WHEN BUSINESSES COLLIDE: PRODUCER INTEREST GROUPS AND THE POLITICS OF REGULATION.

CAMPBELL, HEATHER E.

POLICY STUDIES JOURNAL, n.º 2/1998, pág. 310

1. Considering business intervention. a) Businesses do intervene in rate cases. 2. Modeling the effect of business intervention. a) Different types of business intervention. b) The statiscal model. c) Predictions regarding the relative power of business intervention. 3. Findings. a) Comparing results with and without business interveners. b) Estimated effects of potential competitor intervention. c) Estimated effects of business customer intervention - regulated firms are strategic.