Successes and failures in regulating and deregulating utilities
Subtitle: evidence from the UK, Europe, and the US
By: edited by Colin Robinson
Contributors: Robinson, Colin, 1932-; Institute of Economic Affairs (Great Britain); London Business School
Publisher: Edward Elgar Pub.
Published: 2004
Place of publication: Cheltenham, UK; Northampton, MA
Language: eng
Number of pages: 216
Subjects: Public utilities -- Government policy -- Great Britain; Public utilities -- Deregulation -- Great Britain; Public utilities -- Government policy -- Europe; Public utilities -- Deregulation -- Europe; Public utilities -- Government policy -- United States; Public utilities -- Deregulation -- United States
Notes: "In association with the Institute of Economic Affairs and the London Business School."

Includes bibliographical references and index
Table of contents: value: The failure of good intentions : the collapse of American telecommunications after six years of deregulation / J. Gregory Sidak ; Chairman's comments / David Edmonds; value: Road networks : efficiency, externalities and consumer choice / David Starkie ; Chairman's comments / Leonard Waverman; value: The Enterprise Act : pluses and minuses for competition policy / George Yarrow ; Chairman's comments / Derek Morris; value: Ofcom and light touch regulation / Martin Cave ; Chairman's comments / Irwin Stelzer; value: What to do about the railways? / Chris Nash ; Chairman's comments / Tom Winsor; value: Liberalizing utilizing markets in the European Union / Frits Bolkestein ; Chairman's comments / Philip Fletcher; value: Measuring the success of postal regulators : best practice in postal regulation / Ian Senior ; Chairman's comments / Graham Corbett; value: Can regulation address the investment problem? Examples from aviation / Doug Andrew ; Chairman's comments / Andrew Sentance; value: Gas, electricity and the energy review / Colin Robinson ; Chairman's comments / Callum McCarthy