Efficiency properties of price cap regulation

Price cap regulation has been used to control the monopoly behaviour of utility firms in the UK since 1984. The RPI-X regime currently in operation is very different to the regulatory mechanism originally proposed, and to the theory of pure price cap regulation. We therefore argue that it is necessa...

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Main Author: Jenkins, Cloda
Published: University College London (University of London) 2004
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Online Access:http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.411480