The DOI matches its Crossref record; 14 of the 15 references it cites were found in a registry or an index.
Good Regulatory Regimes
Abstract
Assuming simple functional forms, numerical methods are used to analyze linear regulatory rules that include cost-plus and price-cap regimes. Regulators are assumed to observe actual cost, but not the disutility of cost reduction, and are assumed unable to impose taxes or make transfers. Best linear regimes depend importantly on the level and form of uncertainty, the regulatory objective function, and the firm profitability constraint. Under uncertainty, regimes in which price depends in part on actual cost generally substantially outperform pure price caps, particularly in terms of consumers' surplus.
Overview
Integrity signals
Registry
Cites
Statistics
Verification
Claims the paper makes
Claims other papers make about this one
Each is checked against this paper’s own text: does it say what the citing paper says it does?
In the citing paper
“Indeed, menus of contracts, profit-sharing or sliding-scale arrangements (Lyon, 1996), and ratchets are likely to provide a better balance between performance incentives and rent extraction goals (e.g., Laffont & Tirole, 1993; Schmalensee, 1989).”
From The Expansion of Incentive (Performance-Based) Regulation of Electricity Distribution and Transmission in the United States (2024) · cites this paper as Schmalensee, 1989
Citations
Cites
Aggregation and Linearity in the Provision of Intertemporal Incentives
Holmstrom, B. R., & Milgrom, P. (1987) · Econometrica · doi:10.2307/1913238 · Cited by 2,870
A Theory of Yardstick Competition
Shleifer, A. (1985) · The RAND Journal of Economics · doi:10.2307/2555560 · Cited by 1,414
Using Cost Observation to Regulate Firms
Laffont, J., & Tirole, J. (1986) · Journal of Political Economy · doi:10.1086/261392 · Cited by 1,237
Privatization: An Economic Analysis.
Kay, J., Vickers, J., & Yarrow, G. K. (1990) · Economica · doi:10.2307/2554087 · Cited by 1,054
Distributional Equity and the Optimal Structured of Public Prices
Feldstein, M. S. (1972) · American Economic Review · Cited by 251
Design of regulatory mechanisms and institutionsPreprint
Baron, D. P. (1989) · RePEc: Research Papers in Economics · Cited by 243
Government Intervention in Production and Incentives Theory: A Review of Recent Contributions
Caillaud, B., Guesnerie, R., Rey, P., & Jean Tirole, Z. (1988) · The RAND Journal of Economics · doi:10.2307/2555394 · Cited by 169
Pareto-Superior Nonlinear Outlay Schedules
Willig, R. D. (1978) · The Bell Journal of Economics · doi:10.2307/3003612 · Cited by 162
The control of natural monopolies
Schmalensee, R. (1979) · Cited by 114
Self-citationRegulating a Monopolist with Unknown Demand and Cost Functions
Lewis, T. R., & Sappington, D. E. M. (1988) · The RAND Journal of Economics · doi:10.2307/2555666 · Cited by 94
Flagged first, then by citations
1 of the 15 references couldn’t be matched to a known paper.
