Competition Policy for Regulated Utility Industries in Britain.

The main section of the paper analyzes the principles and practice of competition policy for utilities under six headings: price discrimination and cross-subsidy; oligopolistic behaviour; mergers and takeovers; vertical structure; network access pricing; and historical entry barriers. The conclusion...

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Main Authors: Nuttall, R, Vickers, J
Format: Working paper
Language:English
Published: Department of Economics (University of Oxford) 1996
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