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Sanford V. Berg
Emeritus Professor of Economics Phone (352) 392-0132
University of Florida Fax (352) 392-7796
Warrington College of Business Administration E-mail [email protected]
Department of Economics—Room 318 http://warrington.ufl.edu/purc/
P.O. Box 117140 (224 Matherly Hall)
Gainesville, FL 32611 USA
Personal Data
Date of birth: July 26, 1944 Place of birth: Seattle, Washington
Citizenship: U.S.A. Marital status: Married, 3 children
Current Responsibilities
Emeritus Professor of Economics, University of Florida (August 2013-present)
Director of Water Studies, Florida Public Utilities Professor, and Senior Fellow, Public
Utility Research Center (PURC), University of Florida. Assist in obtaining research support,
organizing the PURC annual conferences, leading sessions for the PURC/World Bank
International Training Program on Utility Regulation and Strategy, conducting seminars and
workshops at the state level, nationally, and internationally (e.g., for the FPSC, NARUC, IEEE,
APPA, and other organizations. See http://warrington.ufl.edu/purc/). Director, PURC 1980-
2004.
Education
Graduate Ph.D. in Economics, Yale University, June 1970
M.A. in Economics, Yale University, June 1968
Major Fields Market Organization; Public Utilities Economics
Dissertation “Structure, Behavior and Performance in the Scientific Journal Market”
Undergraduate B.A. in Economics, University of Washington, June 1966, magna cum laude
Teaching Awards
University of Florida UF Academy of Distinguished Teaching Scholars, 2008 - present
University Teacher/Scholar of the Year, 1998-1999
Teaching Improvement Program (TIP) Award, 1993; 1996
Nominee for Professor of the Year Award (Carnegie Foundation
for the Advancement of Teaching), 1994
Outstanding Undergraduate Teacher of the Year, 1992-93
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College of Business Judy Fisher Teaching with Technology Award, 2008
Outstanding MBA Faculty Award Internet Class of 2002, 2003,
2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, and 2010.
Distinguished International Educator for 2004
Outstanding MBA Core Faculty Award, Class of 2003 and 2008
Outstanding Undergraduate Teaching Award, 1992-93; 1989-90
Department of Economics Outstanding Teacher of the Year Award, 1990-91
Florida Blue Key Distinguished Faculty Award, 1994
Other Awards and Honors
Member, Steering Committee, AquaRating, 2015-
Member, International Advisory Panel of the Institute of Water Policy, Lee Kuan Yew
School of Public Policy, National University of Singapore, 2013-
Member, Research Advisory Committee, National Regulatory Research Institute, 2012-
Transportation and Public Utilities Group Distinguished Member Award for 2007
For Public Utility Research Center: World Bank President’s Award for Excellence
“Outstanding support and partnership provided supporting the Infrastructure Regulators
Team, 2002”
Public Utilities Reports Awards – First Place Paper, 1988, 1991
Michigan State University Institute for Public Utilities Awards for Paper in Public Utilities
Economics and Regulation, 1983
Brookings Institute Research Fellow, 1968-1969
NDEA Fellowship, 1966-1968
Woodrow Wilson Fellow, 1966-1967
Phi Beta Kappa, 1966
International Experience
Turks & Caicos: Consulting Project on the potential creation of a multisector regulator, with a
focus on ensuring financial sustainability for infrastructure operators, April 6-8, 2016
Portugal: Keynote Presentation, “Seven Elements Affecting Governance and Performance in
the Water Sector,” 1st International Conference on Redrafting Water Governance, Lisbon,
October 8-10, 2015.
Customized Telecommunications Regulatory Training for the National Communications
Authority (ICP-ANACOM): Microeconomics for Regulation; Market Power; and Network
Economics in Lisbon, March 3-4, 2008.
Kosovo: Facilitator and Presenter for PURC Workshop, Water Utility Regulatory
Benchmarking: Performance Assessment and Improvement. February 23-27, 2015 (Pristina).
Sponsors include World Bank, IAWD, and the Danube Water Program.
