Regulation and Its Reform

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ISBN 9780674753761

Publication Date: 01/01/1984

486 pages

6 x 9 inches

11 line illustrations, 17 tables

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Introduction
I. A Theory of Regulation
- 1. Typical Justifications for Regulation
- 2. Cost-of-Service Ratemaking
- 3. Historically Based Price Regulation
- 4. Allocation under a Public Interest Standard
- 5. Standard Setting
- 6. Historically Based Allocation
- 7. Individualized Screening
- 8. Alternatives to Classical Regulation
- 9. General Guidelines for Policy Makers
II. Appropriate Solutions
- 10. Match and Mismatch
- 11. Mismatch: Excessive Competition and Airline Regulation
- 12. Mismatch: Excessive Competition and the Trucking Industry
- 13. Mismatch: Rent Control and Natural Gas Field Prices
- 14. Partial Mismatch: Spillovers and Environmental Pollution
- 15. Problems of a Possible Match: Natural Monopoly and Telecommunications
III. Practical Reform
- 16. From Candidate to Reform
- 17. Generic Approaches to Regulatory Reform
Appendix 1. The Regulatory Agencies
Appendix 2. A Note on Administrative Law
Further Reading
Notes
Index

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