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Editor's note: This is the first of a series of survey papers to be published in theJRE. The next, by Keith Crocker and Scott Masten, “Regulation and Administered Contracts Revisited: Lessons from Transaction-Cost Economics for Public Utilitiy Regulation,” is scheduled for publication in January 1996 (volume 9, issue 1). Persons interested in submitting survey papers should refer to the notice later in this issue.
We would like to than Catherine Eckel, Robert Patrick, Roger Sherman, and David Sibley for helpful comments.
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Crew, M.A., Fernando, C.S. & Kleindorfer, P.R. The theory of peak-load pricing: A survey. J Regul Econ 8, 215–248 (1995). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01070807
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