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Barbados: Facilitator and Presenter for two Workshops, “Is Reform Necessary in
Caribbean Water Supply and Sanitation Utility Companies?” Dates: November 27-28 (CEOs),
and December 1-5, 2014 (Managers who took my World Bank Institute eLearning course on
Water Utility Reform). Sponsors: Caribbean Development Bank, World Bank Group.
Peru: Lecturer, Master’s Program on Regulation, Pontifical Catholic University of Peru
(PUCP), November 4-7, 2014. In addition, Berg led Workshops at SUNASS and
OSIMERGMIN (water and energy regulators), and gave a Conference Presentation,
“International Experiences of Sector Reform and Lessons Learned.”
May 16, 2011, Evening Presentation—Pontifica Universidad Catolica del Peru (PUCP); May
17, Benchmarking Workshops for Sunass (water regulator) and Osinergmin (energy regulator),
and Keynote Speaker–International Seminar: Measures to Ensure the Autonomy of Regulatory
Organisms (Osinergmin and PUCP), May 18-19, 2011.
Presentation titled “Institutional Requirements for Second-Generation Infrastructure Reform:
Processes and Performance in Developing Countries” (English; Spanish) at Pontificia
Universidad Católica del Perú. The two-day international seminar focused on “Regulation and
Political Processes in the New Global Order.” November 20-21, 2006.
Strategies for Regulation in the Water Sector (Superintendencia Nacional de Servicios de
Saneamiento–SUNASS). PURC training course in Lima, August 2-6, 1999.
Colombia: “International Visions of Public Services: Foundations for High Performance” at
a Conference in Bogota, celebrating Twenty Years of Regulation in Colombia (September 30,
2014); Workshop on Water Utility Benchmarking at CRA, October 1, 2014.
Costa Rica: “Quality of Service for Water and Wastewater: Challenges for Regulation,” at 1st
Latin American Congress on Challenges of Water Quality Regulation, ARESEP, San Jose,
September 29, 2014
Presentations at the PURC/Inter-American Development Bank Benchmarking Workshop for
Water Utilities in Central America, October 15-16, 2007.
Uruguay: Presentation on “Role of Sector Regulators in Promoting Renewable Energy and
Energy Efficiency,” at the Annual Conference organized by the Association of Energy
Regulators of Latin America (ARIEA), Montevideo, April 1-2, 2014.
Presentation on “Regulating State-Owned and Municipal Water Utilities,” at the Annual
Conference organized by the Association of Water Regulators (ADERASA), Montevideo,
November 14-15, 2013.
Italy: Facilitator and presenter for a Workshop on “Best Practices in Water Sector Regulation
in the Danube Region and beyond” organized by the World Bank and the International
Association of Water Supply Companies in the Danube River. Florence, November 25-27,
2013.
Presentation titled “Water Utilities and Regulatory Systems: Capacity Building, Networking,
and Benchmarking” at the Associazone Nazionale Autorita e Enti di Ambito Seminar on
International Initiatives in Rome, October 24-30, 2008.
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Bahamas: Presentation at the Annual Conference of the Organization of Caribbean Utility
Regulators, “ New Tools for Regulators in Addressing the Impact of renewable Energy and
Energy Efficiency Policy”, November 7-9, 2012.
Brazil: Lead a PURC Training Program for Agencia Reguladora de Saneamento e Energia do
Estado (ARSESP), Sao Paulo, October 22-26, 2012.
Presented keynote address “Performance Measurement: Economic and Service Quality
Regulation” via video, ARCE Conference, Fortaleza, August 19, 2011.
Presentations on Regulatory Strategy: PURC/ABAR course on “Regulatory Challenges of
Electric Power Supply and Sanitation” Brasilia, September 22-25, 2009.
Presentations titled “U.S. Infrastructure Regulation: Legal Structures for Reducing Conflict”
and “Bolivian Utility Regulation: Lessons for a Water Sector Agency” presented at the 6th
Annual Congress of the Association of Brazilian Regulators in Rio de Janeiro, May 18-20,
2009.
Speaker at “Regulation of Public Services in Brazil.” Organized by Federal Senate Commission
on Infrastructure Services in Brasilia, November 21-22, 1996.
