Network industries-telecommunications, electricity, gas, water, etc.-are currently undergoing major changes, the most significant being the entry of competitors. These conferences aim to be at the cutting edge of these developments by providing the opportunity to discuss the research of...

Possible topics: - Liberalization - Electronic competition to mail and express carriers labor economics - Service quality, reliability and pricing issues - Transition from monopoly to competition - Productivity issues - Financial viability and agency problems - Privatization, and...

Network industries-telecommunications, electricity, gas, water, etc.-are currently undergoing major changes, the most significant being the entry of competitors. This conference aims to be at the cutting edge of these developments by providing the opportunity to discuss the research of...

THE 2005 JOINT MEETING with the American Economic Association will be held in Philadelphia, PA, January 7-9, 2005, as part of the Allied Social Science Association Meeting. The program will consist primarily of contributed papers. The program committee will be chaired by Colin Camerer of the...