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1989 | OriginalPaper | Buchkapitel

The Inefficacy of Profit Level Regulation for the Natural Monopoly Markets of Diversified Firms

verfasst von : Jordan Jay Hillman, Ronald R. Braeutigam

Erschienen in: Price Level Regulation for Diversified Public Utilities: An Assesment

Verlag: Springer US

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The first question in any assessment of current or alternative forms of regulation is: “Why regulate at all?” From an economic perspective9 the classic basis for regulation has been described as follows: “The most traditional economic case for regulation assumes the existence of natural monopoly-that is-where economies of scale are so persistent that a single firm can serve the market at a lower unit cost than two or more firms.”10

Metadaten
Titel
The Inefficacy of Profit Level Regulation for the Natural Monopoly Markets of Diversified Firms
verfasst von
Jordan Jay Hillman
Ronald R. Braeutigam
Copyright-Jahr
1989
Verlag
Springer US
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4613-1629-9_2

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