Competition and the Regulation of Utilities (Topics in Regulatory Economics and Policy, 7, Volume 7)

Michael A. Crew, (Edited by):

ISBN 10: 0792390830 / ISBN 13: 9780792390831

Published by Boston : Kluwer Academic Publishers, 1990

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211 p. Good condition. Reading pages are clean and without marks. Retired library exemplar, with the usual marking. Book shows slight signs of storage and usage. No dust jacket. Still good copy. 9780792390831 Sprache: Englisch Gewicht in Gramm: 1000.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Competition and the Regulation of Utilities (Topics in Regulatory Economics and Policy, 7, Volume 7)
• Publisher: Boston : Kluwer Academic Publishers
• Publication Date: 1990
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0792390830
• ISBN 13: 9780792390831
• Binding: Hardcover
• Seller catalogs:
  • Wirtschaft

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Synopsis

companies to diversify may outweigh the costs of doing so, and that some traditional regulatory concerns may be excessively restrictive. The papers by Hillman, Harris, and Jang and Norsworthy, while all relating to individual industries, have lessons for other regulated industries. Hillman's paper, "Oil Pipeline Rates: A Case for Yardstick Regulation," deals with the important topic of yardstick regulation for oil pipelines. While his application is highly specific, the potential application of yardstick regulation goes beyond oil pipelines. He reviews the evolution in the law regulating oil pipelines. While showing that some progress has been made in introducing economic efficiency considerations into regulation, he provides a careful critique of the operation of existing regulation and suggests an alternative based upon a yardstick approach. His approach seeks to use competitive market prices as the yardstick, with administration of price discrimination limited to dealing with possible "favoritism" to subsidiaries and affiliates. "Telecommunications Services as a Strategic Industry: Implications for United States Public Policy" by Harris and "Productivity Growth and Technical Change in the United States Telecommunications Equipment Manufacturing Industries" by Jang and Norsworthy provide important insights for telecommunications.