@article{1468456,
      recid = {1468456},
      author = {Abbott, Malcolm, and Cohen, Bruce},
      title = {Monopoly control : government ownership and control of  network utility industries in Australia from 1788 to 1988  /},
      pages = {1 online resource (xvi, 376 pages) :},
      abstract = {This book traces the historical development of the network  utilities sector in Australia (communications, rail, gas,  electricity, water supply, and sewerage services). It looks  across industries, time periods and the state and federal  jurisdictions, to identify what motivated the various  governments to establish these enterprises and what issues  arose. The book is therefore informed by the relationship  between politics and society on the one hand and economic  history on the other; as well as the efforts of governments  in Australia to promote economic growth and the wealth of  Australians. The main focus of the book is to identify and  analyse the following two main questions: (i) What were the  main drivers and motivations for governments establishing  government-owned business in the network utilities sector?  (ii) To what degree were these government-owned businesses  successful at achieving the aims of these governments? In  doing so the inherent characteristics of these industries  are identified, in terms of their need for rights of way,  network effects, the monopoly characteristics, and the  potential for stimulating growth. Malcolm Abbott is an  economist by profession who specialises in research in  energy markets, water supply, transport, and network  industries in general. In the past he has worked for the  ACCC, KPMG, as a Ministerial Advisor, and as an Associate  Professor of Economics at the Swinburne University of  Technology in Australia. He holds a Ph.D. from the  University of Melbourne. Bruce Cohen is a private  consultant and former barrister who has worked extensively  in the energy and water sectors in Australia. He holds a  Ph.D. in Public Policy from The Australian National  University and has been a member of the board of directors  of a number of utility companies, a Commissioner of the  Victorian Competition and Efficiency Commission, and a  former Chair of VicTrack and the Victorian Commission for  Gambling and Liquor Regulation.},
      url = {http://library.usi.edu/record/1468456},
      doi = {https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-99-2726-5},
}