Small nation regulators face a distinctive set of pressures that rarely feature in mainstream regulatory economics literature. The frameworks developed by Ofcom, the FCA or the European Commission assume deep specialist capacity, stable long-term funding and a regulator that can afford, when necessary, to go to court. For the national regulatory authorities (NRAs) of small nations such as Jersey, the Cayman Islands, Mauritius or Trinidad and Tobago, none of those assumptions

David Thomas and Sean Kennedy attended the SAMENA Leaders Summit in Dubai on 26 May 2025. Sean Kennedy moderated a panel on strategic pathways for sustainable growth in digital economies across the Middle East, North Africa and South-East Asia. The discussion covered digital transformation across the SAMENA region, with a particular focus on the emergence of digital economies in South-East Asia, evolving consumer preferences, the role of AI-driven personalisation, and the imp

The Competition and Markets Authority's (CMA) independent inquiry group (which includes DT Economics partner, David Thomas) has published...