TY - BOOK AU - Kahn,Alfred E. TI - The economics of regulation : U1 - 338.9 PY - 1988/// CY - Cambridge PB - The MIT Press KW - Política industrial KW - Economía KW - Desarrollo económico KW - Monopolio KW - COMERCIO N1 - Vol. I. Economic principles -- Introduction: the rationale of regulation and the proper role of economics -- The traditional issues in the pricing of the public utility services -- Marginal cost pricing -- The application of long- and short-run marginal costs -- Decreasing costs and price discrimination -- Rate-making in the presence of competition -- Qualifications: practibility, externalities, second-best and noneconomic considerations. Vol. II. Institutional issues -- Monopoly and protectionism -- Incentives and distortions -- Positive influences on public utility performance -- The role and definition of competition: natural monopoly -- Destructive competition and the quality of service -- The role and definition of competition: integration -- The institution of regulated monopoly: reprise ER -