Drawing from the most recent work on economic regulation, this book introduces readers to the main principles and examines how economic regulation is applied in four key public utility industries – electricity, gas, water and telecommunications. Written for students and practitioners with little prior knowledge of economic regulation, this is accessible, non-technical entry point to the subject area, exploring the fundamental questions: Why do we regulate? What have been the impacts of regulations? Readers will gain a clear understanding of the basic principles that apply to all regulated sectors, as well as the regulatory choices that reflect the specific economic and physical characteristics of different industries.

This rich volume offers a highly accessible and exceptionally broad-ranging introduction to the field of International Relations Theory. In 20 chapters the book provides a highly readable and comprehensive overview of core theoretical frameworks ranging from “mainstream” realism and liberalism all the way to queer theory and critical geography. This book is a global conversation.

This textbook, first of its kind, provides an overview of our corporate governance system. The textbook can be used as an important supplement for any corporate finance class, an accounting class, a variety of management classes, such as strategy, ethics, and especially business and society, and a business law class. It is appropriate for both the undergraduate and graduate levels.

This textbook introduces all the key results and insights of behavioral economics to a student audience. Ideas such as mental accounting, prospect theory, present bias, inequality aversion and learning are explained in detail. This book remains the ideal introduction to behavioral economics for advanced undergraduate and graduate students.