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Zusatztext Advance praise: 'This is the first comprehensive book on economic regulation in two decades. It beautifully covers all issues ? for an extensive economics course on regulation. The industry chapters provide great insights into the problems of and differences between regulated industries. From beginning to end the book has been delightful reading.' Ingo Vogelsang! University of Boston Informationen zum Autor Christopher Decker is a Research Fellow specialising in Law and Economics at the Centre for Socio-Legal Studies! Oxford University. Dr Decker's research interests include economic regulation! competition (antitrust) economics! industrial organization and law and economics. He has considerable practical experience of the application of economic regulation across a range of industries (energy! water! telecommunications! transport! financial services! environmental regulation and the regulation of the professions) and has acted as an advisor to competition authorities and regulators in a number of jurisdictions. Klappentext Synthesises the vast literature on economic regulation into a coherent overview of regulatory theory and practice. Zusammenfassung Drawing from the most recent work on economic regulation! this book examines the key physical and economic characteristics of four public utility industries (electricity! gas! water and telecommunications)! and the impact of these characteristics on regulatory arrangements. Suitable for students and practitioners with little prior knowledge of economic regulation. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1. Introduction; Part I: 2. The recurring question: why regulate utilities?; 3. Alternatives to traditional regulation; Part II: 4. Principles of regulation for core network activities; 5. Forms of price regulation; 6. Regulation in the presence of competition; Part III: 7. The institutions of regulation; 8. Electricity regulation; 9. Gas regulation; 10. Telecommunications regulation; 11. Water and wastewater regulation; 12. Conclusions; Cases and legislation: Europe! UK! USA! Australia and New Zealand; Bibliography; Index. ...
