Regulated Industries in a Nutshell

by Richard J. Pierce Jr., Ernest Gellhorn

Reasons for Regulating; Legal Basis of Regulation; Rate Regulation: An Introduction; Maximum Price Regulation; Rates to Customers: Problems of Discrimination and Classification; Rates to Customers: Problems of Allocation; Regulation of Service Level and Quality; Minimum Rate Regulation; Restrictions on Entry; Rationing Restricted Resources; Alternatives to Cost of Service Rate Regulation; Antitrust and Regulation; Primary Jurisdiction; Regulatory Failure, Deregulation and Regulatory Reform.

374 pages, Paperback

First published July 1, 1999