Kahn, Alfred E.

The economics of regulation : principles and institutions / Alfred E. Kahn. - Cambridge, Massachusetts: MIT Press, 1988. - xxxvii, 360 p. ill. ; 27 cm.

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Volume I - Economic Principles Parte I - The institution of Regulated Monopoly 1. Introduction: The retionale of regulation and the proper role of economics 2. The teaditional issues in the pricing of public utility services Part II - Economic principles of rate making 3. Marginal cost pricing 4. The application of long- and Short-Run marginal costs 5. Decreasing costs and price discrimination 6. Rate-Making in the presence of competition 7. Qualifications: Practicability, externalities, second-best and neneconomic considerations Volume II - Institutional Issues 1. Monopoly and Protectionism 2. Incentives ans distortions 3. Positive influences on public utility performance 4. The role and definition of competition: Natural monopoly 5. Destructive competiton and the quality of service 6. The role and definition of competiton: integration 7. The institution of regulated monopoly: Reprise

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Industrial policy--United States.
Trade regulation--United States.
Monopolies--United States.