Sanford V. Berg, John Tschirhart

Natural Monopoly Regulation

Principles and Practice
Herausgeber: Pencavel, John

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Considered the cutting edge of microeconomic theory in the 1970s, natural monopoly research remains an active and fertile field.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 580
• Erscheinungstermin: 5. Mai 2008
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 216mm x 140mm x 34mm
• Gewicht: 808g
• ISBN-13: 9780521338936
• ISBN-10: 052133893X
• Artikelnr.: 24725390

Inhaltsangabe

1. Introduction to regulatory economics
Part I. Optimal pricing and investment for natural monopolies: 2. Natural monopoly and the justification for regulation
3. Efficient pricing using linear prices
4. Efficient pricing using nonlinear prices
5. Peak-load pricing
6. Pricing and capacity under stochastic demand
7. Sustainability of natural monopolies
Part II. Natural monopoly regulation in practice: 8. Regulation in practice: Why and how are firms regulated?
9. Models of regulatory constraints
10. Technological change under regulation
11. Partial regulation, deregulation, and diversification
12. Alternatives to traditional regulation.