Regulatory Risk: Economic Principles and Applications to Natural Gas Pipelines and Other Industries

A. Lawrence Kolbe

ISBN 10: 0792393309 / ISBN 13: 9780792393306

Editore: Springer US, Springer US Apr 1993, 1993

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Neuware -It is common to assert that utility investors are compensated in the allowed rate of return for the risk of large disallowances, such as arise for investments found imprudent or not `used and useful'. However, this book develops a new theory of asymmetric regulatory risk that shows that infallible estimates of the cost of capital are sure to provide downward-biased estimates of the necessary allowed rates of return in the presence of such regulatory risks. The book uses the new theory of regulatory risk to understand recent developments in the risk of natural gas pipelines and other regulated industries.Springer Verlag GmbH, Tiergartenstr. 17, 69121 Heidelberg 364 pp. Englisch.

Codice articolo 9780792393306

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• Titolo: Regulatory Risk: Economic Principles and Applications to Natural Gas Pipelines and Other Industries
• Editore: Springer US, Springer US Apr 1993
• Data di pubblicazione: 1993
• Lingua: Inglese
• ISBN 10: 0792393309
• ISBN 13: 9780792393306
• Rilegatura: Buch
• Condizione: Neu
• Dimensioni: 241 L x 160 A x 25 P (millimetri) 241 millimetri di larghezza per 160 millimetri di altezza per 25 millimetri di profondità
• Peso: 711 grammi

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Riassunto

It is common to assert that utility investors are compensated in the allowed rate of return for the risk of large disallowances, such as arise for investments found imprudent or not `used and useful'. However, this book develops a new theory of asymmetric regulatory risk that shows that infallible estimates of the cost of capital are sure to provide downward-biased estimates of the necessary allowed rates of return in the presence of such regulatory risks. The book uses the new theory of regulatory risk to understand recent developments in the risk of natural gas pipelines and other regulated industries.

Contenuti

1. Introduction. 2. The Theory of Regulatory Risk. 3. Regulatory Risk: Objections to the Theory. 4. Sources of Asymmetric Risk in Regulated Industries. 5. Risk of the Interstate Natural Gas Pipeline Industry: Summary. 6. Recent Trends in the Interstate Gas Pipeline Industy. 7. Two Views of Pipeline Risk. 8. Risk Analysis for Natural Gas Pipelines. 9. Two Fundamental Questions. Appendix A: Risks that Affect the Cost of Capital. Appendix B: Summary of Recent History of the Interstate Natural Gas Pipeline Industry. Bibliography. Index.