001478434 000__ 07126nam\a22008895i\4500 001478434 001__ 1478434 001478434 003__ DE-B1597 001478434 005__ 20231026034903.0 001478434 006__ m\\\\\o\\d\\\\\\\\ 001478434 007__ cr\un\nnnunnun 001478434 008__ 221201t20062006mau\\\\\o\\d\z\\\\\\eng\d 001478434 020__ $$a9780674037809 001478434 0247_ $$a10.4159/9780674037809$$2doi 001478434 035__ $$a(DE-B1597)584999 001478434 035__ $$a(OCoLC)1322124313 001478434 040__ $$aDE-B1597$$beng$$cDE-B1597$$erda 001478434 0410_ $$aeng 001478434 044__ $$amau$$cUS-MA 001478434 050_4 $$aHD3860 ǂb G66 2003eb 001478434 072_7 $$aBUS032000$$2bisacsh 001478434 08204 $$a363 001478434 1001_ $$aGómez-Ibáñez, José A., $$eauthor.$$4aut$$4http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut 001478434 24510 $$aRegulating Infrastructure :$$bMonopoly, Contracts, and Discretion /$$cJosé A. Gómez-Ibáñez. 001478434 264_1 $$aCambridge, MA : $$bHarvard University Press, $$c[2006] 001478434 264_4 $$c©2006 001478434 300__ $$a1 online resource (448 p.) 001478434 336__ $$atext$$btxt$$2rdacontent 001478434 337__ $$acomputer$$bc$$2rdamedia 001478434 338__ $$aonline resource$$bcr$$2rdacarrier 001478434 347__ $$atext file$$bPDF$$2rda 001478434 50500 $$tFrontmatter -- $$tContents -- $$tAcknowledgments -- $$t1 Monopoly as a Contracting Problem -- $$t2 The Choice of Regulatory Strategy -- $$tI Regulatory Politics and Dynamics -- $$t3 The Behavior of Regulatory Agencies -- $$t4 Capture and Instability: Sri Lanka's Buses and U.S. Telephones -- $$t5 Incompleteness and Its Consequences: Argentina's Railroads -- $$t6 Forestalling Expropriation: Electricity in the Americas -- $$tII Contract versus Discretionary Regulation -- $$t7 The Evolution of Concession Contracts: Municipal Franchises in North America -- $$t8 The Rediscovery of Private Contracts: U.S. Railroad and Airline Deregulation with John R. Meyer -- $$t9 Price-Cap Regulation: The British Water Industry -- $$tIII Vertical Unbundling and Regulation -- $$t10 The Trade-off in Unbundling: Competition versus Coordination -- $$t11 Regulating Coordination: British Railroads -- $$t12 Designing Capacity Markets: Electricity in Argentina with Martín Rodríguez-Pardina -- $$t13 The Prospects for Unbundling -- $$t14 The Future of Regulation -- $$tNotes -- $$tIndex 001478434 506__ $$aAccess limited to authorized users. 001478434 520__ $$aIn the 1980s and '90s many countries turned to the private sector to provide infrastructure and utilities, such as gas, telephones, and highways--with the idea that market-based incentives would control costs and improve the quality of essential services. But subsequent debacles including the collapse of California's wholesale electricity market and the bankruptcy of Britain's largest railroad company have raised troubling questions about privatization. This book addresses one of the most vexing of these: how can government fairly and effectively regulate "natural monopolies"--those infrastructure and utility services whose technologies make competition impractical? Rather than sticking to economics, José Gómez-Ibáñez draws on history, politics, and a wealth of examples to provide a road map for various approaches to regulation. He makes a strong case for favoring market-oriented and contractual approaches--including private contracts between infrastructure providers and customers as well as concession contracts with the government acting as an intermediary--over those that grant government regulators substantial discretion. Contracts can provide stronger protection for infrastructure customers and suppliers--and greater opportunities to tailor services to their mutual advantage. In some cases, however, the requirements of the firms and their customers are too unpredictable for contracts to work, and alternative schemes may be needed. Table of Contents: Acknowledgments 1. Monopoly as a Contracting Problem 2. The Choice of Regulatory Strategy Part I. Regulatory Politics and Dynamics 3. The Behavior of Regulatory Agencies 4. Capture and Instability: Sri Lankas Buses and U.S. Telephones 5. Incompleteness and Its Consequences: Argentinas Railroads 6. Forestalling Expropriation: Electricity in the Americas Part II. Contract versus Discretionary Regulation 7. The Evolution of Concession Contracts: Municipal Franchises in North America 8. The Rediscovery of Private Contracts: U.S. Railroad and Airline Deregulation--with John R. Meyer 9. Price-Cap Regulation: The British Water Industry Part III. Vertical Unbundling and Regulation 10. The Trade-off in Unbundling: Competition versus Coordination 11. Regulating Coordination: British Railroads 12. Designing Capacity Markets: Electricity in Argentina--with Martín Rodríguez-Pardina 13. The Prospects for Unbundling 14. The Future of Regulation Notes Index Regulating Infrastructure: Monopoly, Contracts and Discretion is a book that merges the modern economics of the firm with traditional regulatory concerns in an original and provocative way. It is a valuable contribution to the literature that should be read by anyone concerned with redefining regulation for the new Century.--Michael E. Levine, Yale Law School 001478434 538__ $$aMode of access: Internet via World Wide Web. 001478434 546__ $$aIn English. 001478434 5880_ $$aDescription based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 01. 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