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REGULACJA MONOPOLU NATURALNEGO W ŚWIETLE TEORII KOSZTÓW TRANSAKCYJNYCH
A TRANSACTIONAL COST APPROACH TO THE NATURAL MONOPOLY REGULATION

Author(s): Bożena Borkowska
Subject(s): Business Economy / Management, Accounting - Business Administration
Published by: Wydawnictwo Naukowe Uniwersytetu Mikołaja Kopernika
Keywords: Transactional cost; Natural monopoly regulation; spot market;

Summary/Abstract: The transactional cost framework seeks to identify the characteristics of transactions that lead classical “spot markets” to fail, in the sense that the spot market is a more costly mode of exchange than alternative institutional arrangements (e.g. some type of long term contract or vertical integration). This paper provides a theory of natural monopoly regulation that parallels the theory of the firm and the theory of contractual institutions.

  • Issue Year: 2/2006
  • Issue No: 1
  • Page Range: 441-456
  • Page Count: 16
  • Language: Polish