Dr Stephen Labson has over 25 years of international consulting experience in financial economics and regulation. With a focus on energy, utilities and infrastructure, Dr Labson has an extensive track record in advising governments on major industry reform initiatives, corporate clients on commercial and strategic issues, and regulators in design of pricing frameworks. Most recently Dr Labson acted as Special Advisor to the Chief Restructuring Officer (Eskom)
He has held the positions of:
- Senior Reseacrh Fellow and Lecturer, University of Johannesburg
- Director Arthur Andersen Corporate Finance, Asia Pacific Infrastructure Group
- Senior Executive - Department of Energy & Minerals, State Government of Victoria (Australia)
- Senior Economist - Australian Bureau of Agricultural and Resource Economics
He has published over thirty articles - some of which have appeared in leading peer reviewed international academic journals.
Experience
2004–present
Director, SLECONOMICS PTY LTD
2016–present
Lecturer, Centre for Competition, Regulation and Economic Development
2016–2019
Senior research fellow, Centre for Competition, Regulation, and Economic Development
1996–2001
Director, Arthur Andersen Corporate Finance Asian Pacific Infrastructure Group
1994–1996
Senior Executive, Victorian State Government (Australia) Energy & Minerals
Education
1991
university of california at berkeley, PhD, economics
1986
university of california at berkeley, Master of Science- International Finance
Publications
2018
PRUDENT AND EFFICIENT COSTS AND STANDARDS FOR REGULATORY DECISION MAKING , 4TH ANNUAL COMPETITION AND ECONOMIC REGULATION CONFERENCE
2016
Asset Valuation Methodology and the Fascination with Efficiency’, Network ACCC
1997
“Unbundling Utility Regulation”, Agenda
1997
Changing Patterns of Trade in the World Iron Ore and Steel Market: An Econometric Analysis,, Journal of Policy Modeling
1997
Profiting from Cogeneration, Commonwealth of Australia
1996
Pricing Water for Power: A Two-Tier Approach”, Economics Papers
1996
International Response to Greenhouse Gas Abatement, Agenda
1995
Modelling Phased Reduction of Distortionary Policies in the U.S. Wheat Market Under Alternative Macroeconomic Environments,, GATT Negotiations and the Political Economy of Policy Reform) Heidelberg: Springer-Verlag
1995
Stochastic Trends and Structural Breaks in the Intensity of Metals Use, Journal of Environmental Economics and Management
1994
Factors Influencing the Adoption of Electric Arc Furnace Steelmaking Technology, Applied Economics
1994
Modelling Distortionary Aspects of the U.S. Wheat Program and Policy Reform, Journal of Policy Modeling
1992
Voluntary Production Restraint: The United States Case,, Improving Agricultural Trade under the GATT (Kiel: Vauk Verlag,
1991
Optimal Policy Instruments and Political Preference Functions , AMERICAN JOURNAL OF AGRICULTURAL ECONOMICS 73 (5), 1552-1552
Professional Memberships
Economics Society of Australia
South African Association for Energy Economics
Honours
Research scholarship - University of California at Berkekely