Eric Crampton

Wellington

Contributing Writer at The National Business Review

Chief Economist at The New Zealand Initiative

Blogger at Offsetting Behaviour

Chief Economist at the NZ Initiative. Adjunct Senior Fellow, Economics, @ucnz.

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Articles

This land is your land to make the best use of

1 week ago | nzinitiative.org.nz | Eric Crampton

Imagine that you owned a vacant piece of land. You were trying to decide whether to put solar panels on it to generate electricity or plant trees to sequester carbon and earn carbon credits. It would be strange to also have to weigh how good that land might be for horticulture or for raising sheep, if you had already ruled both out. To read the full article on the Newsroom website, click here.
This land is your land to make the best use of

1 week ago | newsroom.co.nz | Eric Crampton

Comment: Imagine that you owned a vacant piece of land. You were trying to decide whether to put solar panels on it to generate electricity or plant trees to sequester carbon and earn carbon credits. It would be strange to also have to weigh how good that land might be for horticulture or for raising sheep, if you had already ruled both out. Already have an account?
The obstacles in place for any new supermarket player

1 week ago | nzinitiative.org.nz | Eric Crampton

There are already too many reasons for international supermarket chains to decide our small set of islands far from everywhere are not worth bothering about. Adding one more seems bad if government has prioritised retail grocery competition. To read the full article on The Post website, click here.
The Post

1 week ago | thepost.co.nz | Eric Crampton
Learning from letters

3 weeks ago | nzinitiative.org.nz | Eric Crampton

We can learn a lot from newspapers’ Letters to the Editor pages. This week, I had a column in the Stuff newspapers on the Initiative’s proposed fast-track for new supermarkets. I noted that existing district plans block new supermarkets that might compete with existing ones. So, we suggested enabling large-scale entry by a new player, overriding anticompetitive parts of district plans, and handling plan changes and consents for all sites at one go.
NZ can benefit from US university turmoil

3 weeks ago | newsroom.co.nz | Eric Crampton

Comment: The United States has the world’s best universities. At least for now. Those universities have, in turn, attracted the world’s best researchers. According to the National Foundation for American Policy, immigrants earned 45 of the 112 Nobel prizes awarded to Americans in chemistry, medicine and physics from 2000 to 2023. Already have an account?
The only way to find out if more supermarket competition is real

3 weeks ago | nzinitiative.org.nz | Eric Crampton

There’s an old joke about economists walking past a $20 note on the sidewalk. One says to the other, “If that note were real, someone would have picked it up already.”It could be that the $20 note was a photocopied counterfeit with advertising on the other side. You’ve probably seen those before. But there are other potential explanations. For example, imagine if you could collect that note by opening a new supermarket to compete with existing incumbents.
Newstalk ZB: Dr Eric Crampton on breaking down supermarket market barriers

1 month ago | nzinitiative.org.nz | Eric Crampton |Mike Hosking

Reports & Media > Media > Newstalk ZB: Dr Eric Crampton on breaking down supermarket market barriers Newstalk ZB: Dr Eric Crampton on breaking down supermarket market barriers Dr Eric Crampton talked to Mike Hosking on Newstalk ZB about The New Zealand Initiative's blueprint for addressing supermarket competition in New Zealand.
Podcast: A Fast-Track to stronger grocery competition

1 month ago | nzinitiative.org.nz | Eric Crampton |Benno Blaschke

Podcast: A Fast-Track to stronger grocery competition In this episode, Eric talks to Benno Blaschke about his groundbreaking report proposing a fast-track supermarket entry and expansion omnibus bill that could revolutionise New Zealand's grocery market.
Podcast: A Fast-Track to stronger grocery competition

1 month ago | nzinitiative.org.nz | Eric Crampton |Benno Blaschke

Podcast: A Fast-Track to stronger grocery competition In this episode, Eric talks to Benno Blaschke about his groundbreaking report proposing a fast-track supermarket entry and expansion omnibus bill that could revolutionise New Zealand's grocery market.