Energy, the State, and the Market: British Energy Policy Since 1979

ISBN-13: 9780199262038 / Angielski / Twarda / 2003 / 408 str.

Dieter Helm

Opis

A broad and lively survey of British energy policy since 1979. The book blends economic analysis with political and historical narrative. The author traces the way in which political pressures from the proponents of both nationalization and privatization, as well as environmentalists, have affected the development of an industry which forms a significant part of the national economy. There is a particular focus on the role of government and the influence of technological advances.

Recenzje

Helm's caustic analysis finds contradictions at the heart of Britain's energy policy under the present and previous governments.

O autorze

Dieter Helm is Official Fellow in Economics at new College, Oxford. He has been a member of the Department of Trade and Industry's Energy Advisory Panel since 1993 and is also Chairman of the Academic Panel of the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs. He is a director of Oxford Economic Research Associates Ltd (OXERA) and has advised governments, regulators and major companies in the UK and internationally.