Cited by
Sorted by citations
Items 101–191 of 191
X-factor regulation in a developing country: The case of Lima's airport
Defilippi, E. (2015) · Transport Policy · doi:10.1016/j.tranpol.2015.03.005 · Cited by 4
Privatization, regulation and productivity in the Italian motorway industryPreprint
Valbonesi, P., Benfratello, L., & Iozzi, A. (2005) · RePEc: Research Papers in Economics · Cited by 4
J.J. Laffont and J. Tirole, A theory of incentives in regulation and procurement
Lyon, T. P. (1994) · Information Economics and Policy · doi:10.1016/0167-6245(94)90038-8 · Cited by 4
REGULATING FIRMS WITH MONOPOLY POWER
Doyle, C. (2010) · Taylor & Francis eBooks · doi:10.4324/9780203414972_chapter_6 · Cited by 4
Optimal Regulation of Lumpy InvestmentsPreprint
Zwart, G., & Broer, P. (2012) · SSRN Electronic Journal · doi:10.2139/ssrn.2057859 · Cited by 4
Incentive Indexes for Regulated Industries
Diewert, W. E., & Fox, K. J. (2000) · Journal of Regulatory Economics · doi:10.1023/a:1008107103804 · Cited by 3
Nouvelles formes de réglementation
Laffont, J. (1993) · L Actualité économique · doi:10.7202/602104ar · Cited by 3
Fukui, Y., & Oda, K. (2009) · Networks and Spatial Economics · doi:10.1007/s11067-009-9116-9 · Cited by 3
Design considerations for multiyear Public Utility rate plans
Costello, K. W. (2019) · Utilities Policy · doi:10.1016/j.jup.2019.05.009 · Cited by 3
Rola rachunkowości regulacyjnej w procesie wyceny usług powszechnych w Europie
Raulinajtys‐Grzybek, M. (2012) · Studia Prawno-Ekonomiczne · Cited by 2
Golovanova, S. V. (2014) · Voprosy Ekonomiki · doi:10.32609/0042-8736-2014-8-106-121 · Cited by 2
Analysis of Capacity Remuneration Mechanisms
Cretì, A., & Fontini, F. (2019) · Cambridge University Press eBooks · doi:10.1017/9781316884614.024 · Cited by 2
Price Caps, Rate of Return Constraints and Universal Service Obligations
Baake, P. (2002) · Journal of Regulatory Economics · doi:10.1023/a:1015312531833 · Cited by 2
Fukui, Y., & Oda, K. (2006) · doi:10.11575/prism/31604 · Cited by 2
La réglementation incitativePreprint
Boyer, M. (1995) · RePEc: Research Papers in Economics · Cited by 2
Brown, D. P., & Sappington, D. E. M. (2018) · SSRN Electronic Journal · doi:10.2139/ssrn.3213275 · Cited by 2
Economics of the 96/92 Directive with Reference to Italian Electricity Market Liberalisation Process
Porrini, D. (2001) · European Journal of Law and Economics · doi:10.1023/a:1008795803641 · Cited by 2
Military expenditure and development in Latin America
Eugenio Lahera, P., & Ortúzar, M. (1998) · CEPAL review · doi:10.18356/0cf6e769-en · Cited by 2
The Competitive Foundations of Price Cap Regulation
Weisman, D. L. (2023) · The B E Journal of Economic Analysis & Policy · doi:10.1515/bejeap-2022-0052 · Cited by 1
The commitment problem in regulatory regimes
Weisman, D. L. (2026) · Journal of Regulatory Economics · doi:10.1007/s11149-026-09522-2 · Cited by 1
Una propuesta para la regulación de precios en el sector del agua: el caso español
Pérez, M. A. M., & García-Valiñas, M. Á. (2004) · Papeles de trabajo del Instituto de Estudios Fiscales. Serie economía · Cited by 1
Understanding Regulatory Environments and their Impact on Economic Change
James, H. S., & Johnson, D. (2002) · Cited by 1
REGULATION AND JOB CREATION: AN ANALYSIS OF INSTITUTIONAL CHANGE AND ITS CONSEQUENCES
Majumdar, S. K. (2014) · Annals of Public and Cooperative Economics · doi:10.1111/apce.12037 · Cited by 1
REGULATIONS AND STRATEGY: EVIDENCE ON ADVERTISING
Majumdar, S. K. (2013) · Annals of Public and Cooperative Economics · doi:10.1111/apce.12017 · Cited by 1
Study on Ramsey pricing based on telecommunication industry prosperity
