Deregulation and Diversification of Utilities: Topics in Regulatory Economics and Policy, cartea 3

1 Competition, Diversification, and Disintegration in Regulated Industries.- 2 Feasibility of Deregulation: A Public Choice Analysis.- 3 Price Cap Regulation of Telecommunications Services: A Long-Run Approach.- 4 Efficiency Aspects of Diversification by Public Utilities.- 5 Efficient Income Measures and the Partially Regulated Firm.- 6 Decentralized Pricing in Natural Monopolies.- 7 New Technologies and Diversified Telecommunications Services: Policy Problems in an ISDN Environment.- 8 Contestable Markets and Telecommunications.- 9 Competition and Cooperation in Deregulated Bulk Power Markets.- 10 Diversification, Deregulation, and Competition: Cost of Capital Implications for Electric Utilities.- 11 The Financial Fallout from Chernobyl: Risk Perceptions and Regulatory Response.

`Overall the book provides the reader with insights into the important issues regarding the regulation of public utilitites. Those who are interested in a broad survey of developments in the area will find several chapters worthwhile. Researchers with interests in new work in public utilities and their regulation will find much to stimulate their thinking.'
Small Business Economics 3, 1991