Economic deregulation

Just as the railroad industry was being deregulated economically, the FRA simultaneously increased safety regulation. Savage (1998) provides a... 

After the law passed, the political debate about the sustainable management of hydropower came to a standstill. The law could only be applied in the context of a renewal of the water use licenses. In Switzerland these licenses typically run over 80 years and therefore no major changes in operation could be expected before the year 2020. Furthermore, the deregulation of electricity markets begun to shape expectations in Switzerland. This new market order put pressure on hydropower operators to reduce cost and to act as competitive firms. Environmental requirements were considered as a direct threat to economic survival of the plants. 

Ling, Davina C., Ernst R. Berndt, and Margaret K. Kyle. 2002. Deregulating Direct-to-Consumer Marketing of Prescription Drugs Effects on Prescription and Over-the-Counter Product Sales. Journal of Law and Economics 14 691-723. 

In conclusion, an example of a form of economic deregulation will be used to chart a course for similar actions on performance regulations. While the... 

I would argue that had Congress not "deregulated" natural gas and had the natural gas curtailment problem continued, many companies today would be ordering industrial gasifier plants as the preferable option to anything else if they can t get natural gas. If they can get natural gas, the price has got to be pretty high before it is economically attractive. 

The purpose of this scenario is to describe the impact of deregulation and globalisation on organic farming, where the EU experiences a deep economic crisis and a generally austere economic environment. 

The L.A. Department of Water and Power was not deregulated along with the three major utilities in California. It has some of the lowest power rates in the state making the economical argument harder to make. 

In a deregulated market environment, nuclear power is not yet cost competitive with coal and natural gas. There are also concerns about safety, environmental health and terrorism. Nuclear power also has not resolved all problems in long-term management of radioactive wastes and needs to be shown as a safe and economical source of hydrogen before attracting the investment capital to build 100 new plants. 

Simply put, capitalism is spreading around the world—if not full-blown capitalism, at least the introduction of market forces, freer trade, and widespread deregulation. It s happening in the former Communist countries, in the developing world of Latin American and Asia, and even in the industrialized West, with economic union in Europe and the Free Trade agreement in North America,... 

Electrical network operators are thus seeking for effective and economic technical solutions of failure protection by means of modifications to the network cormection pattern and less straining modes of operation, but stiU competitive in the deregulated market of electricity production and transmission. The identification of these solutions entails a thorough and systematic analysis of the electrical network and its response to failures. 

Safety is widely recognized to be a paramount concern in the nuclear power industry. Currently, extensive changes are taking place in the U.S. nuclear industry due to economic deregulation of electricity. Therefore, it is important to understand the potential effects of electricity deregulation on safety. The purpose of this book is to shed light upon this issue. 

We begin this chapter with a brief overview of the concept of economic deregulation, as implemented both in the U.S. electricity industry and in other industries. We then discuss the approach taken in this book to understanding the effects of deregulation on nuclear power safety. In particular, our approach rests on a detailed review of how economic deregulation has affected safety in three other industries with important similarities to the U.S. nuclear power industry—namely, the U.S. air and rail industries, and the nuclear power industry in the United Kingdom (U.K.). 

Economists have spent considerable effort analyzing the incentives created by economic regulation, and the economic rationale for regulation. See for example Kahn (1970) for a definitive treatment of regulation at the beginning of the deregulation movement, and Joskow and Noll (1981) for an overview of regulation in theory and practice. One widespread conclusion from this body of... 

It is reasonable to believe that the effects of economic deregulation of electricity generation will be seen across abroad spectrum of safety-related areas in the U.S. nuclear power industry. The objective of this book is to provide a comprehensive overview of those consequences of electricity deregulation in the U.S. that have the potential to affect the risk of nuclear power plants. In particular, we were interested in the effects of deregulation on ... 

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