Regulating Service Quality: A Survey

David E. M. Sappington

Journal of Regulatory Economics, 2005, vol. 27, issue 2, pages 123-154

Abstract: This article reviews the major insights of the economics literature regarding the design of service quality regulation in public utility industries. The focus is on generic service quality issues of primary relevance in the industries, which include the electricity, telecommunications, and water industries. The instruments that public utility regulators commonly employ and the manner in which the regulators employ the instruments to secure desirable levels of service quality are emphasized. Copyright Springer Science+Business Media, Inc. 2005

Keywords: service quality; regulation (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2005
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