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Eighteen papers assess Britain's extensive regulatory reform, which has taken place over the last decade. Papers focus on privatization, incumbent advantage, and the competitive process; the supply of gas to U.K. industry; reforming the National Health Service; regulatory reform in higher education; the impact of competition on pricing and quality of legal services; the regulation of financial services; the reregulation of British broadcasting; information asymmetries and product-quality regulation; regulation and standards policy; regulation in the European Community and its impact on the United Kingdom; modified regulation of telecommunications and the public interest standard; competition and regulation in telecommunications; the development of telecommunications policy in the United Kingdom, 1981-91; the regulation of product quality in the public utilities; RPI A X price-cap regulation; the cost of capital in regulated industries; law and regulation; and problems of yardstick regulation in electricity distribution. Bishop is with The Economist. Kay is at the London Business School. Mayer is at Templeton College, Oxford. Index.
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oxford-uuid:4a53def7-ea7d-46f3-8094-4e1517b67adc2022-03-26T15:36:49ZThe regulatory challengeBookhttp://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_2f33uuid:4a53def7-ea7d-46f3-8094-4e1517b67adcEnglishDepartment of Economics - ePrintsOxford University Press1995Bishop, MKay, JMayer, CEighteen papers assess Britain's extensive regulatory reform, which has taken place over the last decade. Papers focus on privatization, incumbent advantage, and the competitive process; the supply of gas to U.K. industry; reforming the National Health Service; regulatory reform in higher education; the impact of competition on pricing and quality of legal services; the regulation of financial services; the reregulation of British broadcasting; information asymmetries and product-quality regulation; regulation and standards policy; regulation in the European Community and its impact on the United Kingdom; modified regulation of telecommunications and the public interest standard; competition and regulation in telecommunications; the development of telecommunications policy in the United Kingdom, 1981-91; the regulation of product quality in the public utilities; RPI A X price-cap regulation; the cost of capital in regulated industries; law and regulation; and problems of yardstick regulation in electricity distribution. Bishop is with The Economist. Kay is at the London Business School. Mayer is at Templeton College, Oxford. Index.
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