Competition Policy for Regulated Utility Industries in Britain

R. Nuttall and John Vickers ()

Economics Series Working Papers from University of Oxford, Department of Economics

Abstract: 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 discusses proposals for the reform of competition policy for utilities.

Keywords: COMPETITION; TECHNOLOGY; MERGERS (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: L13 L12 L22 G34 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 1996
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