This chapter provides a comprehensive overview of the theoretical and empirical literature
on the regulation of natural monopolies. It covers alternative definitions of natural monopoly …

Investment in broadband communications and its infrastructures (the so-called Next
Generation Networks) is receiving extraordinary attention from policy makers all over the …

This book began as a series of lesson notes for a financial accounting theory course of the
Certified General Accountants' Association of Canada (CGA). The lesson notes grew out of a …

Lucid, comprehensive, and definitive in its field, this text covers every aspect of economic
analysis of the law. Features: Two new chapters, one on intellectual property, one on …

We build on the existing literature in public‐private partnerships (PPP) to analyze the main
incentive issues in PPPs and the shape of optimal contracts in those contexts. We present a …

This chapter reviews recent theoretical work on the design of regulatory policy, focusing on
the complications that arise when regulated suppliers have better information about the …

Infrastructure sectors such as energy or water supply, sanitation, or telecommunications
provide us with services that are essential for modern life and for industrialized societies. In …

We study the effects of anti‐competitive service regulation by examining whether OECD
countries with less anti‐competitive regulation see better economic performance in …

The efficient operation and expansion of infrastructures in developing countries is crucial for
growth and poverty reduction. However, recent reforms aimed at improving the performance …

This paper investigates the relationship between investment and regulatory regimes
(incentive vs. rate-of-return regulation) for a sample of EU energy utilities from 1997 to 2007 …