Chen, Y., Jin, C., & Li, B. (2013) · International Conference on Information Management, Innovation Management and Industrial Engineering (ICIII) · doi:10.1109/iciii.2013.6702997 · Cited by 1
Some Principles of Electricity Sector Regulation
Cretì, A., & Fontini, F. (2019) · Cambridge University Press eBooks · doi:10.1017/9781316884614.007 · Cited by 1
Measuring the Impact of Asymmetric Information: An Example from Energy Conservation
Settle, C. E., & Tschirhart, J. (2003) · Journal of Regulatory Economics · doi:10.1023/a:1025607023827 · Cited by 1
Incentive mechanisms for cost revelation with intermodal competition
Einhorn, M. A. (1989) · Information Economics and Policy · doi:10.1016/0167-6245(89)90009-7 · Cited by 1
The Italian Electricity Sector Between Privatization and the Fear of Competition
Polo, M., & Scarpa, C. (1997) · Palgrave Macmillan UK eBooks · doi:10.1007/978-1-349-25255-8_7 · Cited by 1
Bilateral trading with contingent contracts
Yoon, K. (2019) · International Journal of Game Theory · doi:10.1007/s00182-019-00699-9 · Cited by 1
Electricity Transmission: Basic Principles
Cretì, A., & Fontini, F. (2019) · Cambridge University Press eBooks · doi:10.1017/9781316884614.015 · Cited by 1
An industrial organization analysis for the colombian banking system
Rozo, S., Vásquez, D. M., & Estrada, D. A. (2008) · doi:10.32468/be.528 · Cited by 1
The renegotiation cost of public transport services contractsPreprint
Gagnepain, P., Ivaldi, M., & Martimort, D. (2010) · HAL · Cited by 1
Regulating network-based industries: the case of telecommunicationsPreprint
Klodt, H. (1996) · RePEc: Research Papers in Economics · Cited by 1
Yardstick Competition - A Win-Win Setting?
Jenkins, C. D., Burns, P., Riechmann, C., & Milczarek, J. (2004) · Cited by 1
The Impact of Incentive Pay on Corporate CrimePreprint
Herold, D. (2024) · RePEc: Research Papers in Economics · doi:10.17192/es2024.0549 · Cited by 1
Cretì, A., & Fontini, F. (2019) · Cambridge University Press eBooks · doi:10.1017/9781316884614.001 · Cited by 1
Regulation of Regional Electric Companies in the British Electricity Experiment
Einhorn, M. A. (1994) · Springer eBooks · doi:10.1007/978-94-011-1368-7_6 · Cited by 1
Martins, R. S. F. (2010) · Americanae (AECID Library)
PRICING REGULATIONS AND NETWORK TECHNOLOGY INVESTMENTS: A RETROSPECTIVE EVALUATION
Majumdar, S. K. (2015) · Annals of Public and Cooperative Economics · doi:10.1111/apce.12086
Public Sector Procurement: Lump-Sum Payments or Optimal Contracts?Preprint
Levine, P. L., & Rickman, N. (2002) · SSRN Electronic Journal · doi:10.2139/ssrn.319860
Access Profit-Sharing Regulation with Information Transmission and AcquisitionPreprint
Stroffolini, F. (2009) · RePEc: Research Papers in Economics
Access profit-sharing regulation with information acquisition and transmission
Stroffolini, F. (2011) · Research in Economics · doi:10.1016/j.rie.2011.10.002
Regulation in polish telecommunications: Commitment, incentives, and outcomes
Michalski, M. M. (1996) · Telematics and Informatics · doi:10.1016/s0736-5853(96)00002-0
Jean-Jacques Laffont et l'économie appliquée
Gasmi, F., Nour Meddahi, Y., & Vuong, Q. (2005) · Revue d économie politique · doi:10.3917/redp.153.0309
Equidad, inversión extranjera y competitividad internacional
Figueroa, A. (1998) · Revista de la CEPAL · doi:10.18356/bdea4e1e-es
Good Regulatory LagsPreprint
Lima, J. L., & Gómez‐Lobo, A. (2005) · SSRN Electronic Journal · doi:10.2139/ssrn.657481
Spatial competition in the Colombian deposit market
Estrada, D. A., & Rozo, S. (2007) · Coyuntura Económica
Dynamic Influences on Legal Dispute Settlements: The Case of Regulatory Decisions in SwedenPreprint
Söderberg, M., & Round, D. K. (2009) · SSRN Electronic Journal · doi:10.2139/ssrn.1433643
Dynamic Influences on Regulatory Dispute Settlements: The Role of Precedents and Preceding DecisionsPreprint