Uganda: Presentations “Transformational Leadership vs. Leading” at the International Water
Association/African Water Association Leadership and Change Management Summit and
“Communications Lessons from the PURC/World Bank International Training Program on
Utility Regulation and Strategy” at the African Water Association Workshop on Utility
Communication, December 12-15, 2011, Kampala, Uganda.
Presentations at Management Seminar, NWSC (National Water & Sewerage Company),
Kampala: “Monitoring Utility Performance and Resolving Conflicts,” (funded by GTZ) and at
31st WEDC International Conference, October 27-November 1, 2005.
Grenada: Workshop on Information Systems for Performance Indicators (Caribbean Water
and Wastewater Association—funded by UN-Habitat): participants from 14 nations.
Presentation at the Plenary Session to 120 water professionals, October 3-4, 2010.
Mexico: Seminar on Information Systems for Water Utilities in Mexico, presentation on
“Developing Indicators for Water Utility Performance: Methodologies and Incentives,”
sponsored by ANEAS, IMTA, and Conagua: 200 participants, May 13-14, 2010.
1st International Forum on Water Sector and National Competitiveness,” presentation on
“Water Utility Benchmarking: Measurement, Methodologies, and Performance Incentives,”
(Mexico City: USAID and Instituto Mexicano de Tecnologia del Agua, September 2-4, 2009.
Led sessions during the first two days of a seminar on regulation of public services presented
jointly by PURC and Quantum America Corp. Acapulco; the seminar was attended by more
than 30 regulators from 13 Latin American countries, August 4-8, 2003.
Ministry of Energy, Mines and State-Owned Industries (SEMIP), World Bank seminar for the
Regulatory Commission for the Power Sector - Electricity Costing and Pricing, September 21-
24, 1993.
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Switzerland: Presented “Infrastructure: Legal Structures for Reducing Conflict,”
“Characterizing the Efficiency and Effectiveness of Regulatory Institutions,” and “Capacity-
Building through Training and Regulatory Networking,” (three commissioned papers and
presentations) for the United Nations Expert Meeting on Services, Development and Trade:
The Regulatory and Institutional Dimension in Geneva, March 17-19, 2009.
Belize. Presentations titled “Water, Electricity, and Telecommunications in the Caribbean:
Benchmarking Sectors and Systems” and “Bolivian Utility Regulation: Lessons for a Water
Sector Agency” at the 6th Annual Organisation of Caribbean Utility Regulators Conference in
Belize City, November 5-7, 2008.
Spain. Presentation titled “Water Utility Benchmarking for Managerial and Policy Decisions:
Lessons from Developing Countries” at the International Water Association Pi08 Conference
on Performance Assessment of Urban Infrastructure Services in Valencia, March 13, 2008.
Presentation titled “Water Utility Performance in Central America: The Political Economy of
Coverage, Quality, and Cost at the Center for International Relations and Development Studies
(CIDOB) in Barcelona, March 6-7, 2008.
International Conference on Economic Regulation-Emerging Issues in Utility Regulation and
Agency Design. Presented two papers on regulatory performance in Seville, November 4-8,
1996.
Bulgaria. Presentations on benchmarking to water professionals of the Bulgarian State Energy
and Water Regulatory Commission: Building the Block Tariff; Vulnerable Customer
Protections; International Best Practice; and Information Requirements for Benchmarking,
Training Project with Pierce-Atwood in Sofia, March 10-11, 2008.
Jamaica. Presentations examining the application of benchmarking techniques in incentive
regulation at the PURC/Organization of Caribbean Regulators Utility Ratemaking and
Analysis: An Advanced Course in Regulation, July17-21, 2006.
China. Keynote Presentation at Shandong University (Jinan) International Conference on
Industrial Economics and Regulation: Theory and Practice, October 30-31, 2004. PURC
Workshop for the Chinese Electricity Regulatory Commission, October 27, 2004.
China Europe International Business School (CEIBS). Taught Managerial Economics in the
Executive MBA Program, April 1-6, 1999, Shanghai.
Bolivia. Presentations at the Second Conference of the Association of Water and Sanitation
Regulatory Entities of the Americas (ADERASA), in Santa Cruz, Bolivia (September 26-28,
2002). Also, organized and led PURC Regulatory Training Program for the Superindencia
General del Sistema de Regulacion Sectorial (SIRESE), four sectors in La Paz, August 7-11,
2001.
