Competition in Regulated Industries

Buch | Softcover

294 Seiten

1998
Clarendon Press (Verlag)
978-0-19-829252-4 (ISBN)

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The UK has pioneered the introduction of competition into telecoms, gas, electricity, rail and even water. The radical policy innovations have been controversial. This volume looks at the lessons which have emerged from the UK so far, and considers the implications for future policy in the UK and for other countries following its precedent.

The UK has pioneered the introduction of competition into previously monopolistic utility industries. Competition has been introduced progressively, starting with BT, and continuing with the gas and electricity industries, where it is to be completed during 1998. In water, competition has so far been restricted to new developments, and it is said that it will be phased in once the initial franchises expire. These radical policy innovations have been controversial, and raise significant generic problems concerned with market design, regulation, corporate strategy and income distribution. The lessons from the UK provide an essential input into liberalization throughout the world, as well as helping to shape the transitional arrangements already in place in the UK.

This volume brings together independent experts with the specialist regulators to provide a comprehensive analysis of the issues. The common themes are drawn together in the introduction. The volume will be essential reading for utility companies, regulators, politicians and policy advisors.

Erscheint lt. Verlag	9.4.1998
Zusatzinfo	11 figures, 5 tables
Verlagsort	Oxford
Sprache	englisch
Maße	156 x 235 mm
Gewicht	426 g
Themenwelt	Technik ► Elektrotechnik / Energietechnik
	Wirtschaft ► Betriebswirtschaft / Management ► Unternehmensführung / Management
	Wirtschaft ► Volkswirtschaftslehre ► Mikroökonomie
ISBN-10	0-19-829252-X / 019829252X
ISBN-13	978-0-19-829252-4 / 9780198292524
Zustand	Neuware