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Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 291-297 |
Number of pages | 7 |
Journal | Financial Accountability and Management |
Volume | 17 |
Issue number | 3 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - Aug 2001 |
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The definitive version is available at www.blackwell-synergy.comKeywords
- privatixation
- utility industries
- price-cap regulation
- semiology
- UK
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Towards a semiology of the periodic review of UK regulated utilities. / Cooper, Stuart M.; Crowther, David; Carter, Chris.
In: Financial Accountability and Management, Vol. 17, No. 3, 08.2001, p. 291-297.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article
TY - JOUR
T1 - Towards a semiology of the periodic review of UK regulated utilities
AU - Cooper, Stuart M.
AU - Crowther, David
AU - Carter, Chris
N1 - The definitive version is available at www.blackwell-synergy.com
PY - 2001/8
Y1 - 2001/8
N2 - This note explores the regulatory process of UK privatised utilities through the periodic review of prices. It provides a brief history of the privatisation programme in the UK and the theoretical arguments for the price-cap regulation that has been used. It argues that regulatory process appears to involve a covert dialogue and exchange of information between the regulator and regulated and also a second separate review process that consists of an overt dialogue. Using a semiotic analysis the authors suggest that the unfolding of each of these overt reviews follows a very similar pattern that is constantly being re-enacted. It is concluded that further research is required into the relative importance of the two separate review processes in the setting of the price-cap.
AB - This note explores the regulatory process of UK privatised utilities through the periodic review of prices. It provides a brief history of the privatisation programme in the UK and the theoretical arguments for the price-cap regulation that has been used. It argues that regulatory process appears to involve a covert dialogue and exchange of information between the regulator and regulated and also a second separate review process that consists of an overt dialogue. Using a semiotic analysis the authors suggest that the unfolding of each of these overt reviews follows a very similar pattern that is constantly being re-enacted. It is concluded that further research is required into the relative importance of the two separate review processes in the setting of the price-cap.
KW - privatixation
KW - utility industries
KW - price-cap regulation
KW - semiology
KW - UK
UR - http://www3.interscience.wiley.com/journal/118975602/abstract
U2 - 10.1111/1468-0408.00132
DO - 10.1111/1468-0408.00132
M3 - Article
VL - 17
SP - 291
EP - 297
JO - Financial Accountability and Management
JF - Financial Accountability and Management
SN - 0267-4424
IS - 3
ER -