Strategic group theory: review, examination and application in the UK pharmaceutical industry, Journal of Management Development, 25 (4) 386-408.
- Kirkpatrick C, Parker D & Zhang Y (2006) An empirical analysis of state and private-sector provision of water services in Africa, World Bank Economic Review, 20 (1) 143-163.
- Figueira C, Nellis J & Parker D (2006) Does ownership affect efficiency of African banks?, Journal of Developing Areas, 40 (1) 37-62.
- Parker D & Kirkpatrick C (2005) Regulating prices and profits in utility industries in low income economies: Rate of return, price cap or sliding-scale regulation?, International Journal of Public Sector Management, 18 (3) 241-255.
- Saal D & Parker D (2005) The comparative impact of privatization and regulation on productivity growth in the English and Welsh water and sewerage industry, 1985-1999, International Journal of Regulation and Governance, 4 (2) 139-170.
- Zhang YF, Parker D & Kirkpatrick C (2005) Competition, regulation and privatisation of electricity generation in developing countries: Does the sequencing of the reforms matter?, Quarterly Review of Economics and Finance, 45 358-379.
- Parker D, Kirkpatrick C & Zhang YF (2005) Price and profit regulation in developing and transition economies; A survey of the regulators, Public Money and Management, 25 (2) 99-106.
- Kirkpatrick C & Parker D (2005) Domestic regulation and the WTO: The case of water services in developing countries, World Economy, 28 (10) 1491-1508.
- Kirkpatrick C, Parker D & Zhang YF (2005) Private investment in infrastructure in Asia: the impact of regulation, 50 (1) 369-391.
- Tyrrall D & Parker D (2005) The fragmentation of a railway: A study of organizational change, Journal of Management Studies, 42 (3) 507-537.
- Parker D & Kirkpatrick C (2005) Privatisation in developing countries: a review of the evidence and the policy lessons, Journal of Development Studies, 41 (4) 513-541.
- Dassler T & Parker D (2004) Harmony or disharmony in the regulation and the promotion of competition in EU telecommunications? A survey of the regulatory offices, Utilities Policy, 12 (1) 9-28.
- Parker D & Zhang YF (2004) Labour and total factor productivity in the Chinese electronics industry in the 1990s, International Review of Applied Economics, 18 (1) 1-22.
- Kirkpatrick C & Parker D (2004) Regulatory impact assessment in developing countries, Public Administration and Development, 24 (4) 333-344.
- Parker D & Leask G (2004) An application of strategic group theory to UK pharmaceutical industry, 16 (1) 1-9.
- Parker D (2004) Lessons from privatisation, Economic Affairs, 24 (3) 2-8.
- Kirkpatrick C, Parker D & Zhang YF (2004) Regulatory impact assessment in developing and transition economies: A survey of current practice, Public Money and Management, 24 (5) 291-296.
- Kirkpatrick C & Parker D (2004) Regulatory impact assessment - an overview (Editorial), Public Money and Management, 24 (5) 267-270.
- Parker D & Hartley K (2003) Transaction Costs and Relational Contracting: Public-Private Partnerships and a Case Study of the European Defence Sector, Journal of Purchasing and Supply Management, 9 (3) 97-108.
- Parker D (2003) Performance, Risk and Strategy in Privatised, Regulated Industries: the UK's Experience, International Journal of Public Sector Management, 16 (1) 75-100.
- Parker D, Dasler T & Saal D (2002) Profitability and productivity in European telecommunications, 1978-98: a comparative study, European Business Review, 14 (2) 194-209.
- Parker D, Dasler T & Saal D (2002) Economic performance in European telecommunications, 1978-1998: a comparative study, European Business Review, 14 (3) 194-209.
- Parker D & Zhang YF (2002) The Impact of Ownership on Management and Structures in the Chinese Electronics Industry: A Questionnaire Based Study, Asia Pacific Business Review, 8 (3) 95-114.
- Parker D (2002) Economic Regulation: A Review of Issues, Annals of Public and Cooperative Economics, 73 (4) 493-519.
- Parker D, Liu X, Vaidya K & Wei Y (2001) The impact of foreign direct investment on labour productivity in the Chinese electronics industry, International Business Review, 10 421-439.
- Parker D & Saal D (2001) Productivity and price performance in the privatised water and sewerage companies of England and Wales, Journal of Regulatory Economics, 20 (1) 61-90.
- Parker D, Whitby S & Tobias A (2001) Nonlinear Dynamics and Duopolistic Competition: A R & D Model and Simulation, Journal of Business Research, 51 (3) 179-191.
- Parker D, Bennett D, Vaidya K, Liu X & Steward F (2001) Technology Transfer to China: A Study of Strategy in 20 EU Industrial Countries, International Journal of Technology Management, 21 (1/2) 151-182.
- Parker D, Liu X & Li X (2001) Foreign Direct Investment and Productivity Spillovers in the Chinese Manufacturing Sector, Economic Systems, 25 (4) 305-321.
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.