significant developments in the field of regulation and competition policy. In each case, essays by expert contributors are …

approach to regulation. Chapters on each topic are followed by comments from regulators, competition authority chairmen and …

Paul R. Kleindorfer -- Regulating prices and service quality / Dan Elliott -- Utility regulation and competition in … Catherine Liston -- The economics of access and interconnection charges in telecommunications / Timothy J. Tardiff -- Regulation … and the structure of the telecommunications industry / Gregory M. Duncan and Lisa J. Cameron -- The regulation of energy …

With regulation seeking to foster competition at the same time as also having to protect essential services, the …

timely book will appeal to academics, practitioners and students with an interest in technology, telecommunications and …

economics of telecommunications. The Handbook serves both as a source of reference and technical supplement for the field of … telecommunications economics …pt. 1. From telecommunications reform to information social policy -- pt. 2. Corporate experience and visions -- pt. 3 …

, telecommunications and financial regimes both in North America and across the globe. Entrepreneurs have an important role in any economy …

allows for increasing competition, sector-specific regulation of telecommunications has been on the decline. As a result, the …After decades of liberalization of the telecommunications industry around the world and technological convergence that … telecommunications industry stands in the middle of a debate that calls for either a total deregulation of access to broadband …

Before the 1990s, China's telecommunications sector was a lacklustre monopoly featured by poor-quality service and … inadequate capacity. Today the country boasts a dynamic telecommunications industry with the world's largest communications … developing telecommunications market to foreign participation and investment. The authors examine the singularity of the Chinese …

1. Electricity and gas regulation in Great Britain : the end of an era -- 2. Yardstick competition and comparative … performance measures in practice -- 3. Yardstick competition and efficiency benchmarking in electricity distribution -- 4. The …