Lessons from Deregulation

Telecommunications and Airlines after the Crunch

Alfred E. Kahn

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English

Brookings Institution
22 December 2003

Aerospace & air transport industries; Postal & telecommunications industries

Over the last several years, the value of stocks in both the airline and the telecommunications industries have dropped catastrophically. Since these industries were among the most importantand most visibleto have been unleashed from regulation in recent decades (albeit in widely differing degree), their difficulties have raised the question of whether their deregulation should be reconsidered or even reversed. Alfred E. Kahn, one of the foremost authorities on deregulation, argues in this book that every passing year demonstrates the superiority of the road chosen for the airlines. He contrasts the financial meltdowns of both the airline and telecommunications industries with others taking place at the same time, particularly in technology-related stocks and """"dot.coms,"""" pointing out that these sectors were also relatively free of direct economic regulation. Their experience provides a useful counter to the natural tendency to blame all the woes of aviation and telecommunications on government policy. This book provides a valuable and accessible guide to unraveling the complex world of network deregulation. It will serve as a reference point for practioners and policymakers, as well as an important introduction for the general public.

By: Alfred E. Kahn
Imprint: Brookings Institution
Country of Publication: United States
Dimensions: Height: 229mm, Width: 152mm, Spine: 6mm
Weight: 454g
ISBN: 9780815748199
ISBN 10: 0815748191
Pages: 104
Publication Date: 22 December 2003
Audience: Professional and scholarly , College/higher education , Professional and scholarly , Undergraduate , Primary
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Alfred E. Kahn is the preeminent authority on public utility deretulation in the United States and author of the classic two-volume The Economics of Regulation: Principles and Institutions (Wiley, 1970-71). He served as an economic adviser to President Carter and chairman of the New York Public Service Commission, the Civil Aeronautics Board, and the Council on Wage and Price Stability. He is the Robert Julius Thorne Professor of Political Economy, Emeritus, at Cornell University.

Reviews for Lessons from Deregulation: Telecommunications and Airlines after the Crunch

""Excellent reading on [deregulation] is a new paper by Alfred Kahn, doyen of America's regulation economists. In a study jointly published by the American Enterprise Institute and the Brookings Institution, Mr. Kahn assaults the widely held view that America's deregulation of airlines and telecoms has been a terrible failure-and the main cause of the financial disasters lately visited upon those industries."" — The Economist, 12/6/2003