Utility Regulation in Competitive Markets: Problems and Progress - Hardcover

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1847202020 ISBN 13: 9781847202024

Publisher: Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd, 2007

Synopsis

Utility Regulation in Competitive Markets is the latest book in the annual series published in association with the Institute of Economic Affairs and the London Business School, which critically reviews the state of utility regulation and competition policy.

This significant new volume contains incisive chapters on a number of prominent concerns, including changes in the British system of utility regulation, the spectrum allocation question, liberalisation of EU energy markets, security of supply issues, reform in the European postal sector, the future of rail regulation, the cost of capital and Ofcom's strategic approach to regulation. Chapters on each topic are followed by comments from regulators, competition authority chairmen and other experts in the relevant fields. By confronting the most important international developments in utility regulation, the authors offer practical policy recommendations for an effective way forward.

This book will be of great value to practitioners, policymakers and academics alike who are concerned with regulation, deregulation and policies to promote competition.

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About the Author

Edited by Colin Robinson, Emeritus Professor of Economics, University of Surrey, UK

Edition details

• Publisher: Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd
• Publication date: 2007
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1847202020
• ISBN 13: 9781847202024
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 256
• Editor: Robinson Colin