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A model of arbitration in regulation

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Juan Pablo Montero

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I study a regulatory process in which both the regulator and the regulated firm propose prices that in case of disagreement are settled through final-offer arbitration – a practice currently used in Chile for setting prices in the water sector. Rather than submitting a single offer, each party simultaneously submit offers for each of the cost units in which the firm is divided. This multiplicity is believed to be responsible for the great divergence between parties’ offers observed in practice. I show, however, that reducing the number of offers makes little difference unless parties are required to submit a single offer

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Paper provided by Econometric Society in its series Econometric Society 2004 Latin American Meetings with number 219.

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Keywords: final-offer arbitration; price regulation; Nash equilibrium;

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L50 - Industrial Organization - - Regulation and Industrial Policy - - - General
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  1. Eduardo Saavedra, 2005. "Marco Regulatorio de los Servicios Básicos en Chile," ILADES-Georgetown University Working Papers inv167, Ilades-Georgetown University, School of Economics and Bussines. [Downloadable!]
  2. Juan Pablo Montero, 2004. "Learning in Final-Offer Arbitration with Multiple Offers," Documentos de Trabajo 270, Instituto de Economía. Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile.. [Downloadable!]
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