Monopoly Control: Government Ownership and Control of Network Utility Industries in Australia from 1788 to 1988

Abbott, Malcolm, Cohen, Bruce

Monopoly Control: Government Ownership and Control of Network Utility Industries in Australia from 1788 to 1988
  • 出版商: Palgrave MacMillan
  • 出版日期: 2024-05-25
  • 售價: $5,160
  • 貴賓價: 9.5 折 $4,902
  • 語言: 英文
  • 頁數: 376
  • 裝訂: Quality Paper - also called trade paper
  • ISBN: 9819927285
  • ISBN-13: 9789819927289

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商品描述

This book traces the historical development of the network utilities sector in Australia (communications, rail, gas, electricity, water supply, and sewerage services). It looks across industries, time periods and the state and federal jurisdictions, to identify what motivated the various governments to establish these enterprises and what issues arose. The book is therefore informed by the relationship between politics and society on the one hand and economic history on the other; as well as the efforts of governments in Australia to promote economic growth and the wealth of Australians. The main focus of the book is to identify and analyse the following two main questions: (i) What were the main drivers and motivations for governments establishing government-owned business in the network utilities sector? (ii) To what degree were these government-owned businesses successful at achieving the aims of these governments? In doing so the inherent characteristics of these industries areidentified, in terms of their need for rights of way, network effects, the monopoly characteristics, and the potential for stimulating growth.

商品描述(中文翻譯)

本書追溯了澳大利亞網絡公用事業部門（通信、鐵路、煤氣、電力、供水和污水處理服務）的歷史發展。它跨越不同行業、時期和州和聯邦管轄區，以確定各個政府成立這些企業的動機和出現的問題。因此，本書既受到政治和社會關係的影響，又受到經濟史的影響；同時也受到澳大利亞政府促進經濟增長和澳大利亞人民財富的努力的影響。本書的主要焦點是確定和分析以下兩個主要問題：（i）政府在網絡公用事業部門成立政府擁有的企業的主要驅動力和動機是什麼？（ii）這些政府擁有的企業在實現這些政府目標方面取得了多大的成功？在這樣做的過程中，還確定了這些行業的固有特徵，包括對通行權的需求、網絡效應、壟斷特徵以及刺激增長的潛力。

作者簡介

Malcolm Abbott is an economist by profession who specialises in research in energy markets, water supply, transport, and network industries in general. In the past he has worked for the ACCC, KPMG, as a Ministerial Advisor, and as an Associate Professor of Economics at the Swinburne University of Technology in Australia. He holds a Ph.D. from the University of Melbourne.

Bruce Cohen is a private consultant and former barrister who has worked extensively in the energy and water sectors in Australia. He holds a Ph.D. in Public Policy from The Australian National University and has been a member of the board of directors of a number of utility companies, a Commissioner of the Victorian Competition and Efficiency Commission, and a former Chair of VicTrack and the Victorian Commission for Gambling and Liquor Regulation.

作者簡介(中文翻譯)

Malcolm Abbott是一位專業的經濟學家，專門從事能源市場、供水、交通和網絡行業等領域的研究。過去，他曾在澳大利亞競爭與消費者委員會（ACCC）、毕马威（KPMG）以及澳大利亞斯威本科技大學（Swinburne University of Technology）擔任部長顧問和經濟學副教授。他擁有墨爾本大學的博士學位。

Bruce Cohen是一位私人顧問和前律師，曾在澳大利亞的能源和供水部門工作。他擁有澳大利亞國立大學（The Australian National University）的公共政策博士學位，並曾擔任多家公用事業公司的董事會成員，維多利亞競爭與效率委員會（Victorian Competition and Efficiency Commission）的專員，以及VicTrack和維多利亞賭博和酒類監管委員會的前主席。

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