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Resetting price controls for privatized utilities : A manual for regulators - Washington D C The World Bank 1999 - 109p vii

Contents;
Foreword ;;
Acknowledgments
1. Introduction and Summary: Revising Price Controls ;
2. The Philosophy of Price Controls ;
Rate of Return Regulation
RPI - X Regulation
Profit-Sharing Regulation
3. Procedures for Resetting a Price Control;
Information Gathering
Analysis and Decisionmaking
Announcement
Implementation
Possible Timetables
4. The Form of a Price Control;
Price Structure
Price-Basket Controls
Revenue-Yield Controls
Pass-through Terms
The Choice of Price Index
Duration of the Control
5. Present Value Calculations ;
The Cost-Based Approach
The Value-Based Approach
The Path of a Price Control
6. Operating Costs ;
Cost Projections
Yardstick Regulation
7. Investment and the Regulatory Asset Base ;
Investment
The Regulatory Asset Base
Depreciation
8. Revenues ;
Revenue Forecasting
Unregulated Sales
Quality Standards
9. The Rate of Return ;
Taxation
. Stock Market Measures of the Cost of Capital
Other Methods
The Cost of Capital for the Gas Industry in Argentina
Appendix: Taxes;
Tax Effect on Cash Flow
After-Tax Cost of Debt
Reference;
Index



ISBN: 0821343386

Subjects--Topical Terms:
1. Public Price Regulations2. Price Control - Regulation3. Privatization

Dewey Class. No.: 338.433636 GRE / GRE