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Book SynopsisIn recent decades, all infrastructures have undergone significant restructuring. This worldwide phenomenon is often labelled 'liberalization' and although expectations were high with respect to lower prices, greater efficiency and innovation, the expected gains have not always been fully realized. This extensive, state-of-the-art
Handbook provides a comprehensive overview of the various experiences of liberalization across different sectors, regions and disciplines.
The multidisciplinary approach focuses on the economic, political and institutional aspects of liberalization, as well as to a lesser extent on technological issues. As such, it constitutes a unique contribution as this broad overview is often lost in the sector specific, country-focused and purely disciplinary approaches prevalent in the current literature. Sectors explored include telecoms, the Internet, energy and transport, while the truly global perspective incorporates unique case studies from an array of developed and developing countries including the US, China, India and the EU.
The International Handbook of Network Industries will become the definitive volume for academics researchers and students of economics, political science and law interested in infrastructure regulation. It will also prove a valuable guide to practitioners and policy makers involved in liberalization and competition.
Trade Review’Quite an accomplishment, this Handbook
provides by far the most comprehensive overview of the role of the private sector and competition in infrastructure industries, with thoughtful surveys of each of the major infrastructure sectors and of the key regions and countries.’ -- Jose Gomez-Ibanez, Harvard University, US
’To learn about how economic and institutional forces have shaped the network industries and policies towards them, read the first part of the book. To discover their impacts on particular industries, read the second part. And to find out what has happened in particular countries, read the third part. I think anyone interested in network industries should read all of it! The book's structure allows for many interesting comparisons across countries and sectors.’ -- Richard Green, University of Birmingham, UK
’This is a very useful and comprehensive guide to reforms in network industries in communications, energy, transport and water. It is organized by generic topic, sector and region. Its authors are acknowledged experts. I am confident that this Handbook
will be a widely read and valuable resource for many years.’ -- Martin Cave, London School of Economics, UK
Table of ContentsContents: 1. Introduction Matthias Finger and Rolf Künneke PART I: GENERIC ASPECTS OF INFRASTRUCTURE LIBERALIZATION 2. Basic Economic Principles of Infrastructure Liberalization: A Transaction Cost Perspective Pablo T. Spiller 3. A General Framework for Regulation and Liberalization in Network Industries Christian Jaag and Urs Trinkner 4. From ‘Service Public’ to Universal Service: The Case of the European Union Matthias Finger and Dominique Finon 5. Evolution and Design of Institutions Supporting Liberalization John Groenewegen 6. The Institutional Economic History of Infrastructure Industries, 1830–1990: Ideology, Technology, Geopolitics? Robert Millward PART II: SECTOR STUDIES 7. Liberalization in the Telecom Sector William H. Melody 8. Liberalization in Radio Spectrum Management William H. Melody and Wolter Lemstra 9. Liberalization and the Internet Milton L. Mueller and Wolter Lemstra 10. The Liberalization of Electricity Markets Jean-Michel Glachant and Yannick Perez 11. Trends in Gas Maarten J. Arentsen 12. The Oil Industry: A Dynamic Patchwork of Approaches? Aad Correljé and Lucia van Geuns 13. Reforming Railways Marc Laperrouza 14. Liberalization of Air Transport Sveinn Vidar Gudmundsson 15. Road Infrastructure and Institutional Reform: Tolling and Pricing David A. Hensher and Demi Chung 16. Public Transport Liberalization: Achievements and Future Directions John Stanley 17. Maritime Ports Lourdes Trujillo and Marianela Gonzalez 18. Liberalization in the Water Sector: Three Leading Models Claude Ménard and Aleksandra Peeroo 19. Liberalization in the Postal and Delivery Sector Michael A. Crew and Paul R. Kleindorfer PART III: COUNTRY AND REGIONAL STUDIES 20. Liberalization of Network Industries in the European Union: Evolving Policy Issues Matthias Finger and Marc Laperrouza 21. Liberalization and Regulation of Telecoms, Electricity, and Gas in the United States Mark A. Jamison 22. The Liberalization of Infrastructures in Latin America Francesc Trillas and Miguel A. Montoya 23. Reform of China’s Energy and Telecommunications Sectors Pun-Lee Lam and Alice Shiu 24. Infrastructure Reforms in India: An Analysis of Successes and Failures Leena Srivastava and Shahid Hasan 25. Liberalization of Infrastructures in Russia Hella Engerer 26. Recent Australian Infrastructure Liberalization Gary Madden, Jeffrey Petchey and Aaron Morey 27. Infrastructure Liberalization: Challenges to the New Economic Paradigm in the Context of Developing Countries Catarina Figueira and David Parker Index
