The crisis of the regulatory commissions, an introduction to a current issue of public policy. / Edited by Paul W. MacAvoy.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

MacAvoy, Paul W., compiler.

Series:

Problems of the modern economy

Problems of the modern economy.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Independent regulatory commissions--United States.

Independent regulatory commissions.

United States.

Physical Description:

xii, 212 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm.

Edition:

[First edition].

Place of Publication:

New York : Norton, [1970]

Contents:

Rate regulation, by F. Frankfurter and H. M. Hart, Jr.

Conflicting principles of public utility rate regulation, by A. P. Lerner.

Natural monopoly and its regulation, by R. A. Posner.

What can regulators regulate? The case of electricity, by G. J. Stigler and C. Friedland.

Comment, by R. H. Coase.

The effect of rate regulation on resource allocation in transportation, by G. Wilson.

Competitive policy for transportation? By M. J. Peck.

The economics of broadcasting and public policy, by R. H. Coase.

Monopoly and competition in television; some policy issues, by P. O. Steiner.

Carnegie, Ford, and public television, by S. White.

Performance, structure, and the goals of Civil Aeronautics Board regulation, by R. E. Caves.

The rationale for regulation of gas field prices, by P. W. MacAvoy.

Regulation of the field market for natural gas by the Federal Power Commission, by E. W. Kitch.

Reasonable rules for rate regulation; plausible policies for an imperfect world, by W. J. Baumol.

Controlling the rate of return on investment; a suggested plan, by E. W. Clemens.

Possible alternatives to direct regulation, by E. Renshaw.

Suggested further readings (p. 211-212).

ISBN:

0393098974

OCLC:

88848