Australia. Australian Competition and Consumer Commission. Speaker at ACCC
Conference on Regulation and Competition (Sydney) July 25-26, 2002. Speaker at ACCC
Conference on Incentive Regulation and Overseas Developments (Sydney) November 18-19,
1999. Co-organizer and presenter at ACCC/PURC Regulation Training Program
(Melbourne), November 10-14, 1997. Bureau of Industry Economics, Australian Department
of Industry, Science, and Technology, “What Can We Learn from the U.S. Experience in
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Regulatory Monopolies?” and “Reconciling Social Issues and Infrastructure Provision: The
U.S. Experience,” July - August 1995.
Saudi Arabia. World Bank Mission to Develop a Framework for Designing an Independent
Regulatory Agency for Electric Utilities (Ministry of Industry and Electricity) in Riyadh, April
8-14, 2000, and June 2-7, 2000.
Japan. International Workshop on “Private Financial Initiative in Infrastructure Building,”
Tokyo, January 26-27, 2000, presented three papers. Institute for Developing Economies,
International Workshop on “Deregulation and Institutional Frameworks,” Tokyo, December 7-
8, 1998 presented three papers. Both workshops led to books.
External Review Committee for the Osaka School of International Public Policy, January 2000.
Argentina. Natural Gas Regulation and Strategy (Ente Nacional Regulador del Gas–
ENARGAS). PURC training course in Buenos Aires, October 18-22, 1999.
United Kingdom. Florida State University London Study Center. Researched the evolution of
the telecommunications systems in the U.K. Taught Introductory Microeconomics and
Infrastructure Policy. Presented “Comparison of Regulatory Regimes in the U.S. and the U.K”
and “Local Exchange Competition in Telecommunications.” Spring 1994.
Sweden. Visiting Professor at Institute for National Economics, Uppsala University. Spring
1975.
Russia. Two one-week visits (Moscow and Leningrad) to organize and participate in joint
US/USSR Workshop on the Economics of Information and Technological Change. 1975.
University Experience
Professor Emeritus, July 2013 to present
Distinguished Service Professor, April 1995 July 2013.
Florida Public Utilities Professor, 1989 2013.
University of Florida, Professor of Economics, September 1988 to July 2013.
University of Florida, Gainesville, Associate Professor, September 1976 - 1988.
University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida, Assistant Professor, September 1971 - 1976.
Uppsala University, Sweden, Visiting Professor, Institute for National Economics, Spring 1975.
Southern Connecticut State College, New Haven, Lecturer, January - June 1971.
University of New Haven, New Haven, Connecticut, Adjunct Assistant Professor, September
1970 - December 1970.
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Honorary and Professional Affiliations
American Economic Association, International Water Association.
Referee, Regional Science and Urban Economics, Telecommunications Policy, International
Journal of Power and Energy Systems, Utilities Policy, Journal of Development Economics,
Public Finance Quarterly, Journal of Political Economy, Journal of Economic Literature,
Swedish Journal of Economics, Journal of Economics and Business, Journal of Economics and
Management Strategy, Decision Science, Economic Inquiry, Energy Economics, Energy
Journal, Energy Policy, European Journal of Political Economy, Financial Review, Land
Economics, American Economic Review, Journal of Economics and Management Strategy,
Review of Industrial Organization, Antitrust Bulletin.
Reviewer of proposals for Prentice-Hall, Macmillan Publishing Co., St. Martin’s Press,
University of Michigan Press, MIT Press, Cambridge University Press, World Bank, and
National Science Foundation.
Editorial Board, Land Economics, 1994-2003, International Journal of Power and Energy
Systems, 1999 - 2002.
Editor, Annals of Economic and Social Measurement, 1971-1977.
Managing Editor, Review of Income and Wealth, 1969-1971.
Courses Taught
Managerial Economics (MBA – 2 credits)
Economics of Business Decisions (MBA – 3 credits) including Internet sections
Introductory Microeconomics (TV lecture and small sections, undergraduate)
Intermediate Microeconomic Theory (undergraduate)
Government Regulation of Business (undergraduate)
Public Utility Economics (undergraduate and graduate)
Industrial Organization (graduate)
Economics of Technological Change (undergraduate)
Industrial Policy in the US & UK (undergraduate)
Graduate Student Committees
1971-2015 Chairperson or active member of 41 Economics Ph.D.s.
