Institutional Reform, Regulation and Privatization - Process and Outcomes in Infrastructure Industries (Hardcover, illustrated edition)

This book provides evolutionary and institutional perspectives on the reform of infrastructure industries, tracing the development of this process in a number of sectors and countries.The contributors contend that infrastructure based industries such as telecommunications, public transport, water management and energy have been increasingly exposed to the dynamism of the market since becoming privatized, and have therefore been stimulated into short-term efficiency and long-term innovation. Drawing on institutional economic theory backed up with case studies such as the California energy crisis, the Dutch gas industry, oil and electricity companies in Spain and the privatization of Schipol airport in Amsterdam, the book focuses on process, driving forces, and actors' roles to explain how new balances are established between competing institutions. The degree to which the processes of institutional change are predictable and the effects of deliberate strategic interventions of governments or private actors are explored. Specific technical and sector aspects and their influence on institutional change in various infrastructures are also discussed. This book will strongly appeal to academics and practitioners in politics or industry with an interest in industrial, evolutionary institutional or public sector economics.

General

Imprint:	Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Release date:	December 2005
Editors:	Rolf W K unneke • Aad F. Correlje • John Groenewegen
Dimensions:	234 x 156mm (L x W)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	264
Edition:	illustrated edition
ISBN-13:	978-1-84542-276-9
Categories:	Books > Reference & Interdisciplinary > Interdisciplinary studies > Institutions & organizations Books > Business & Economics > Economics > Development economics Books > Business & Economics > Industry & industrial studies > General Books > Earth & environment > The environment > Management of land & natural resources Promotions
LSN:	1-84542-276-7
Barcode:	9781845422769

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