Member, Regulatory Policy Committee
Professor Caroline Elliott
Biography
Caroline Elliott was appointed as a member of the Regulatory Policy Committee in March 2024.
Caroline is a professor of economics at the University of Warwick and academic director of the Social Science Connect Programme.
Caroline’s experience includes:
- research and consultancy on applied industrial economics with published research looking at firms’ responses to regulation and competition policy interventions, as well as advertising, quality signalling and pricing decisions
- previous roles at the universities of Aston, Huddersfield, Lancaster and Manchester
- publishing in the fields of applied education economics and pedagogy
- a PhD in economics and econometrics, as well as a masters in economics from the University of Manchester
- undergraduate degree in philosophy, politics and economics from Oxford University
Member, Regulatory Policy Committee
Regulatory Policy Committee members are responsible for:
- scrutinising the quality of the evidence and analysis supporting the case for why government regulation is necessary under the Better Regulation Framework
- providing independent expert advice on whether the impact assessments, options assessments and post-implementation reviews for regulations produced by government departments are fit for purpose