Navarro, Peter; Petersen, Bruce C.; Stauffer, Thomas R. - In: Bell Journal of Economics 12 (1981) 2, pp. 392-412
This article tests the efficacy of four formulas for specifying regulated utility rates. All exhibit "intertemporal bias" in that rates are disproportionately and seriously shifted forward upon current consumers ("front-end loading"), although the ICC and Consent Decree formulas yield rates less...