Regulators and the Poor : Lessons from the United Kingdom

The author studies a number of ways in which British regulators have helped poorer consumers. British Telecommunications offers a lower user tariff, and a very cheap service with most outgoing calls barred, to attract customers who could not afford the full service. The gas regulator has taken actio...

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Main Author:	Green, Richard
Format:	Publications & Research
Language:	en_US
Published:	World Bank, Washington, DC 2015
Subjects:	advertisements average costs caps cash payments charge cards consumer protection consumers consumption increases consumption levels contractors debt decision-making demand curve electricity energy efficiency environmental protection income information services legislation margins mergers monopolies predatory pricing prepayment price controls taxation telecommunication telecommunication services telecommunications telecommunications companies telecommunications industry telecommunications offers telecommunications regulator telecommunications services telephone services treasury universal service Universal Service Obligations utilities regulatory bodies consumer behavior poor people telecommunications authority tariff policy services gas regulators electricity pricing utility functions state-owned enterprises concessionality privatization
Online Access:	http://hdl.handle.net/10986/21424

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