field of regulation and antitrust, raises important issues in organizational and institutional economics. The economics … consider the subtle complementarity and substitutability between competition policy and ex-ante regulation, and its …

in network industries and the interaction between structural and behavioral regulation. Central or federal policy making … regulation due to high fixed administrative costs, but may use other policy objectives as a commitment device. When technology … regulation expand. Liberalization will typically require institutional cooperation, but cooperation has costs and may be …