Pricing and Regulatory Innovations Under Increasing Competition

1996
ISBN: 978-1-4613-7867-9
Verlag: Springer US

Buch, Englisch, Band 24, 205 Seiten, Paperback, Format (B × H): 155 mm x 235 mm, Gewicht: 341 g

Reihe: Topics in Regulatory Economics and Policy

This volume focuses on incentive regulation and competition. While much of the regulatory action is taking place in telecommunications, the impact of competition and the resultant regulatory change is being felt in other traditional public utilities including electricity. The book reviews topics including price caps, incentive regulation, market structure and new regulatory technologies.

Zielgruppe

Research

Autoren/Hrsg.

Crew, Michael A.

Fachgebiete

• Geowissenschaften Umweltwissenschaften Umweltwissenschaften
• Wirtschaftswissenschaften Volkswirtschaftslehre Volkswirtschaftslehre Allgemein Industrielle Organisation

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1 Seven Myths About Incentive Regulation 1.- 2 Revising Price Caps: The Next Generation of Incentive Regulation Plans.- 3 Price Caps and Revenue Caps: Incentives and Disincentives for Efficiency.- 4 Commissions, Courts, and the Access Pricing Problem.- 5 Industry Structure and Regulation in the England and Wales Electricity Market.- 6 Avoiding Artificial Restrictions on Competition.- 7 Structuring Markets—Determining the Optimal Amount of Regulation: A Discussion of the Changing Electricity Industry.- 8 Utilities Under Competition: An Options-Based Market Approach.- 9 Adopting New Regulatory Technologies in the Electric Utility Industry.- 10 Electric Utility Efficiency with Independent Power Producers.- 11 Regulation, Competition and Rural Telephone Companies.