researched. This paper provides aneconometric assessment of the effects of privatisation, competition and regulation onthe … regulation do not lead to obviousgains in economic performance, though there are some positive interaction effects. Bycontrast …, introducing competition does seem to be effective in stimulatingperformance improvements. …

restructured to introduce competition, and regulation has to be in place to ensure fair competition and to regulate natural … debate over privatisation, restructuring and regulation of the ESI in Thailand in recent years there was a surprising lack of … political background material on: the SOE sector; reform and privatisation of SOEs; SOEs, restructuring and regulation in the …

Rate of return or cost of service regulation was the traditional means by which governments, especially in the USA …, regulated profitability and prices in privately-owned public utility businesses. However, rate of return regulation was … the difficulties that their regulators perceive in operating profit and price regulation regimes. …

high market-relevant skills show a significantly larger support of the privatization status quo than individuals with low …

conjunctionwith the history of regulation and antitrust intervention in thetelecommunications sector. After discussing the impact of … point to the real danger that theintent of Congress in passing the 1996 Act to promote competition intelecommunications will …

This paper explores the empirical effects of competition on technical efficiency in the context of electricity industry …

contracts in Nordic markets, posing questions for regulation in the absence of retail competition. There are alternatives to … supplanting the role of regulation. Revised calculations suggest that the benefits of UK electricity privatisation were higher … regulation of network monopolies. In Australia regulated interconnectors have been less economic than merchant interconnectors …

way to achieve transportation efficiencies. Other groups, supporting the status quo, argue that the regulation of rates is … deregulation. When railways are not faced with competition from other railways or from other forms of transportation such as barges …, where no effective rail and/or barge competition exists, are approximately twice those at Kansas City and Denver …

In this research we will focus on three topics which we think are particularly relevant for hospital competition: i … of competition on quality of care.ii) The health economy also merits attention because of its sheer size e.g. with …