Successes and Failures in Regulating and Deregulating Utilities

Edited by Colin Robinson, Emeritus Professor of Economics, University of Surrey, UK

Contents: Introduction 1. The Failure of Good Intentions: The Collapse of American Telecommunications after Six Years of Deregulation – J. Gregory Sidak, Chairman’s Comments – David Edmonds 2. Road Networks: Efficiency, Externalities and Consumer Choice – David Starkie – Chairman’s Comments – Leonard Waverman 3. The Enterprise Act: Pluses and Minuses for Competition Policy – George Yarrow – Chairman’s Comments – Sir Derek Morris 4. Ofcom and Light Touch Regulation – Martin Cave – Chairman’s Comments – Irwin Stelzer 5. What to do About the Railways? – Chris Nash – Chairman’s Comments – Tom Winsor 6. Liberalizing Utility Markets in the European Union – Frits Bolkestein – Chairman’s Comments – Philip Fletcher 7. Measuring the Success of Postal Regulators: Best Practice in Postal Regulation – Ian Senior – Chairman’s Comments – Graham Corbett 8. Can Regulation Address the Investment Problem? Examples from Aviation – Doug Andrew – Chairman’s Comments – Andrew Sentance 9. Gas, Electricity and the Energy Review – Colin Robinson – Chairman’s Comments – Callum McCarthy Index