This paper traces the development and challenges of incentive contracts in regulation of utilities, illustrated by the British experience. We first address the question of why regulation is needed and examine regulation in a simple principal agent framework. We then trace the growth and development of incentive contracts such as price cap, and assess the introduction of competition. Finally we identify practical issues which have marred the original concept of incentive regulation, and assess the prospects for future development.Ce papier retrace le développement des contrats incitatifs dans la réglementation des industries de service public et les défis rencontrés, comme l'a illustré l'expérience britannique. Nous nous demandons tout d'abo...
We trace the development of incentive regulation in the U.S. telecommunications, electricity, and na...
The UK utility regulation framework developed in the 1980s was intended to improve on the restrictiv...
The traditional form of regulating public utilities—command-and-control—has been found inadequate by...
This paper traces the development and challenges of incentive contracts in regulation of utilities, ...
I would like to thank the editors and Dennis Weisman for helpful comments and Dawn Goodrich, Salvado...
In contemplating a regulatory approach, the challenge for regulators is to develop a model that prov...
Modern theoretical principles to govern the design of incentive regulation mechanisms are reviewed a...
This paper assesses how price regulation for energy, water, telecommunications, and rail networks ha...
This paper seeks to bring to the attention of regulatory economists and policymakers the existence o...
To avoid the extremely high profit levels found in recent experience of public utilities' regulation...
International audienceThis paper is aimed at assessing the empirical relevance of the new theory of ...
To avoid the extremely high profit levels found in the recent experience of public utilities\u2019 r...
This paper reviews in turn the papers in this Symposium on incentive regulation. It adduces the UK e...
We assess the empirical relevance of the new theory of regulation, using a principal-agent frame-wor...
It is frequently asked that regulation by contract can effectively substitute for regaultion by a sp...
We trace the development of incentive regulation in the U.S. telecommunications, electricity, and na...
The UK utility regulation framework developed in the 1980s was intended to improve on the restrictiv...
The traditional form of regulating public utilities—command-and-control—has been found inadequate by...
This paper traces the development and challenges of incentive contracts in regulation of utilities, ...
I would like to thank the editors and Dennis Weisman for helpful comments and Dawn Goodrich, Salvado...
In contemplating a regulatory approach, the challenge for regulators is to develop a model that prov...
Modern theoretical principles to govern the design of incentive regulation mechanisms are reviewed a...
This paper assesses how price regulation for energy, water, telecommunications, and rail networks ha...
This paper seeks to bring to the attention of regulatory economists and policymakers the existence o...
To avoid the extremely high profit levels found in recent experience of public utilities' regulation...
International audienceThis paper is aimed at assessing the empirical relevance of the new theory of ...
To avoid the extremely high profit levels found in the recent experience of public utilities\u2019 r...
This paper reviews in turn the papers in this Symposium on incentive regulation. It adduces the UK e...
We assess the empirical relevance of the new theory of regulation, using a principal-agent frame-wor...
It is frequently asked that regulation by contract can effectively substitute for regaultion by a sp...
We trace the development of incentive regulation in the U.S. telecommunications, electricity, and na...
The UK utility regulation framework developed in the 1980s was intended to improve on the restrictiv...
The traditional form of regulating public utilities—command-and-control—has been found inadequate by...