International Handbook of Network Industries

The Liberalization of Infrastructure

Matthias Finger, Rolf W. Künneke (Herausgeber)

Buch | Hardcover

544 Seiten

2011
Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd (Verlag)
978-1-84720-642-8 (ISBN)

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In recent decades, all infrastructures have undergone significant restructuring. This worldwide phenomenon is often labelled 'liberalization' and although expectations were high with respect to lower prices, greater efficiency and innovation, the expected gains have not always been fully realized. This extensive, state-of-the-art Handbook provides a comprehensive overview of the various experiences of liberalization across different sectors, regions and disciplines. The multidisciplinary approach focuses on the economic, political and institutional aspects of liberalization, as well as to a lesser extent on technological issues. As such, it constitutes a unique contribution as this broad overview is often lost in the sector specific, country-focused and purely disciplinary approaches prevalent in the current literature. Sectors explored include telecoms, the Internet, energy and transport, while the truly global perspective incorporates unique case studies from an array of developed and developing countries including the US, China, India and the EU.

The International Handbook of Network Industries will become the definitive volume for academics researchers and students of economics, political science and law interested in infrastructure regulation. It will also prove a valuable guide to practitioners and policy makers involved in liberalization and competition.

Edited by Matthias Finger,Professor Emeritus, Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale Lausanne, Switzerland and Professor, Istanbul Technical University (ITÜ), Turkey and Rolf W. Künneke, Faculty of Technology, Policy and Management, Delft University of Technology, the Netherlands

Contents:

1. Introduction
Matthias Finger and Rolf Künneke

PART I: GENERIC ASPECTS OF INFRASTRUCTURE LIBERALIZATION
2. Basic Economic Principles of Infrastructure Liberalization: A Transaction Cost Perspective
Pablo T. Spiller

3. A General Framework for Regulation and Liberalization in Network Industries
Christian Jaag and Urs Trinkner

4. From ‘Service Public’ to Universal Service: The Case of the European Union
Matthias Finger and Dominique Finon

5. Evolution and Design of Institutions Supporting Liberalization
John Groenewegen

6. The Institutional Economic History of Infrastructure Industries, 1830–1990: Ideology, Technology, Geopolitics?
Robert Millward

PART II: SECTOR STUDIES
7. Liberalization in the Telecom Sector
William H. Melody

8. Liberalization in Radio Spectrum Management
William H. Melody and Wolter Lemstra

9. Liberalization and the Internet
Milton L. Mueller and Wolter Lemstra

10. The Liberalization of Electricity Markets
Jean-Michel Glachant and Yannick Perez

11. Trends in Gas
Maarten J. Arentsen

12. The Oil Industry: A Dynamic Patchwork of Approaches?
Aad Correljé and Lucia van Geuns

13. Reforming Railways
Marc Laperrouza

14. Liberalization of Air Transport
Sveinn Vidar Gudmundsson

15. Road Infrastructure and Institutional Reform: Tolling and Pricing
David A. Hensher and Demi Chung

16. Public Transport Liberalization: Achievements and Future Directions
John Stanley

17. Maritime Ports
Lourdes Trujillo and Marianela Gonzalez

18. Liberalization in the Water Sector: Three Leading Models
Claude Ménard and Aleksandra Peeroo

19. Liberalization in the Postal and Delivery Sector
Michael A. Crew and Paul R. Kleindorfer

PART III: COUNTRY AND REGIONAL STUDIES
20. Liberalization of Network Industries in the European Union: Evolving Policy Issues
Matthias Finger and Marc Laperrouza

21. Liberalization and Regulation of Telecoms, Electricity, and Gas in the United States
Mark A. Jamison

22. The Liberalization of Infrastructures in Latin America
Francesc Trillas and Miguel A. Montoya

23. Reform of China’s Energy and Telecommunications Sectors
Pun-Lee Lam and Alice Shiu

24. Infrastructure Reforms in India: An Analysis of Successes and Failures
Leena Srivastava and Shahid Hasan

25. Liberalization of Infrastructures in Russia
Hella Engerer

26. Recent Australian Infrastructure Liberalization
Gary Madden, Jeffrey Petchey and Aaron Morey

27. Infrastructure Liberalization: Challenges to the New Economic Paradigm in the Context of Developing Countries
Catarina Figueira and David Parker

Index

Erscheint lt. Verlag	30.9.2011
Verlagsort	Cheltenham
Sprache	englisch
Maße	169 x 244 mm
Themenwelt	Naturwissenschaften ► Physik / Astronomie
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Kommunikation / Medien ► Journalistik
	Technik ► Elektrotechnik / Energietechnik
	Wirtschaft ► Betriebswirtschaft / Management ► Planung / Organisation
ISBN-10	1-84720-642-5 / 1847206425
ISBN-13	978-1-84720-642-8 / 9781847206428
Zustand	Neuware