List of figures -- List of tables -- List of contributors -- Preface -- 1. Development in the theory and practice of regulatory economics / Michael A. Crew and David Parker -- 2. Economic regulation: principles, history and methods / Martin Ricketts -- 3. Regulation, pricing and social welfare / Michael A. Crew and Paul R. Kleindorfer -- 4. Regulating prices and service quality / Dan Elliot -- 5. Utility regulation and competition in developing countries / Paul Cook -- 6. Performance benchmarking in utility regulation: principles and the UK's experience / David Parker, Thoralf Dassler and David S. Saal -- 7. Regulation and the cost of capital / Tim Jenkinson -- 8. Information relevation and incentives / Phil Burns, Cloda Jenkins and Thomas Weyman-Jones -- 9. Regulatory governance and the lessons from UK practice / Peter Vass -- 10. Regulation and consumer representation / Michael Harker, Laurence Mathieu and Catherine Waddams Price -- 11. Regulatory impact assessment / Colin Kirkpatrick -- 12. Economics of environmental regulation: instruments and cases / Anthony Heyes and Catherine Liston -- 13. The economics of access and interconnection charges in telecommunications / Timothy J. Tardiff -- 14. Regulation and the structure of the telecommunications industry / Gregory M. Duncan and Lisa J. Cameron -- 15. The regulation of energy: issues and pitfalls / Colin Robinson and Eileen Marshall -- 16. Economic regulation of transport: principles and experience / Ian Savage -- 17. Regulation of water and sewerage services / Ian Byatt, Tony Ballance and Scott Reid -- Index.