Söderberg, M., & Round, D. K. (2009) · SSRN Electronic Journal · doi:10.2139/ssrn.1433626
Regulation of non-marketed outputs and substitutable inputs
Bertsch, J., & Hagspiel, S. (2018) · Journal of Regulatory Economics · doi:10.1007/s11149-017-9348-4
Nouvelles formes de réglementation
Laffont, J. (2020) · L Actualité économique · doi:10.7202/1087022ar
Merger incentives under yardstick competition: A theoretical modelPreprint
Teusch, J. (2016) · RePEc: Research Papers in Economics
Incentives for an adequate, economic and reliable Swiss transmission grid
Twomey, P., Neuhoff, K., & Newbery, D. (2006) · Cadmus - EUI Research Repository (European University Institute)
Theoretical Discussion of Vertical Integration and Regulation
Kleineberg, C. (2019) · SpringerBriefs in law · doi:10.1007/978-3-030-11358-2_2
Operational Risk Management: Team-Based Effort and Incentive BonusPreprint
Xu, Y., & Zhu, L. (2018) · SSRN Electronic Journal · doi:10.2139/ssrn.3191887
Transmission Pricing in Practice
Cretì, A., & Fontini, F. (2019) · Cambridge University Press eBooks · doi:10.1017/9781316884614.017
Electricity Systems and the Electricity Supply Chain
Cretì, A., & Fontini, F. (2019) · Cambridge University Press eBooks · doi:10.1017/9781316884614.004
Cretì, A., & Fontini, F. (2019) · Cambridge University Press eBooks · doi:10.1017/9781316884614.013
Regulation of Privatized Networks: The Case of Telecommunications
Klodt, H. (1997) · Springer eBooks · doi:10.1007/978-3-642-60825-4_13
The Four Market Designs of the Electricity System
Cretì, A., & Fontini, F. (2019) · Cambridge University Press eBooks · doi:10.1017/9781316884614.005
Pricing and Quality Provision in a Supply Relationship: A Model of Efficient Relational ContractsPreprint
Nistor, C., & Selove, M. (2018) · SSRN Electronic Journal · doi:10.2139/ssrn.3123844
Market Power in Electricity Markets
Cretì, A., & Fontini, F. (2019) · Cambridge University Press eBooks · doi:10.1017/9781316884614.014
Transmission Rights and Price Risk Hedging
Cretì, A., & Fontini, F. (2019) · Cambridge University Press eBooks · doi:10.1017/9781316884614.019
Cretì, A., & Fontini, F. (2019) · Cambridge University Press eBooks · doi:10.1017/9781316884614.008
Introduction to Electricity: Brief History of the Power Industry
Cretì, A., & Fontini, F. (2019) · Cambridge University Press eBooks · doi:10.1017/9781316884614.003
Energy Products and the Time Dimension of Electricity Markets
Cretì, A., & Fontini, F. (2019) · Cambridge University Press eBooks · doi:10.1017/9781316884614.006
Basic Principles, Definitions and Unit Measures
Cretì, A., & Fontini, F. (2019) · Cambridge University Press eBooks · doi:10.1017/9781316884614.002
From Nodal Prices to Transmission Capacity Expansion
Cretì, A., & Fontini, F. (2019) · Cambridge University Press eBooks · doi:10.1017/9781316884614.018
Seltzer, S. A. (2011) · eScholarship (California Digital Library)
Meshed Networks and Congestion
Cretì, A., & Fontini, F. (2019) · Cambridge University Press eBooks · doi:10.1017/9781316884614.016
The Integration of Renewable Energy Sources in the Electricity System
Cretì, A., & Fontini, F. (2019) · Cambridge University Press eBooks · doi:10.1017/9781316884614.027
Assessing the Benefits of Retail Competition
Cretì, A., & Fontini, F. (2019) · Cambridge University Press eBooks · doi:10.1017/9781316884614.021
Welfare Maximization with Time-Varying Load
Cretì, A., & Fontini, F. (2019) · Cambridge University Press eBooks · doi:10.1017/9781316884614.010
The Centralized Solution of Optimal Dispatching
Cretì, A., & Fontini, F. (2019) · Cambridge University Press eBooks · doi:10.1017/9781316884614.009
Optimal Investment in Power Generation
