LSE Short Course on Regulation is a five-day course running Monday to Friday from 9:30 – 16:30. The coverage of the course encompasses a wide range of regulatory and related topics which, subject to academic confirmation for each course delivery, may be distributed throughout the course week as follows:
DAY 1
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Introduction
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Why regulate?
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What is good regulation?
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Explaining regulation
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How regulation fails - unintended effects
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Current issues in water regulation
DAY 2
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Techniques of regulation (a): commands and alternatives
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Techniques of regulation (b): rules and standards
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The European dimension I
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The European dimension II
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Utilities regulation and Europe
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The re-regulation of electricity markets
DAY 3
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Risk regulation regimes: what are they and why do they vary?
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Risk management
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Cost-benefit testing and regulation
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Working group session 1: cost-benefit testing
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Utilities regulation - regulatory goals and instruments
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Regulating monopolies - price capping
DAY 4
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Measuring efficiency - benchmarking, yardsticking and quality
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Regulating access to networks
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Regulation in 'competitive' sectors - the cases of telecommunications and energy supply
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Regulation and competition law
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The future of utilities regulation
DAY 5
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Working group session 2: accountability
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Regulatory competition
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Regulation and the judges
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Reforms and prospects
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Franchising
Final course schedule, with sequenced topical coverage, will be distributed among confirmed course participants closer to and ahead of the course start date.