{"title":"Regulatory impact assessment – towards better regulation","authors":"A. Garg","doi":"10.3233/IJR-120076","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3233/IJR-120076","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":406236,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Regulation and Governance","volume":"4 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1900-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"130240584","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Electricity Act, 2003 and the emerging regulatory challenges","authors":"J. L. Bajaj, A. De","doi":"10.3233/IJR-120036","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3233/IJR-120036","url":null,"abstract":"The Electricity Act, 2003 promises to bring about competition and choice in the electricity industry in India. However, since the Electricity Act, 2003 does not mandate any particular market design, there is considerable risk of state electricity regulatory commissions implementing different market structures in their respective states as per their own priorities and preferences. Such action is fraught with dangers and can severely limit consumer choice. A common market design evolved through a process of consensus among policy-makers and regulators can obviate such risks to a great extent.","PeriodicalId":406236,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Regulation and Governance","volume":"40 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1900-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"127550129","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Optimal provisioning theory and regulatory distortions","authors":"P. Goorha, John Fallon","doi":"10.3233/IJR-120050","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3233/IJR-120050","url":null,"abstract":"Firms must often invest in large-scale capacity expansions in order to service their expectation of future demand. This is known as provisioning. This paper introduces and examines issues and contributions in optimal provisioning theory. It discusses some regulatory distortions and suggests how an awareness of optimal provisioning can improve regulatory outcomes.","PeriodicalId":406236,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Regulation and Governance","volume":"14 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1900-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"126403930","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Utility regulation in competitive markets: Problems and progress","authors":"C. Robinson","doi":"10.3233/IJR-120071","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3233/IJR-120071","url":null,"abstract":"\"Utility Regulation in Competitive Markets\" is the latest book in the annual series published in association with the Institute of Economic Affairs and the London Business School, which critically reviews the state of utility regulation and competition policy. This significant new volume contains incisive chapters on a number of prominent concerns, including changes in the British system of utility regulation, the spectrum allocation question, liberalization of EU energy markets, security of supply issues, reform in the European postal sector, the future of rail regulation, the cost of capital and Ofcom's strategic approach to regulation. Chapters on each topic are followed by comments from regulators, competition authority chairmen and other experts in the relevant fields. By confronting the most important international developments in utility regulation, the authors offer practical policy recommendations for an effective way forward. This book will be of great value to practitioners, policymakers and academics alike who are concerned with regulation, deregulation and policies to promote competition.","PeriodicalId":406236,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Regulation and Governance","volume":"118 2","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1900-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"114010290","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"The institutional foundations of environmental governance regime: the implications of Chinese practices","authors":"M. Mushkat, R. Mushkat","doi":"10.3233/IJR-120087","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3233/IJR-120087","url":null,"abstract":"Ecological threats continue to proliferate at a worrisome pace and in many circumstances defy efforts to neutralize them. Mounting concerns about the gap between the scale of biophysical disruption and policy performance have stimulated both academic and engineering type interest in the effectiveness/consequences of environmental governance regimes. An issue, which has not received sufficient attention is the degree to which such regulatory mechanisms are in tune with their socio-institutional setting rather than merely the natural systems, which they aim to safeguard. China's experience suggests that this is a question, which merits close examination.","PeriodicalId":406236,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Regulation and Governance","volume":"32 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1900-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"131653421","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Entrant cannibalism and incumbent power: the effects of technology and regulation on German xDSL markets","authors":"H. Dietl, Remco van der Velden","doi":"10.3233/IJR-120023","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3233/IJR-120023","url":null,"abstract":"This paper examines the German DSL (digital subscriber line) markets. Two sub-markets can be differentiated technologically and economically, the market for ADSL (asymmetric digital subscriber line) and the market for SDSL (symmetric digital subscriber line). When both markets came into being in the late nineties, the national regulatory authority, RegTP (Regulation Authority for Telecommunication and Postal Services), tried to provide conditions enabling competition. In 2002, the ADSL market was dominated by a quasi monopoly of the incumbent (Deutsche Telekom, DTAG), while the SDSL market was highly competitive and entrants cannibalized each other in a price war. This paper describes the technological and economic background in order to explain how regulatory measures and incumbent strategies led to the current situation. The DTAG used pricing and various other obstructive measures to erect a quasi ADSL monopoly and to foster entrant cannibalism among SDSL providers. Due to technological complexity and the monopolistic bottleneck character of local loops, RegTP has not been able to implement effective counter measures. The number of xDSL (ADSL and SDSL) providers in Germany will continue to decrease.","PeriodicalId":406236,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Regulation and Governance","volume":"1 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1900-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"131929862","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Impact assessment in the UK policy-making","authors":"A. Garg","doi":"10.3233/IJR-120078","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3233/IJR-120078","url":null,"abstract":"This paper documents the UK experience of IA (impact assessment) as a tool for moving towards better regulation. It builds upon the existing body of literature, which documents the UK's experience of IA. It charts the history of IA and assesses the current situation in the context of the use of IA, both by government departments and utility regulators (Ofgem and Ofwat). The objective of the paper is to study the strengths and weaknesses of IAs in the UK and identify areas for further improvement.","PeriodicalId":406236,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Regulation and Governance","volume":"8 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1900-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"128720189","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Winners and Losers of the SEB Reforms: an organizational analysis","authors":"J. Ruet, S. Rao","doi":"10.3233/IJR-120018","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3233/IJR-120018","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":406236,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Regulation and Governance","volume":"18 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1900-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"132626942","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Getting from dysfunctional government to e(ffective) government: mapping a path in Sri Lanka*","authors":"R. Samarajiva","doi":"10.3233/IJR-120040","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3233/IJR-120040","url":null,"abstract":"The objective of e(ffective) government must be the delivery of citizen-centric government services of all forms – informational, interactive, and transactional – to all citizens (and relevant others) irrespective of where they live as well as the effective involvement of the citizen in governance. The desired government services do not overlap with the government activities that exist today but are constituted by the essential core that remains after reengineering, right-sizing, and focusing government in a way that would meet citizens′ needs more effectively. This is important because most developing-country governments fall short of the mark on the costeffective delivery of citizen-centric government services; many fail dismally.","PeriodicalId":406236,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Regulation and Governance","volume":"117 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1900-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"133674343","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"A Good Beginning but Challenges Galore: a survey based study of resources, transparency and public participation in electricity regulatory commissions in India","authors":"P. Abraham","doi":"10.3233/IJR-120028","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3233/IJR-120028","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":406236,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Regulation and Governance","volume":"193 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1900-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"115641150","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}