Cretì, A., & Fontini, F. (2019) · Cambridge University Press eBooks · doi:10.1017/9781316884614.022
Cretì, A., & Fontini, F. (2019) · Cambridge University Press eBooks · doi:10.1017/9781316884614.012
Energy-Only Markets vs. Markets with Capacity Remuneration Mechanisms
Cretì, A., & Fontini, F. (2019) · Cambridge University Press eBooks · doi:10.1017/9781316884614.023
Retail Competition: Supplying Electricity to Final Consumers
Cretì, A., & Fontini, F. (2019) · Cambridge University Press eBooks · doi:10.1017/9781316884614.020
The Market Solution to Optimal Dispatching
Cretì, A., & Fontini, F. (2019) · Cambridge University Press eBooks · doi:10.1017/9781316884614.011
Global Warming and the Electricity Markets
Cretì, A., & Fontini, F. (2019) · Cambridge University Press eBooks · doi:10.1017/9781316884614.025
Renewable Energy Sources and Electricity Production
Cretì, A., & Fontini, F. (2019) · Cambridge University Press eBooks · doi:10.1017/9781316884614.026
Cretì, A., & Fontini, F. (2019) · Cambridge University Press eBooks · doi:10.1017/9781316884614.028
Galetovic, A., & Hogan, W. W. (2008) · Economía · doi:10.1353/eco.0.0011
(1994) · Elsevier eBooks · doi:10.1016/b978-0-444-88478-7.50047-8
Regulating Firms with Monopoly Power
Doyle, C. (1993) · Routledge eBooks · doi:10.4324/9780203414972.pt4
Cretì, A., & Fontini, F. (2019) · Cambridge University Press eBooks · doi:10.1017/9781316884614.029
Network Regulation under electoral competition
Leroux, A., & Söderberg, M. (2023) · Energy Economics · doi:10.1016/j.eneco.2023.106614
Freij, Å., Buffart, M., & Wennberg, K. J. (2024) · SSRN Electronic Journal · doi:10.2139/ssrn.4779039
Price caps, commitment and innovation
Atallah, G., & Simons, A. (2026) · Canadian Journal of Economics/Revue canadienne d économique · doi:10.1111/caje.70077
Metadata
- Authors
- Schmalensee, R.
- Corresponding author
- Schmalensee, Richard
- ORCID
- Schmalensee, Richard
- Venue
- The RAND Journal of Economics
- Publisher
- Wiley
- Published
- 1989
- Volume
- 20
- Issue
- 3
- Pages
- 417
- ISSN
- 0741-6261 (ISSN-L)
- OpenAlex
- W2072067086
- Cited by
- 191
- References
- 15
- Citations by year
- 2026: 2 · 2024: 3 · 2023: 4 · 2022: 4 · 2020: 3 · 2019: 37 · 2018: 5 · 2017: 1 · 2016: 3 · 2015: 3 · 2014: 4 · 2013: 7 · 2012: 2
- FWCI
- 2.75
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- The RAND Journal of Economics (publishedVersion)
- RePEc: Research Papers in Economics (submittedVersion)
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Economics, Econometrics and Finance › Economics and Econometrics › Merger and Competition Analysis
- Social Sciences › Public Administration › Regulation and Compliance Studies
- Social Sciences › Economics, Econometrics and Finance › Economics and Econometrics › Legal and Constitutional Studies
- Keywords
- regulatory regimes, price cap regulation, uncertainty, consumer surplus, regulatory objectives, natural monopoly regulation
About these checks
Registry, retraction, Cites and statistics results are computed, not judged, with one exception: a printed reference that no index lists is read once by a model before it counts as a citation error. Claims are extracted by a model and kept only when their quote appears verbatim in the text; each cited source is then checked, with a model’s help, for whether it says what the claim relies on. Those verdicts can be wrong — read the claim’s quote and the cited source before relying on one.
Statistics and arithmetic are recomputed, not judged.
Confidence bands are shown only for fields calibrated on our annotated test set. None is calibrated yet, so no band is shown.
What counts as a claim ›How we measure confidence ›How we check this ›
Are you an author, or do you see a problem with this page? Request a review