The crisis of the regulatory commissions
Subtitle: an introduction to a current issue of public policy.
By: Edited by Paul W. MacAvoy.
Edition: [1st ed.]
Series: Problems of the modern economy
Publisher: Norton
Published: 1970
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 212
Subjects: Independent regulatory commissions -- United States
Table of contents: title: Rate regulation, by F. Frankfurter and H. M. Hart, Jr.; title: Conflicting principles of public utility rate regulation, by A. P. Lerner.; title: Natural monopoly and its regulation, by R. A. Posner.; title: What can regulators regulate? The case of electricity, by G. J. Stigler and C. Friedland.; title: Comment, by R. H. Coase.; title: The effect of rate regulation on resource allocation in transportation, by G. Wilson.; title: Competitive policy for transportation? By M. J. Peck.; title: The economics of broadcasting and public policy, by R. H. Coase.; title: Monopoly and competition in television; some policy issues, by P. O. Steiner.; title: Carnegie, Ford, and public television, by S. White.; title: Performance, structure, and the goals of Civil Aeronautics Board regulation, by R. E. Caves.; title: The rationale for regulation of gas field prices, by P. W. MacAvoy.; title: Regulation of the field market for natural gas by the Federal Power Commission, by E. W. Kitch.; title: Reasonable rules for rate regulation; plausible policies for an imperfect world, by W. J. Baumol.; title: Controlling the rate of return on investment; a suggested plan, by E. W. Clemens.; title: Possible alternatives to direct regulation, by E. Renshaw.; title: Suggested further readings (p. 211-212)