Chairperson for Economics M.A.s.
Active Committee Member for 7 Engineering Ph.D.s or M.A.s.
Active Committee Member for 12 Business Ph.D.s.
University Activities
Member, University Senate, 2010-2012
Member, Academic Assessment Committee, 2010-2013
Member, Faculty Advisory Committee, 1989-1992, 2006-2008
College MBA Committee, 1986-1988, 2006-2011
Member, University Incentive Efficiency Committee, 2004-2010
Member, Center for International Business and Economic Research (CIBER) Advisory
Council, 1999-present
Member, Water Institute Faculty Advisory Committee, 2007
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Member, University Academic Freedom, Tenure, Professional Relations and Standards
Committee, 2006 - 2007
Member, Faculty Advisory Committee, Transnational and Global Studies Center, 2006-07
Member, Water Institute Launch Team, 2004-2005
Minority Mentor, 1992-1995, 2004-2005
Member, University Teacher/Scholar Selection Committee, 2004
Member, College Search Committee for Senior Director of Alumni Affairs, 2004
Member, International Focus Committee—Centers Sub-Committee, Internationalizing the
University, Accreditation Process, Southern Association of Colleges and Schools, 2002-2003
College and University Sabbatical Committees, 1986, 1988, 2002
Chairman, College Teaching Committee, 1998-2000
Department Undergraduate Committee, 1979, 1981-1984, 1994-1997
Chairman, College Undergraduate Committee, 1995-1996
College TIP (Teaching Improvement Program) Awards Selection Committee, 1994-1995
Chairman, University Faculty Sabbatical Program Evaluation Committee, 1992-1993
Member, UF Academic Advisory Committee, 1990-1993
Member, College Tenure and Promotion Committee, 1989-92, 1995-98, Chairman, 1991-1992
Department Graduate Committee, 1991
Member, Bureau of Economic and Business Research (BEBR) Director Search Committee,
1989-1990
Chairman, Dean Search Committee, 1989-1990
Chairman, University Nominating Committee, 1988-1989
Faculty Senate, 1975-1977, 1979-1981, 1987-1989
Technical Advisory Committee—UF Co-generation Project, 1986-1988
Department Chairperson Recruitment Committee, 1976, 1987, and 1988
President’s Council 1984-1987
Faculty Advisor, Omicron Delta Epsilon (Economics Honorary), 1979-1984
College of Business Petitions and Admissions Committee, 1972-1973
Books
Water Utility Benchmarking: Measurement, Methodologies, and Performance Initiatives
(2010), International Water Association. ix-170.
Private Initiatives in Infrastructure: Priorities, Incentives, and Performance, co-editor (with
Michael G. Pollitt and Masatsugu Tsuji) and contributor. Northhampton, MA: Edward Elgar,
2002, xii-233.
Natural Monopoly Regulation: Principles and Practice, with John Tschirhart. New York:
Cambridge University Press, 1988, xii-564.
Innovative Electric Rates: Issues in Cost-Benefit Analysis, editor and contributor. Lexington,
MA: Lexington Books, 1983, ix-335.
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Joint Venture Strategy and Corporate Innovation, with P. Friedman and J. Duncan.
Cambridge, MA: Olgeschlagen, Gunn & Hain, Inc., 1982, xvi-192.
Journal Publications
Editor, Special Issue on Service Quality, Utilities Policy, Vol. 13, No. 3, 2005. “Introduction”
(pp. 187-188).
Co-editor (with Rui Marques), Special Issue on Water Utility Regulation in Developed
Countries, Utilities Policy, 2012.
JOURNAL ARTICLES - WATER SECTOR
“Data Availability as a Key Tool for Regulating Government-Owned Water Utilities,” with
Michelle A. Phillips, forthcoming, Utilities Policy.
“Seven Elements Affecting Governance and Performance in the Water Sector,” Utilities
Policy,” December 2016, 4-13.
