
Competition and Economic Regulation in Water
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- Cover
- Copyright
- Contents
- 1. Introduction
- 2. Water industry fundamentals: the rationale for regulation and the scope for competition
- 2.1 Key issues in natural monopoly regulation
- 2.2 Potential for competition in water services
- 2.3 Are there any successful models of water competition?
- 2.4 Water as a natural monopoly? A few conclusions
- 3. A framework for evaluating different models of water industry regulation
- 3.1 Sector performance criteria
- 3.2 Regulatory process performance criteria
- 3.3 Institutional design criteria
- 4. England & Wales: private ownership and independent regulation
- 4.1 Overview of the water and wastewater industry in England & Wales
- 4.2 Water sector regulatory institutions
- 4.3 Key issues in economic regulation in England & Wales
- 4.4 Strengths andweaknesses of the regulatory regime for water in England & Wales
- 4.5 Directions for future reform
- 5. France: competition for the market and contract-based regulation
- 5.1 Overview of the French water and wastewater industry
- 5.2 Structure of private sector participation
- 5.3 Distribution of water sector regulatory authority
- 5.4 Regulation of private sector participation in the water sector
- 5.5 Strengths andweaknesses of the regulatory regime for water in France
- 5.6 Direction of future reforms
- 6. Germany: public-private partnerships and multi-sector utilities
- 6.1 Overview of the German water and wastewater industry
- 6.2 The role of the Stadtwerke: multi-sector utility enterprises
- 6.3 Models of private sector participation
- 6.4 Distribution of regulatory authority
- 6.5 Economic regulation
- 6.6 Strengths and weaknesses of the regulatory regime for water in Germany
- 6.7 Direction of future reforms
- 7. Developing water sector regulatory frameworks in less developed countries
- 7.1 Regulation 'by contract'
- 7.2 Contracts, institutions and regulation
- 7.3 Conclusion
- Appendix 1: The legislative framework for the water industry in England & Wales
- Bibliography
- Index
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