The Political Economy of Pipelines
A Century of Comparative Institutional Development

288 pages
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3 halftones, 5 line drawings
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6 x 9
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© 2012
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Table of Contents

Contents
Preface
Chapter 1. The New Institutional Economics and Pipeline Transport
Chapter 2. Existing Pipeline Studies and Private Pipeline Capital
Chapter 3. The Economics of Production Cost: Pipelines as Natural Monopolies
Chapter 4. Regulating Pipelines as a Response to Monopoly
Chapter 5. The Essential Contributions of the New Institutional Economics
Chapter 6. Transacting with Common Carriage: The Oil Pipeline Regulations of 1906
Chapter 7. Transacting with Private Carriage: The Gas Pipeline Regulations of 1938
Chapter 8. The Competitive Potential for the World’s Pipeline Systems
Chapter 9. Making Sense of Pipelines: The Lenses of the New Institutional Economics
Chapter 2. Existing Pipeline Studies and Private Pipeline Capital
Chapter 3. The Economics of Production Cost: Pipelines as Natural Monopolies
Chapter 4. Regulating Pipelines as a Response to Monopoly
Chapter 5. The Essential Contributions of the New Institutional Economics
Chapter 6. Transacting with Common Carriage: The Oil Pipeline Regulations of 1906
Chapter 7. Transacting with Private Carriage: The Gas Pipeline Regulations of 1938
Chapter 8. The Competitive Potential for the World’s Pipeline Systems
Chapter 9. Making Sense of Pipelines: The Lenses of the New Institutional Economics
Notes
Bibliography
Review Quotes
Gary D. Libecap, University of California, Santa Barbara
“More than a story of pipeline markets and regulation, this book also offers a rich study of how asset specificity, non-deployable capital, and high up-front capital costs affect market development, regulation, pricing, and entry. Makholm takes what would otherwise be a pretty unexceptional industry—pipeline transport—and makes it of interest to a broader audience, especially those concerned with the new institutional economics.”
Hendrik Finger | Journal of Regulatory Economics
How did different regulatory frameworks arise for gas pipelines that have largely similar infrastructures? And why are US gas pipelines the only successful example of a competitive infrastructure market based on Coasian bargaining? Since neoclassical theory is not able to provide adequate answers to these questions or optimal regulatory solutions, Jeff D. Makholm employs the New Institutional Economics, utilizing the work of Oliver E. Williamson to offer a convincing discussion of how regulatory frameworks have developed and possible implications for future regulatory design.
Business History Review
“Elegantly and concisely written, [The Political Economy of Pipelines] is in part an essay on economic theory, in part a contribution to comparative economic and business history, and in part a programmatic statement for industry reform. Business and economic historians will find it highly useful, especially in relation to the sections on economic theory and pipelines, which are lucid and insightful.”
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