A simple theoretical network model is introduced to investigate the problem of network interconnection. Prices, profits and welfare are compared under welfare maximisation, network monopoly and a scenario with competition over one part of the network. Given that inducing actual competition may...

This article seeks to provide evidence on whether ‘league table’ orderings for the economic performance of local areas are robust to the use of spatial units other than the Local Authority. We concentrate primarily on the overall index from the recently published Index of Multiple...

It is well established that increased airline competition can produce benefits to passengers, and it is generally assumed that airport deregulation, as part of the same process of liberalisation, will produce similar benefits. But this paper shows that this may not be the case. The potential...

This article describes the application of alternative cost allocation methodologies to the Hull telephone system, which provides service to a small area of the UK independently of British Telecom. The article first discusses alternative uses of and methods for allocating costs among access,...

Land managers in upper catchments are being asked to make expensive changes in land use, such as by planting trees, to attain environmental service targets, including reduced salt loads in rivers, to meet needs of downstream towns, farms and natural habitats. End-of-valley targets for salt loads...