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BERR OCCASIONAL PAPER

Appendices for 'Evaluation of regional selective assistance (RSA) and its successor, selective finance for investment in England (SFIE)'. (PDF) (link opens in a new window)

BERR Occasional Paper no.2 appendices. Relates to the evaluation report of the impact of financial support provided to business under the RSA and SFIE schemes (URN 08/599).

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08/599AN04-08-2008 A4
93 Pages

BERR OCCASIONAL PAPER

Cross-country productivity performance at sector level: the UK compared with the US, France and Germany. (PDF) (link opens in a new window)

BERR occasional paper no.1. Compares estimates of UK productivity with that in the US, France and Germany to a 3-digit Standard Industrial Classification level of sectoral detail. Using new measures of labour and capital inputs, average labour productivity is estimated and analysed in terms of the contribution of factor inputs and total factor productivity using a growth accounting methodology.

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07/1520X11-02-2008 A4
176 Pages
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DTI OCCASIONAL PAPER

Energy efficiency and productivity of UK businesses: evidence from a new matched database. (PDF) (link opens in a new window)

DTI occasional paper no. 5. Research on data from the UK quarterly fuels inquiry (QFI). It looks at the issues that arise when conducting plant level analysis with this data and analyses the data that can be successfully merged with annual respondents database (ARD) data.

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06/97131-03-2006 A4
46 Pages

DTI OCCASIONAL PAPER

Evaluating the impact of England's regional development agencies: developing a methodology and evaluation framework. (PDF) (link opens in a new window)

DTI occasional paper no. 2. Explains the purpose, approach and methods for the evaluation of the impact of the English Regional Development Agencies (RDAs) and their contribution to the achievement of regional and national objectives.

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06/52410-02-2006 A4
177 Pages

BERR OCCASIONAL PAPER

Evaluation of regional selective assistance (RSA) and its successor, selective finance for investment in England (SFIE). (PDF) (link opens in a new window)

BERR Occasional Paper no.2. Evaluation report of the impact of financial support provided to business under the RSA scheme (£462.5 million offered to 784 businesses) in the period 2000-2004, and its replacement SFIE scheme since April 2004 (£100.1 million offered to 526 businesses). See also appendices URN 08/599AN.

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08/59904-08-2008 A4
162 Pages

BERR OCCASIONAL PAPER

Impact of regulation on productivity. (PDF) (link opens in a new window)

BERR Occasional Paper no.3. BERR and the Health and Safety Executive commissioned five studies to improve understanding of the impact of regulation on productivity, growth and competitiveness. Research topics include transmission mechanisms through which regulation impacts on productivity, the impact of domestic regulation on productivity, and behavioural responses to changes in regulation.

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08/121001-10-2008 A4
166 Pages
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DTI OCCASIONAL PAPER

Innovation in services. (PDF) (link opens in a new window)

DTI occasional paper no.9. Academic research on innovation services.

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07/98915-06-2007 A4
198 Pages

DTI OCCASIONAL PAPER

Innovation in the UK: indicators and insights. (PDF) (link opens in a new window)

DTI occasional paper no. 6. Summary of results from the 2005 UK innovation survey.

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06/145003-07-2006 A4
87 Pages
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DTI OCCASIONAL PAPER

Making linked employer-employee data relevant to policy. (PDF) (link opens in a new window)

DTI occasional paper No. 4. Collection of papers from a DTI-sponsored conference on linked datasets, focusing on employment relations policy issues.

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06/84123-03-2006 A4
166 Pages

DTI OCCASIONAL PAPER

Options for a low carbon future: review of modelling activities and an update. (PDF) (link opens in a new window)

DTI occasional paper No. 1. Reviews the modelling work undertaken for the 2003 Energy White Paper. It examines and compares the results of this work against other recent studies on the costs of abating greenhouse gas emissions.

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05/97509-09-2005 A4
64 Pages

BIS OCCASIONAL PAPER

Research to improve the assessment of additionality. (PDF) (link opens in a new window)

BIS occasional paper no. 1. Summarises research conducted by Cambridge Economic Associates, commissioned by the Department, to improve the understanding and assessment of additionality in appraisal and evaluation. Captures additional evaluation evidence on additionality and explores the latest thinking on particular areas of the adjustment, most notably agglomeration economies and their relevance for the multiplier adjustment. Aimed at those who commission, conduct and use evaluations to inform and design policy. See also guidance for using additionality benchmarks in appraisal (URN 09/1596).

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09/130215-10-2009 A4
65 Pages

DTI OCCASIONAL PAPER

Review of the literature on the statistical properties of linked databases. (PDF) (link opens in a new window)

DTI occasional paper no.3. Reports on a survey the literature on the statistical properties of linked databases, and identifies issues for attention.

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06/73210-03-2006 A4
52 Pages

BIS OCCASIONAL PAPER

The economic rationale for a national design policy. (PDF) (link opens in a new window)

BIS occasional paper no. 2. Reviews three different rationales for a national design policy body, and assesses five broad activities of this body from each of these different perspectives.

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10/111213-08-2010 A4
69 Pages

DTI OCCASIONAL PAPER

The impact of regulation: a pilot study of the incremental costs and benefits of consumer and competition regulations. (PDF) (link opens in a new window)

DTI occasional paper no. 7. Informs the development of a rigorous assessment of the total impact of regulation by developing and testing a methodology that builds from the analysis of the individual regulations and can be used to aggregate to the level of broad regulatory proposals and packages. This builds on recommendations made in the Better Regulation Task Force report led by David Arculus.

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06/210924-11-2006 A4
134 Pages