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Maziotis, Alexandros; Saal, David S.; Thanassoulis, Emmanuel and Molinos-Senante, María (2015). Profit, productivity and price performance changes in the water and sewerage industry:an empirical application for England and Wales. Clean Technologies and Environmental Policy, 17 (4), pp. 1005-1018.

Mole, Kevin F.; Hart, Mark; Roper, Stephen and Saal, David S. (2011). Broader or deeper? Exploring the most effective intervention profile for public small business support. Environment and Planning A, 43 (1), pp. 87-105.

Mole, Kevin F.; Hart, Mark; Roper, Stephen and Saal, David S. (2009). Assessing the effectiveness of business support services in England:evidence from a theory based evaluation. International Small Business Journal, 27 (5), pp. 557-582.

Mole, Kevin F.; Hart, Mark; Roper, Stephen and Saal, David S. (2008). Differential gains from Business Link support and advice:a treatment effects approach. Environment and Planning C, 26 (2), pp. 315-334.

Daßler, Thoralf; Parker, David and Saal, David S. (2002). Economic performance in European telecommunications, 1978-1998:a comparative study. European Business Review, 14 (3), pp. 194-209.

Liu, Aying and Saal, David S. (2001). Structural change in apartheid era South Africa:1975-93. Economic Systems Research, 13 (3), pp. 235-257.

Saal, David S. (2001). The impact of procurement-driven technological change on U.S. manufacturing productivity growth. Defence and Peace Economics, 12 (6), pp. 537-568.

Batchelor, Peter; Dunne, J. Paul and Saal, David S. (2000). Military spending and economic growth in South Africa. Defence and Peace Economics, 11 (4), pp. 553-571.

Birdi, Alvin; Dunne, Paul and Saal, David S. (2000). The impact of arms production on the South African manufacturing industry. Defence and Peace Economics, 11 (4), pp. 597-613.

Saal, David S.; Parker, David and Weyman-Jones, Thomas Determining the contribution of technical change, efficiency change and scale change to productivity growth in the privatized English and Welsh water and sewerage industry:1985-2000. Journal of Productivity Analysis, 28 (1-2), pp. 127-139.

Abdul-Majid, Mariani; Saal, David S. and Battisti, Giuliana Efficiency in Islamic and conventional banking:an international comparison. Journal of Productivity Analysis, 34 (1), pp. 25-43.

De Witte, Kristof and Saal, David S. Is a little sunshine all we need? On the impact of sunshine regulation on profits, productivity and prices in the Dutch drinking water sector. Journal of Regulatory Economics, 37 (3), pp. 219-242.

Kimino, Satomi; Saal, David S. and Driffield, Nigel Macro determinants of FDI inflows to Japan:an analysis of source country characteristics. World Economy, 30 (3), pp. 446-469.

Dassler, Thoralf; Parker, David and Saal, David S. Methods and trends of performance benchmarking in UK utility regulation. Utilities Policy, 14 (3), pp. 166-174.

Saal, David S. and Parker, David Productivity and price performance in the privatized water and sewerage companies of England and Wales. Journal of Regulatory Economics, 20 (1), pp. 61-90.

Arocena, Pablo; Saal, David S. and Coelli, Tim Vertical and horizontal scope economies in the regulated US electricity power industry. Journal of Industrial Economics, 60 (3), pp. 434-467.

Saal, David S. and Parker, David The comparative impact of privatisation and regulation on productivity growth in the English and Welsh water and sewerage industry, 1985-99. International Journal of Regulation and Governance, 4 (2), pp. 139-170.

Abdul-Majid, Mariani; Saal, David S. and Battisti, Giuliana The impact of Islamic banking on the cost efficiency and productivity change of Malaysian commercial banks. Applied Economics, 43 (16), pp. 2033-2054.

Saal, David S. and Parker, David The impact of privatisation and regulation on the water and sewerage industry in England and Wales:a translog cost function approach. Managerial and Decision Economics, 21 (6), pp. 253-268.

Book Section

Parker, David; Dafler, Tharalf and Saal, David S. Performance benchmarking in utility regulation:principles and the UK experience. IN: International handbook on economic regulation. Crew, Michael A. and Parker, David (eds) Cheltenham (UK): Edward Elgar.

Monograph

Kimino, Satomi; Driffield, Nigel L. and Saal, David S. (2008). Do Keiretsu really hinder FDI into Japanese manufacturing? Working Paper. Aston University, Birmingham (UK).

Abdul-Majid, Mariani; Saal, David S. and Battisti, Giuliana (2008). Efficiency in Islamic and conventional banking:an international comparison. Working Paper. Aston University, Birmingham (UK).

Abdul-Majid, Mariani; Saal, David S. and Battisti, Giuliana Efficiency and total factor productivity changes of Malaysian commercial banks. Working Paper. Aston University.

Abdul-Majid, Mariani; Saal, David S. and Battisti, Giuliana The efficiency and productivity of Malaysian banks:an output distance function approach. Working Paper. Aston University, Birmingham (UK).