Description
Book SynopsisReviews the state of utility regulation and competition policy. This book presents chapters on a number of topics, contributed by academics and independent commentators, as well as regulators and heads of the competition authorities.
Table of ContentsCONTENTS: Introduction by Colin Robinson; The future of the railways in light of the Governments rail review 2004 by Tom Winsor. Comments by Stephen Glaister; International trade in gas and prospects for UK gas supplies by Nigel Cornwall. Comments by John Michell; The economics and politics of wind power by David Simpson. Comments by Alistair Buchanan; The competition appeal tribunal: five years on by Christopher Bellamy. Comments by George Yarrow; A year under OFCOM by Robin Mason; Trying to make sense of abuse of dominant position by Thomas Sharpe. Comments by John Vickers; The role of economics in merger review by John Fingleton. Comments by Leonard Waverman; Comment on mergers and comparative competition in the water industry by Philip Fletcher; Privatisation and regulation in developing countries by David Parker and Colin Kirkpatrick. Comments by Colin Robinson.