“Nonparametric Benchmarking of Japanese Water Utilities: Institutional and Environmental
Factors Affecting Efficiency,” with Marques, Rui Cunha, and Shinji Yane, Journal of Water
Resources Planning and Management, May 2014.
“Water Sector Regulation in Small Island Developing States: An Application to Cape Verde.”
With Marques, Rui Cunha, Pedro Simões, Water Policy. 15, 2013, 153-169.
“Advances in benchmarking to improve water utility operations: a review of six IWA books,”
Water Policy 15 (2013), 325-333.
“A Meta-Regression Analysis of Benchmarking Studies on Water Utilities Market Structure,”
with Pedro Carvalho and Rui Marques, forthcoming, Utilities Policy.
“Sensitivity Analysis of Efficiency Rankings to Distributional Assumptions: Applications to
Japanese Water Utilities,” with Shinji Yane, forthcoming, Applied Economics, Vol. 45, 2013,
pp. 2337-2348.
“Communications Tools and Strategies: Valuable Lessons for Customer and Business
Management,” Water Utility Management International, Vol. 7, No. 1, 2012, pp. 8-10.
“Risks, Contracts and Private Sector Participation in Infrastructure,” with Rui Cunha
Marques, Journal of Construction Engineering and Management (American Society of Civil
Engineers), Vol. 137, No. 11, 2011, pp. 925-932.
“Public-Private Partnership Contracts: A Tale of Two Cities with Different Contractual
Arrangements,” with Rui Cunha Marques, Public Administration, Vol. 89, No. 4, 2011, pp.
1585-1603.
“Quantitative Studies of Water and Sanitation Utilities: A Literature Survey,” with Rui Cunha
Marques, Water Policy, 13, 2011, 591-606.
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“Revisiting the Strengths and Limitations of Regulatory Contracts in Infrastructure
Industries,” with Rui Cunha Marques, Journal of Infrastructure Systems, Vol. 16, No. 4,
December 2010, 334-342.
“Pro-poor Water Service Strategies in Developing Countries: Promoting Justice in Uganda’s
Urban Project,” with Silver Mugisha, Water Policy, Vol. 12, No. 4, 2010, 589-601.
“Benchmarking Central American Water Utilities,” with Maria Luisa Corton, Utilities Policy,
Vol. 17, No. 3-4, Sept. 2009, 267-75.
“State-Owned Enterprises: NWSC’s Turnaround in Uganda,” with Silver Mugisha, African
Development Review, Vol. 20, No. 2, 2008, 305-334.
“Incorporating Service Quality into Yardstick Regulation: An Application to the Peru Water
Sector,” with Chen Lin, Review of Industrial Organization, Vol. 32, No. 1, 2008, 53-75.
“Benchmarking Water Utilities: Central America,” with Maria Luisa Corton, Water21—
Special Issue on Benchmarking in Latin America, February 2008, 27-28.
“Consistency in Performance Rankings: The Peru Water Sector,” with Chen Lin, Applied
Economics, Vol. 40, No. 6, 2008, 793-805.
“Using Internal Incentive Contracts to Improve Water Utility Performance: The Case of
Uganda’s NWSC,” with Silver Mugisha and William T. Muhairwe, Water Policy, Vol. 9, No.
3, 2007, 271-84.
“Disciplinary Frameworks for Water: Preconceptions and Perceptions,” Water21, June 2007,
61-62.
“Conflict Resolution: Benchmarking Water Utility Performance,” Public Administration and
Development, Vol. 27, No. 1, 2007, 1-11.
“Practical Lessons for Performance Monitoring in Low-Income Countries,” with Silver
Mugisha and Heather Skilling, Water21, October 2004, 54-56.
“The Art and Science of Benchmarking,” Water: Journal of the Australian Water
Association, Vol. 31, No. 6, September 2004, 30-32.
“Success for Uganda from a Series of Short-Term Initiatives,” with Silver Mugisha and
Gaddi Ngirane Katashaya, Water21, June 2004, 50-52.
“Strategic Considerations for Improving Water Sector Performance,” with Lynne Holt,
Water21, August 2002, 51-54.
“Strategies for Private Participation: Matching Vision with Performance,” with Lynne Holt,
Water21, June 2002, 49-51.
