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This volume is part of an annual series of essays concerning Britain's system of utility regulation, with additional discussion of regulation in other countries. The book presents an up-to-date review of the major issues in the field, and includes the views of the sector regulators and the general competition authorities. Two papers are presented on each issue: the first by an academic or other expert and the second, a shorter comment, usually by the relevant regulator

Introduction / Colin Robinson -- 1. Beyond regulation / Stephen Littlechild -- Comment / Colin Robinson -- 2. Ronald coase and the spectrum question / Thomas W. Hazlett -- Comment / Leonard Waverman -- 3. European energy liberalisation : progress and problems / Jorge Vasconcelos -- Comment / Philip Lowe -- 4. Supply security in competitive electricity and natural gas markets / Paul L. Joskow -- Comment / John Mogg -- 5. The end to the postal exception? / Dermot Glynn and David Stubbs -- Comment / Nigel Stapleton -- 6. Developing the framework of rail regulation / Chris Bolt -- Comment / Chris Nash -- 7. Cost of capital : some current issues / Julian Franks -- Comment / Philip Fletcher -- 8. A strategic approach to the economic regulation of spectrum, telecoms and broadcasting / Ed Richards -- Comment / Richard Feasey.

Regulating Utilities and Promoting Competition continues the series of annual books, published in association with the Institute of Economic Affairs and the London Business School, which critically review the state of utility regulation and competition policy

Governments, Competition and Utility Regulation continues the series of annual books, published in association with the Institute of Economic Affairs and the London Business School, which critically reviews the state of utility regulation and competition policy