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1027053
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b781423
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| Title & Author
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International comparisons of electricity regulation /\ edited by Richard J. Gilbert, Edward P. Kahn.
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| Publication Statement
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Cambridge ;New York :: Cambridge University Press,, 1996.
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viii, 500 pages :: illustrations ;; 24 cm
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| ISBN
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0521495903
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: 9780521495905
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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| Contents
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1. Introduction: International comparisons of electricity regulation / Richard J. Gilbert, Edward P. Kahn and David M. Newbery -- 2. Regulation, public ownership and privatisation of the English electricity industry / David M. Newbery and Richard Green -- 3. How should it be done? Electricity regulation in Argentina, Brazil, Uruguay, and Chile / Pablo T. Spiller and Luis Viana Martorell -- 4. From club-regulation to market competition in the Scandinavian electricity supply industry / Lennart Hjalmarsson -- 5. Competition and institutional change in U.S. electric power regulation / Richard J. Gilbert and Edward P. Kahn -- 6. The Japanese electric utility industry / Peter Navarro -- 7. Regulation of the market for electricity in the Federal Republic of Germany / Jurgen Muller and Konrad Stahl -- 8. The evolution of New Zealand's electricity supply structure / J.G. Culy, E.G. Read and B.D. Wright.
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| Abstract
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This book offers the most comprehensive characterization assembled to date of the historical, institutional, and economic forces affecting electricity regulation. Eminent economists organized by the University of California Energy Institute survey the United States, the United Kingdom, Scandanavia, Latin America, France, Germany, Japan, Canada, New Zealand, and Yugoslavia. Recent experiments with privatization, competition, and restructuring in electricity are contrasted with instances where government ownership and traditional vertical integration still dominate.
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The introductory essay by Richard J. Gilbert, Edward P. Kahn, and David Newbery synthesizes individual country studies. In any regulatory system, the government must bargain with investors and consumers to satisfy conflicting interests. The opacity of information about cost constrains this process. Governments also impose multiple political and economic objectives on the electricity industry, which further obscures cost conditions. Privatization and deregulation tend to reverse these effects. Few countries, however, have managed to sustain private ownership in the long run.
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Electric utilities-- Deregulation, Case studies.
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Electric utilities-- Government ownership, Case studies.
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Electric utilities-- Government policy, Case studies.
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Electric utilities-- Privatization, Case studies.
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Électricité, Services publics d'-- Déréglementation, Cas, Études de.
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Électricité, Services publics d'-- Nationalisations, Cas, Études de.
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Électricité, Services publics d'-- Politique gouvernementale, Cas, Études de.
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Privatisation-- Cas, Études de.
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Aufsatzsammlung
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Deregulierung
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Electric utilities-- Deregulation.
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Electric utilities-- Government ownership.
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Electric utilities-- Government policy.
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Elektrizitätsversorgung
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Elektrizitätswirtschaft
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Energiepolitik
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Internationaler Vergleich
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Privatisations-- Cas, Études de.
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Services de l'électricité-- Déréglementation-- Cas, Études de.
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Services de l'électricité-- Nationalisations-- Cas, Études de.
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Services de l'électricité-- Politique publique-- Cas, Études de.
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Elektriciteitsbedrijven.
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Privatisering.
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| Dewey Classification
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333.79/32
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| LC Classification
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HD9685.A2I567 1996
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83.65bcl
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QR 600rvk
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| Added Entry
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Gilbert, Richard J.,1945-
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Kahn, Edward, (Edward Paul),1944-
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