Natural gas has become increasingly important as a source of energy in recent years. It is
widely viewed as an attractive means of realizing environmental objectives post Kyoto, and …

By using a Malmquist total factor productivity index and data envelopment analysis it is
possible to investigate the efficiency and productivity of Australian airports during the 1990s …

This paper reviews sources of misalignment between the institutional arrangements,
incentives and resources mobilized in water policies. It is argued that the resulting policy …

Macroeconomic stabilization has topped the economic policy agenda in Latin America for
many years now. However, increasingly stable policies have not spared the region from a …

During the late 1980s, telecommunications policy in developing countries entered a new era
of neoliberal reform. This reform process achieved what some have called a watershed in …

This article shows that generators exercised considerable market power in the England and
Wales wholesale electricity market in the late 1990s. This is surprising because static …

A decade of experience has shown that monitoring the performance of public and private
monopolies is the hardest part of electricity sector reform in South America—because …

This book discusses the essential strategic, legal, economic, and institutional issues relating
to privatization of state-owned enterprises, with an emphasis on the policy dimensions of …

We live in a knowledge economy. The production and dissemination of knowledge will be
central to solving the problems of climate change and environmental sustainability, reducing …

The telecommunications industry has undergone dramatic changes in recent years. New
products, new services, and new technologies have been introduced. The costs and the …