SlideServe
Télécharger Obtenir Pro
Menu
Accueil Pro
Préférences
ApparenceLight Aide et commentaires
© SlideServe · v2026

Natural monopoly: public or private?

decker avatar
decker
9 diapositives · 332 Views · Oct 23, 2014

Natural monopoly: public or private?. Nationalisation and privatisation. Nationalisation the acquisition of private companies by the public sector Privatisation the return of state enterprises to private ownership and control. The monopoly would produce where MC=MR, with output

#natural monopoly: public or private? #natural monopoly: public or private? ppt #powerpoint #presentation
Natural monopoly: public or private? - slide 1
01 / 9Natural monopoly: public or private?
1 / 17

Télécharger la présentation

Natural monopoly: public or private?
Une image / un lien ci-dessous est fourni (tel quel) pour télécharger la présentation

Politique de téléchargement : le contenu du site vous est fourni TEL QUEL pour votre information et votre usage personnel ; il ne peut être vendu, concédé sous licence ni partagé sur d’autres sites sans l’accord de son auteur.Le contenu vous est fourni TEL QUEL, pour votre information et votre usage personnel uniquement. Téléchargez la présentation en cliquant sur ce lien. Lors du téléchargement, si vous ne parvenez pas à télécharger une présentation, l’éditeur a peut-être supprimé le fichier de son serveur.Pendant le téléchargement, si vous ne parvenez pas à obtenir une présentation, le fichier a peut-être été supprimé par l’éditeur.

F I N

Plus de contenu associé

Transcription de la présentation

  1. Natural monopoly: public or private?

  2. Nationalisation and privatisation • Nationalisation • the acquisition of private companies by the public sector • Privatisation • the return of state enterprises to private ownership and control

  3. The monopoly would produce where MC=MR, with output Qm and price Pm and make the profits shown. From society's point of view the optimum position is at PcQ', where MSB = LMC Pm Pc Qm Q' Natural monopoly occurs when there is an industry with such economies of scale relative to market demand that only one firm can survive. Price LAC but the monopoly would make a loss if forced to produce at this point, with LAC > AR. LMC DD MR Quantity

  4. (1) Average cost pricing: Firm sets P=LAC at point G; deadweight loss reduced to GHE. (2) Two-part tariff: firm makes a fixed charge to cover the loss made by producing at Q' (the green rectangle), and a variable charge (Pc) related to marginal cost. G Pc H Q' Natural monopoly (2) Alternative pricing policies: Price LAC LMC E DD MR Quantity

  5. Nationalisation • Another possibility is to nationalise the industry and provide a subsidy to cover the loss • as was popular in Europe in 1945-80. • If nationalised industries make losses, this does not prove they are failing to minimise costs or produce at the socially efficient output • but incentives may be a problem.

  6. Reasons for nationalisation • Natural monopoly • Externalities • e.g. subsidising public transport (London Underground) may be a second-best option to road pricing • Equity or distributional consequences • e.g. protecting transport in rural areas • Co-ordinating a network • e.g. British Rail could have an overview of the whole rail system

  7. Reasons for privatisation • Improve incentives for production efficiency • makes managers accountable to shareholders. • but sheltered monopolies will be sleepy no matter who owns them • so privatisation will be most successful where there is potential for competition. • Pre-commitment by government not to interfere for political reasons

  8. Privatisation in practice • At 1997 prices, almost £67billion was raised in revenue from privatisation in 1980-97. • In terms of widening share ownership, effects were limited. • The Private Finance Initiative (PFI) is claimed as an innovative way of drawing on private-sector expertise to finance and manage public projects such as roads and hospitals.

  9. Regulation • Privatisation does not remove the need for regulation. • In the UK, regulation has been through price-capping • privatised industries are not permitted to raise prices beyond RPI-X • i.e. real prices must fall. • Regulatory capture occurs when the regulating body comes to identify with the interests of the firm it regulates • eventually becoming its champion rather than its watchdog.