TY - BOOK AU - Robinson,Colin ED - Beesley Lectures on Regulation TI - Competition and regulation in utility markets SN - 9781843762300 U1 - 363.60941 23 PY - 2003/// CY - Cheltenham PB - Edward Elgar KW - Electric utilities KW - Deregulation KW - Great Britain KW - Congresses KW - Gas industry KW - Telecommunication KW - Competition N1 - Includes index; "In association with the Institute of Economic Affairs and the London Business School."; 1. UK transport policy, 1997-2001 / Stephen Glaister -- Chairman's comments / Tom Winsor -- 2. Electricity: regulatory developments around the world / Stephen Littlechild -- Chairman's comments / Eileen Marshall -- 3. Prospects for gas supply and demand and their implications with special reference to the UK / Alexander G. Kemp and Linda Stephen -- Chairman's comments / Callum McCarthy -- 4. The ingredients of effective competition policy / Irwin M. Stelzer -- Chairman's comments / Derek Morris -- 5. Regulatory incentives and deregulation in telecommunications / Leonard Waverman -- Chairman's comments / David Edmonds -- 6. An end to economic regulation? / Robert W. Crandall-- 7. Mutualization and debt-only vehicles: which way for RPI-X regulation?-- 8. International mergers: the view from a national authority-- 9. Liberalizing postal services-- Index N2 - This volume is part of an annual series, published in association with the Institute of Economic Affairs and the London Business School, which provides an up-to-date review of the state of utility regulation in Britain, with some relevant overseas comparisons. The book, edited and with an introduction by Colin Robinson, covers many of the major issues and significant developments in the field of regulation and competition policy. In each case, essays by expert contributors are followed by the views of the sector regulator ER -