International handbook on economic regulation / Edited by : Michael Crew and David Parker. - USA : Edward Elgar, c2006. - xiv, 405 pages ; 24 cm.

Includes index.

1. Development in the Theory and Practice of Regulatory Economics.--2. Economic Regulation: Principles, History and Methods.--3. Regulation, Pricing and Social Welfare.--4. Regulating Prices and Service Quality.--5. Utility Regulation and Competition in Developing Countries.--6. Performance Benchmarking in Utility Regulation: Principles and the UK’s Experience.--7. Regulation and the Cost of Capital.--8. Information Revelation and Incentives.--9. Regulatory Governance and the Lessons from UK Practice.--10. Regulation and Consumer Representation.--11. Regulatory Impact Assessment.--12. Economics of Environmental Regulation: Instruments and Cases.--13. The Economics of Access and Interconnection Charges in Telecommunications.--14. Regulation and the Structure of the Telecommunications Industry.--15. The Regulation of Energy: Issues and Pitfalls.--16. Economic Regulation of Transport: Principles and ExperienceIan Savage.--17. Regulation of Water and Sewerage Services.

An analytical work on leading research issues in the economics of regulation. It offers a comprehensive discussion of major developments in both the theory and practice of regulatory economics. It begins by looking at the principles, history and methods of regulation before turning to specialist themes.

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TELECOMMUNICATION--DEREGULATIO.
TELECOMMUNICATION POLICY.
PUBLIC UTILITIES--FINANCE--LAW AND LEGISLATION.
TRADE REGULATION.
BUSINESS ENTERPRISES--FINANCE--LAW AND LEGISLATION.
CENTRAL PLANNING.


UNITED STATES.
GREAT BRITAIN.

HE 7645 .C74 2006