Thesis
Topics in price cap regulation
- Abstract:
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This thesis examines the theoretical properties of different price cap schemes that have been applied in the UK and the USA. The objective is to assess the consequences for price structures and welfare of different ways of defining the regulated price index. Chapter 2 surveys the literature on regulation under asymmetric information that is related to price caps. Chapter 3 presents a general analysis of five main types of price cap when the regulated firm sets linear tariffs. The schemes are ...
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Bibliographic Details
- Publication date:
- 1995
- Type of award:
- DPhil
- Level of award:
- Doctoral
- Awarding institution:
- University of Oxford
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- Language:
- English
- Subjects:
- UUID:
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- Local pid:
- td:602327114
- Source identifiers:
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- Deposit date:
- 2013-01-18
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- Copyright holder:
- Cowan, Simon
- Copyright date:
- 1995
- Notes:
- The digital copy of this thesis has been made available thanks to the generosity of Dr Leonard Polonsky
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