International Handbook on Economic Regulation

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International Handbook on Economic Regulation Edited by Michael A. Crew, David Parker MPG Books Ltd | 2006-08-06 | ISBN: 184376671X | 405 pagesContents List of figures&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; vii List of tables&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; viii List of contributors&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; ix Preface&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;xiv 1&nbsp;&nbsp; Development in the theory and practice of regulatory economics&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 1 &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Michael A. Crew and David Parker 2&nbsp;&nbsp; Economic regulation: principles, history and methods&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;34 &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Martin Ricketts 3&nbsp;&nbsp; Regulation, pricing and social welfare&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 63 &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Michael A. Crew and Paul R. Kleindorfer 4&nbsp;&nbsp; Regulating prices and service quality&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 82 &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Dan Elliott 5&nbsp;&nbsp; Utility regulation and competition in developing countries&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 106 &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Paul Cook 6&nbsp;&nbsp; Performance benchmarking in utility regulation: principles and the UK’s experience&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 117 &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; David Parker, Thoralf Dassler and David S. Saal 7&nbsp;&nbsp; Regulation and the cost of capital&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 146 &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Tim Jenkinson 8&nbsp; &nbsp;Information revelation and incentives&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 164 &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Phil Burns, Cloda Jenkins and Thomas Weyman-Jones 9&nbsp;&nbsp; Regulatory governance and the lessons from UK practice&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 188 &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Peter Vass 10 Regulation and consumer representation&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 209 &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Michael Harker, Laurence Mathieu and Catherine Waddams Price 11 Regulatory impact assessment&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 232 &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Colin Kirkpatrick 12 Economics of environmental regulation: instruments and cases&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 255 &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Anthony Heyes and Catherine Liston 13 The economics of access and interconnection charges in telecommunications&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 278 &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Timothy J. Tardiff 14 Regulation and the structure of the telecommunications industry&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 302 &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Gregory M. Duncan and Lisa J. Cameron 15 The regulation of energy: issues and pitfalls&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 325 &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Colin Robinson and Eileen Marshall 16 Economic regulation of transport: principles and experience&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 350 &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; Ian Savage 17 Regulation of water and sewerage services&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;370 &nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp; Ian Byatt, Tony Ballance and Scott Reid Index&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 395