“Scorecards for Utilities and Regulators,” with Lynne Holt, Water21, April 2002, 51-53.
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“Pricing: The Most Dangerous and Most Important Decision,” with Lynne Holt, Water21,
February 2002, 54-57.
“Investments Delayed, Service Denied: Regulatory Functions and Sector Performance,” with
Lynne Holt, Water21, December 2001, 60-62.
“Consumers Pretend to Pay and Utilities Pretend to Supply Good Service: Breaking the Poor
Performance Syndrome,” Water21, October 2001, 64-65.
JOURNAL ARTICLES - ELECTRICITY
“Energy efficiency in developing countries: Roles for Sector Regulators,” Energy for
Sustainable Development 29 (2015, 72-79).
“Regulatory Functions Affecting Renewable Energy in Developing Countries,” The
Electricity Journal. July 2013, Vol. 26, No. 6, pp. 29-38.
“Strategic Adaptations: Lessons from U.S. Electricity Industry in the 20th Century,” The
Electricity Journal, June 2012, Vol. 25, No. 5.
“Nuclear Power Expansion—Thinking about Uncertainty,” with Lynne Holt and Paul
Sotkiewicz, The Electricity Journal, June, Vol. 23, No. 5, 2010, 26-33.
“(When) to Build or Not to Build?: The Role of Uncertainty in Nuclear Power Expansion,”
with Lynne Holt and Paul Sotkiewicz, Texas Journal of Oil, Gas, and Energy Law, Vol. 3,
No. 2, 2008, 174-214.
“Regulation of State-Owned and Privatized Utilities: Ukraine Electricity Distribution
Company Performance,” with Chen Lin and Valeriy Tsaplin, Journal of Regulatory
Economics, Vol. 28, No. 3, 2005, 259-287.
“R&D Incentives and Co-Utilization: Electricity Market Performance,” International Journal
of Power and Energy Systems, Vol. 24, No. 3, 2004, 159-165.
“Electricity Deregulation and Re-regulation: The Role of Basic Industry Conditions,”
Infrastructure Journal, January 2001, 20-28.
“Developments in Best-Practice Regulation: Principles, Processes and Performance,” The
Electricity Journal, Vol. 13, No. 6, July 2000, 11-18.
“Lessons in Electricity Market Reform: Regulatory Processes and Performance,” The
Electricity Journal, Vol. 11, No. 5, June 1998, 13-20.
“A Comparison of Costs in Privately-Owned and Publicly-Owned Electric Utilities: The Role
of Scale,” with Dong Soo Koh and Lawrence W. Kenny, Land Economics, February 1996.
“The Customer Bill as an Index of Performance,” The Electricity Journal, January/February
1995, 54-59.
“Electricity Consumption in Manufactured Housing,” with Chris Taylor, Energy Economics,
Vol. 16, No. 1, January 1994, 54-62.
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“An Evaluation of Incentive Regulation for Electric Utilities,” with Jinook Jeong, Journal of
Regulatory Economics, Vol. 3, No. 1, March 1991, 45-55.
“Modeling State Energy Consumption: Forecasts for Florida, 1987-2006,” with P. Loungani,
Energy Economics, Vol. 12, No. 3, July 1990, 216-226.
“Simulation of Costs and Benefits for Electric Utility Direct Load Control,” with Barney
Capehart and Robert L. Sullivan, International Journal of Energy Systems, Vol. 6, No. 2, 1986,
42-46.
“Impact of Residential Time of Day Pricing on Generation System Expansion Planning,” with
Robert Sullivan et al., International Journal of Energy Systems, Vol. 6, No. 3, 1986, 99-102.
“Microprocessor-Based Electrical Energy Cost and Consumption Monitors,” with Barney L.
Capehart and Robert L. Sullivan, International Journal of Energy Systems, Vol. 6, No. 1, 1986,
6-10.
“The Theory of Maximum KW Demand Charges for Electricity,” with Andreas Savvides,
Energy Economics, Vol. 5, No. 4, October 1983, 258-266.
“An Interdisciplinary Approach to Cost/Benefit Analysis of Innovative Electric Rates,” with
Barney Capehart, et al., Resources and Energy, Vol. 5, No. 4, 1983, 313-330.
