Economies of Scale and Natural Monopoly in Urban Utilities: The Case of Natural Gas Distribution

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Geographical AnalysisVolume 17, Issue 4 p. 302-317 Free Access Economies of Scale and Natural Monopoly in Urban Utilities: The Case of Natural Gas Distribution Jean-Michel Guldmann, Jean-Michel Guldmann Jean-Michel Guldmann is associate professor of city and regional planning, Ohio State University, and Berman Visiting Professor, Institute of Urban and Regional Studies, the Hebrew University of Jerusalem.Search for more papers by this author Jean-Michel Guldmann, Jean-Michel Guldmann Jean-Michel Guldmann is associate professor of city and regional planning, Ohio State University, and Berman Visiting Professor, Institute of Urban and Regional Studies, the Hebrew University of Jerusalem.Search for more papers by this author First published: October 1985 https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1538-4632.1985.tb00852.xCitations: 8 AboutPDF ToolsRequest permissionExport citationAdd to favoritesTrack citation ShareShare Give accessShare full text accessShare full-text accessPlease review our Terms and Conditions of Use and check box below to share full-text version of article.I have read and accept the Wiley Online Library Terms and Conditions of UseShareable LinkUse the link below to share a full-text version of this article with your friends and colleagues. Learn more.Copy URL Share a linkShare onFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditWechat LITERATURE CITED Bailey, E. E., and A. F. Friedlaender (1982). “Market Structure and Multiproduct Industries. Journal of Economic Literature, 20, 1024– 48. Baumol, W. J. (1977). “On the Proper Cost Tests for Natural Monopoly in a Multiproduct Industry. American Economic Review, 67, 809– 22. Baumol, W. J., J. C. Panzar, and R. D. Willig (1982). Contestable Markets and the Theory of Industry Structure. San Diego, Calif.: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich. Box, G. E. P., and D. R. Cox (1964). “An Analysis of Transformations. Journal of the Royal Statistical Society, 26-B, 211– 43. Bureau of the Census (1972). Population of Places of 2500 or More—1960 and 1970. Supplementary Report PC (SI)-26. Washington, D.C.: U.S. Government Printing Office. Clark, R. M., and R. G. Stevie (1981). “A Water Supply Cost Model Incorporating Spatial Variables. Land Economics, 57, 18– 32. Downing, P. B. (1969). “Extension of Sewer Service at the Urban-Rural Fringe. Land Economics, 45, 103– 11. Evans, D. S., and J. J. Heckman (1984). “A Test for Subadditivity of the Cost Function with an Application to the Bell System. American Economic Review, 74, 615– 23. Guldmann, J. M. (1983). “Modeling the Structure of Gas Distribution Costs in Urban Areas. Regional Science and Urban Economics, 13, 299– 316. Guldmann, J. M. (1984). “A Further Note on the Structure of Gas Distribution Costs in Urban Areas. Regional Science and Urban Economics, 14, 583– 88. Lowry, E. D. (1973). “Justification for Regulation: The Case for Natural Monopoly. Public Utilities Fortnightly, 28, 1– 7. Panzar, J. C., and R. D. Willig (1977). “Economies of Scale in Multi-Output Production. Quarterly Journal of Economics, 91, 481– 93. Pindyck, R. S., and D. L. Rubinfeld (1981). Econometric Models and Economic Forecasts. Second edition. New York: McGraw-Hill. Primeaux, W. J. (1974). “A Duopoly in Electricity: Competition in a ‘Natural Monopoly’. Quarterly Review of Economics and Business, 14, 65– 73. Reklaitis, G. V., and D. T. Phillips (1975). “A Survey of Nonlinear Programming. AIIE Transactions, 7, 235– 56. Schmalensee, R. D. (1978). “A Note on Economies of Scale and Natural Monopoly in Distribution of Public Utility Services. The Bell Journal of Economics, 9, 270– 76. U.S. Department of Energy (1979). Natural Gas Hookups: Real Resource Cost Analysis. Technical Report, U.S. Department of Energy, Washington, D.C. Whitman, Requardt, and Associates (1979). Handy-Whitman Index of Public Utility Construction Costs. Baltimore, Md.: Whitman, Requardt, and Associates. Citing Literature Volume17, Issue4October 1985Pages 302-317 ReferencesRelatedInformation