challenges not only huge investment in grid expansion and smart grid technologies is required, but also the network regulation … period, X-factor, and allowed rate of return. We conclude that in the era of smart grids, incentive regulation requires a … and smart grid technologies. To do so, incentive regulation should be supplemented by more innovative, investment …

regulation as determining both the entry costs faced by firms, and the degree of competition between firms. We think of labor … market regulation as determining the bargaining power of workers. Having characterized the effects of labor and product …

-Border Liberalization -- 3. A Critique of the Theory of Incentive Regulation -- 4. Preparing the Postal Service’s Rate Structures for …; the universal service obligation; regulation; competition, entry, and the role of scale and scope economies; the nature …

-Related Tariffs -- 6. An Empirical Analysis of the Graveyard Spiral -- 7. RPI — X Price Control Regulation in the Postal Sector -- 8 … Regulation -- Modernizing the P.O. -- 17. Developing Policies for the Future of the United States Postal Service -- 18. Enhancing … into strategy and regulation as well as the economics of this sector. Issues addressed include national and international …

; the universal service obligation; regulation; competition, entry, and the role of scale and scope economies; the nature …

current state of the postal and delivery sector. It offers current insight into strategy, regulation as well as the economics … of this sector. Issues addressed include international postal policy, the universal service obligation, regulation …

; regulation and terminal dues; competition, entry and the role of scale and scope economies; the nature and role of cost analysis …, Competition and Innovation in Postal Services (1991); and Regulation and the Nature of Postal and Delivery Services (1992) …

analysis and the structure of postal payment system, price regulation and competition …