The Pricing Dynamics of Utilities with Underdeveloped Networks

The Pricing Dynamics of Utilities with Underdeveloped Networks

This paper uses an analytically tractable intertemporal framework for analyzing the dynamic pricing of a utility with an underdeveloped network (a typical case in most developing countries) facing a competitive fringe, short-run network adjustment...

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Main Authors: Chisari, Omar O., Kessides, Ioannis N.
Format: Policy Research Working Paper
Language:English
Published: World Bank, Washington, DC 2012
Subjects:
BENCHMARK
BENCHMARK LEVEL
BENCHMARKS
COMPETITIVE FRINGE
CONNECTIONS
CONSUMERS
DEMAND FUNCTION
DISCOUNT RATE
DISECONOMIES OF SCALE
DIVIDENDS
ECONOMIC EFFICIENCY
ELECTRICITY PRODUCTION
ELECTRICITY SECTOR
EXTERNALITIES
FIXED COSTS
INCREASING RETURNS
INFRASTRUCTURE INDUSTRIES
INFRASTRUCTURE SERVICES
LOW TARIFFS
MARGINAL COST
MARGINAL COSTS
MARKET STRUCTURE
MARKET VALUE
MONOPOLY
OPTIMIZATION
POTENTIAL DEMAND
PRICE CONTROLS
PRICE INCREASE
PRICE INCREASES
PRICE LEVEL
PRICE LEVELS
PRICING POLICY
PRIVATIZATION
PRODUCT DIFFERENTIATION
PRODUCTION FUNCTION
PROFIT MAXIMIZATION
PUBLIC UTILITY
PUBLIC WATER
PUBLIC WATER UTILITY
REGULATORS
REGULATORY AGENCIES
REGULATORY GOVERNANCE
REGULATORY INTERVENTION
REGULATORY MECHANISMS
REGULATORY POLICY
REGULATORY REGIMES
REGULATORY REVIEW
REGULATORY ¯ INTERVENTION
REGULATORY ¯ ¯ INTERVENTION
SERVICE PROVIDERS
SHADOW PRICE
SHADOW PRICES
STATIC ANALYSIS
UNIT COST
URBAN AREAS
URBAN COMMUNITIES
UTILITIES
UTILITY NETWORKS
VARIABLE COST
WATER SUPPLY
WATER VENDORS
Online Access:http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2007/04/7524414/pricing-dynamics-utilities-underdeveloped-networks
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/7027

Internet

http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2007/04/7524414/pricing-dynamics-utilities-underdeveloped-networks
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/7027

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