Center for Research in Regulated Industries

The Center for Research in Regulated Industries founded in 1977, located at Rutgers University, aims to further the study of regulation by research in economics, finance, and institutions. The objective of the Center is to promote research, scholarship and education in of regulatory economics and implications for policy. Research and scholarship is promoted through conferences, seminars, workshops, courses, publications, and research projects. The Center has been funded by registration fees, publication fees, sponsorship and research grants. Research in electricity, gas, water, telecommunications, other network industries, and postal service has been undertaken and promoted by the Center. Examples of the types of topics within the scope of the Center are: regulatory governance mechanisms, pricing structures, etc. The Center has been responsible for the publication of numerous books and the Journal of Regulatory Economics.

CENTER FACULTY & STAFF

Michael A. Crew, Director and CRRI Scholar, Rutgers Business School - Newark and New Brunswick, Rutgers University

Menahem Spiegel, Associate Director - CRRI, and Associate Professor of Economics, Rutgers Business School - Newark and New Brunswick, Rutgers University

James L. Bicksler, Associate Director - CRRI, and Professor - Finance and Economics, Rutgers Business School - Newark and New Brunswick, Rutgers University

Jose M. Lugo, Office Coordinator, Center for Research in Regulated Industries, Rutgers University

ASSOCIATED CENTER FACULTY

Paul R. Kleindorfer, Anheuser Busch Professor of Management Science, Emeritus, The Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania, and Distinguished Research Professor, INSEAD

Summary of Center's Programs:

Journal of Regulatory Economics: 6 issues per year
Postal Program: 190-215 participants, 1 book every year
Advanced Workshop in Regulation and Competition: 30-50 participants,
Annual Conference (East Coast U.S.): 70-90 participants
Annual Western Conference (West Coast U.S.): 70-90 participants
Topics in Regulatory Economics and Pricing: series of books (48 currently published)

Journal of Regulatory Economics (JRE) (published bi-monthly):
The Center's Journal of Regulatory Economics is an international scholarly bi-monthly publication intended to provide a forum for the highest quality research in regulatory economics. It is published six times a year by Springer Science + Business Media, Inc. (formerly Kluwer Academic Publishers). It serves as a high quality forum for the analysis of regulatory theories and institutions by developing the rigorous economic foundations of regulation. Both theoretical and applied work, including experimental research, are encouraged. Research in all aspects of regulation is of interest, including the traditional problems of natural monopoly, deregulation, and new policy instruments, health and safety regulation, environmental regulation, insurance and financial regulation, hazardous and solid waste regulation, and consumer product regulation. The first issue was published in March of 1989. .

Advanced Workshop in Regulation and Competition (held annually):
The Workshop consists of three one-day meetings combined with a two-day conference in the Eastern U.S. and a two-day conference on the West Coast. It brings together practicing economists from industry, university, and regulatory commissions. Presentations at the Workshop and Conferences are directed toward practicing economists and are made both by industry researchers and by academics.

Postal and Delivery Services Program (held annually):
The Center holds an international conference on postal economics and postal policy. This is the latest in a series of international conferences and workshops which began in 1990, sponsored by leading national post offices, express carriers, and consultants. Papers presented at the Conferences are published in the series of postal economics books. The latest of the series is Liberalization of the Postal and Delivery Sector, edited by Michael A. Crew and Paul R. Kleindorfer, Edward Elgar, 2006. There have been a thirteen books published in this series.

To contact the Center:

Michael A. Crew, Director: 973-353-5049; email: mcrew@rbs.rutgers.edu
Center for Research in Regulated Industries: Rutgers University; 180 University Avenue; Newark, New Jersey 07102-1897; FAX: 973-353-1348; email: crri@rbs.rutgers.edu

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