Competition in the Water Industry
Competition in the Water Industry
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水务行业的竞争
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1997
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Simon Cowan
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本文讨论了英国水务行业的竞争，重点是产品市场竞争。传统上，水被视为一个具有区域或地方自然垄断特征的行业，特许经营和外包、尺度竞争和资本市场竞争是可行的，但不是直接竞争。政策建议（一）插入任命，（二）共同运输，（三）跨境竞争进行评估。插入式预约的潜在竞争的影响是对大用户实行数量折扣。实际上，竞争的威胁可能使关税更加反映成本，对平均关税水平可能影响不大。版权所有1997年由牛津大学出版社。
The paper discusses competition in the water industry in the UK, with the focus on product-market competition. Water has traditionally been seen as an industry characterized by regional or local natural monopoly, with franchising and contracting out, yardstick competition, and capital market competition being feasible, but not direct competition. Policy proposals for (i) inset appointments, (ii) common carriage, and (iii) cross-border competition are assessed. The effect of potential competition from inset appointments has been the introduction of quantity discounts for large users. In practice, the threat of competition is likely to make tariffs more cost-reflective, and there will probably be little effect on average tariff levels. Copyright 1997 by Oxford University Press.