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Optimal Regulation: The Economic Theory of Natural Monopoly

Optimal Regulation addresses the central issue of regulatory economics -- how to regulate firms in a way that induces them to produce and price 'optimally'. It synthesis an extensive theoretical literature on what constitutes optimality in various situations and what regulatory mechanisms can be used to achieve it.

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Material Type:
Open (Access) Textbook
Date Added to MERLOT:
February 6, 2012
Date Modified in MERLOT:
February 6, 2012
Author:
Kenneth Train
Submitter:
Cathy Swift
Primary Audience:
College Lower Division, College Upper Division
Technical Format:
Website
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Can download individual chapters as pdfs or entire book as zip file.
Language:
English
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no
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