We claim that a reason for why unregulated investor-owned local monopolies do not always charge the monopoly price is that they are threatened by customer complaints that may lead to retaliations from local elected officials. When investor-owned monopolies are exposed to this threat they will mimic the price(s) of their neighbour(s); the stronger the threat, the higher the spatial price correla...

Network industries are often organized as vertically integrated public monopolies. Recent trends indicate the participation of the private sector. Developing and transition economies need to establish adequate regulatory policies and institutions to provide incentives for private sector participation and to protect public interests. New regulatory policies entail the creation of market competit...

Private Sector Development Department ▪ Finance, Private Sector, and Infrastructure Network Governments often regulate not only the overall level of prices charged by infrastructure firms but also the relationship between prices for different services or customers. Thus, government-controlled telephone monopolies may keep prices low for local calls and charge more for long-distance calls. Power...

NORDIC STUDIES ON ALCOHOL AND DRUGS VOL . 25 . 2008 . 2 Ø. Horverak: The transition from over-the-counter to self-service sales of alcoholic beverages in Norwegian monopoly outlets: Implications for sales and customer satisfaction AImS To study the impact of the introduction of self-service at the Norwegian alcohol monopoly outlets. DESIGN Sales at outlets where self-service was introduced were...