This book revisits the critical period of unbridled competition between the Bell System and independent telephone companies early in this century.

Thisbookdiscusses the flaws of destination-based taxation and makes the theoretical case for origin-based taxation.

This book identifies the major sources of competition to the cable television industry, such as telephone companies, direct broadcast satellite services, and traditional broadcasting stations.

Stranded costs are those costs that electric utilities permitted to recover through their rates but whose recovery may be impeded or prevented by the advent of competition in the industry.

This book analyzes the effectiveness of the federal government's vacillating regulatory policy toward the cable television industry.

Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac have aggressively used their government support to achieve extraordinarily high profitability and domination of the residential mortgage market.

This analysis compares the current tax system with one that would exempt the foreign dividends of American corporations from U.S. taxes.

The author offers recommendations for improving developing country debt.

Although regulations resulting from legislative mandates often have no direct fiscal impact, they pose real costs to consumers as well as businesses.

The authors demonstrate how regulation intended to control costs can exacerbate cost growth by subsidizing high-risk activities and firms at the expense of low-risk activities and firms.