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Record Nr.

UNINA9910455212703321

Autore

Breyer Stephen G. <1938->

Titolo

Regulation and its reform [[electronic resource] /] / Stephen Breyer

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Cambridge, MA, : Harvard University Press, 1982

ISBN

0-674-02876-7

Descrizione fisica

xii, 472 p. : ill

Disciplina

353.0082

Soggetti

Trade regulation - United States

Industrial policy - United States

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliography and index.

Nota di contenuto

Frontmatter -- Preface -- Contents -- 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