Format:
1 Online-Ressource (163 Seiten)
Edition:
2nd ed
ISBN:
9780228012450
Series Statement:
Carleton Library Ser
Content:
Using the transaction-cost literature pioneered by Oliver Williamson, John Baldwin examines contractual failure in Canada in natural monopoly cases, asking why initial forms of contracts between the state and private enterprise failed, and why this failure so often resulted in the use of public enterprise rather than regulatory tribunals
Note:
Cover -- Copyright -- Contents -- Foreword to the New Edition -- Introduction to the New Edition -- Preface -- Foreword -- 1 Introduction -- 2 A Theory of Natural Monopoly Regulation -- Natural Monopoly and the Need for a Regulatory Agent -- The Cause of Transactions Failures -- Transactions Failure and Regulation -- Conclusion -- 3 The Transition from Franchise Contract to Regulatory Tribunal in the United States -- The Emergence of the Utility Sector -- The Early Evolution of the Regulatory System -- Regulation as a Contract -- Flexible Regulatory Contracts -- Property Rights and the Role of the Judiciary -- Conclusion -- 4 Public Enterprise in the Canadian Railway Industry -- The Conventional View -- The Contractual Process and Transactions Failure -- Moral Hazard and Regulatory Failure -- The Demise of the Grank Trunk -- Confiscation During the Expropriation Process -- Conclusion -- 5 Judicial Constraints in Canada and the Evolution of the Regulatory Process -- The Role of the Judiciary in Canada -- Common Law and Confiscation -- The Evolution of Rulings on Regulation and Confiscation -- The Evolution of Regulation via Independent Tribunal -- Nova Scotia -- New Brunswick -- Alberta -- Conclusion -- 6 The Evolution of the Regulatory Contract in the Nineteenth Century -- Water and Municipalization -- Voluntary Regulation in the Gas Industry -- Tramways and Regulation by Contract -- Conclusion -- 7 British Columbia: Honour and Circumstance -- Regulation by Independent Tribunal Avoided -- Historical Development (1896-1917) -- Renegotiation of the Regulatory Contract -- Conclusion -- 8 Bell Canada: Business Strategy and Federal Protection -- Historical Development -- Conclusion -- 9 Manitoba: Public Enterprise Accompanied by Regulation -- The Expropriation of Bell Canada's Manitoba Operations
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Competition between Private and Public Utilities in the Electrical Industry -- Conclusion -- 10 The Creation of Ontario Hydro: The Franchise Contract Repudiated -- Historical Development -- The Demise of the Franchise Contract -- The Private Sector -- Emergence of Ontario Hydro -- Opportunism -- The Conmee Clause -- The Power Generating Clause -- Protection from Judicial Review -- The Disposition of the Toronto Electric Light Company and the Toronto Railway Company -- Conclusion -- 11 Utilities in Quebec from 1890 to 1935: Unfettered Development in Electricity Accompanied by Cost of Service Regulation for the Transit Industry -- Historical Developments in Montral -- Regulatory History -- The Evolution of the Montreal Tramways Contract -- Quebec City: 1929-35 -- Conclusion -- 12 Conclusion -- The Choice of Regulatory Instrument -- The Theory of Instrument Choice -- Notes -- List of Tables -- Bibliography
Additional Edition:
Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe Baldwin, John R. Regulatory Failure and Renewal Montreal : McGill-Queen's University Press,c2022 ISBN 9780228011828
Language:
English
Keywords:
Natürliches Monopol
;
Öffentliches Unternehmen
;
Kanada
;
Regulierung