“Power Factors and the Efficient Pricing and Production of Reactive Power,” with James
Adams and Robert Niekum, The Energy Journal, Special Electricity Issue, Vol. 4, 1983, 93-
102.
“Metering Technology for Innovative Electric Rates,” with Barney Capehart, Michael Storin,
and Robert L. Sullivan, International Journal of Energy Systems, Vol. 2, No. 2, 1982, 87-92.
“Causal Responsibility and Peak Load Pricing,” Energy Economics, Vol. 4, No. 4, October
1982, 246-250.
“PURPA: Benefit-Cost Analysis for Innovative Rates,” Public Utilities Fortnightly, Vol. 108,
No. 8, October 8, 1981, 21-30.
“Load Management: Rationing vs. Peak Load Pricing,” The Energy Journal, Vol. 2, No. 1,
January 1981, 89-98.
“Distributional Analysis of Regional Benefits and Costs of Air Quality Control,” with E.
Loehman, et al., Journal of Environmental Economics and Management, Vol. 6, No. 3,
September 1979, 222-243.
“Some Remarks on Residential Electricity Consumption and Social Rate Restructuring,” with
William Roth, Bell Journal of Economics, Vol. 7, No. 2, Autumn 1976, 690-698.
“Electricity Price Structures: Efficiency, Equity, and the Composition of Demand,” with James
D. Herden, Land Economics, Vol. 52, No. 2, May 1976, 169-178.
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JOURNAL ARTICLES - TELECOMMUNICATIONS
“Regulation and Corporate Corruption: New Evidence from the Telecom Sector,” with
Liangliang Jiang and Chen Lin, Journal of Comparative Economics. 40, 2012, 22-43
“Incentives for Cost Shifting and Misreporting: U.S. Rural Universal Service Subsidies,
1991-2002,” with Liangliang Jiang and Chen Lin, Information Economics and Policy, Vol.
23, Issues 3-4, December 2011, pp. 287-295.
“Universal Service Subsidies and Cost Overstatement: Evidence from the U.S.
Telecommunications Sector,” with Liangliang Jiang and Chen Lin, Telecommunications
Policy, Vol. 35, Issue 7, August 2011, pp. 583-591.
“Market Performance of Chinese Telecommunications: New Regulatory Policies,” with
Liangchun Yu and Qing Guo, Telecommunications Policy, Vol. 28, October-November 2004,
715-732.
“Telecommunications Liberalization and Regulatory Governance: Lessons from Latin
America,” with Luis Gutierrez, Telecommunications Policy, Vol. 24, No. 10, 2000, 865-884.
“Incentive Regulation and Telco Performance: A Primer,” with R. Dean Foreman,
Telecommunications Policy, October 1996.
“A Market Test for Natural Monopoly,” with John Tschirhart, Journal of Regulatory
Economics, 1995.
“Price Cap Policies in the Transition from Monopoly to Competitive Markets,” with R. Dean
Foreman, Industrial and Corporate Change, 1995.
“Regulatory Measurement and Evaluation of Telephone Service Quality,” with T. Buzas and J.
Lynch, Management Science, Vol. 40, No. 2, February 1994, 169-194.
“Telecommunications: Balancing Regulation and the Marketplace,” Public Utilities
Fortnightly, Vol. 131, May 15, 1993, 15-17.
“A Guide to Cross-Subsidization and Price Predation: Ten Myths,” with Dennis L. Weisman,
Telecommunications Policy, Vol. 16, No. 6, August 1992, 447-459.
“The Measurement and Encouragement of Telephone Service Quality,” with John Lynch,
Telecommunications Policy, Vol. 16, No. 3, April 1992, 210-224.
“Impact of Deregulation on Point-to-Point Demand in the USA,” with Patricia Pacey,
Telecommunications Policy, Vol. 6, No. 4, December 1982, 308-314.
JOURNAL ARTICLES – UTILITY/INFRASTRUCTURE REGULATION
“Managing Public Utilities: Lessons from Florida,” with Nuno Cruz, and Rui Cunha
Marques, LEX Localis—Journal of Local Self Government, Vol. 11, No. 2, April 2013, pp.
101-118
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“Networks of Regulatory Agencies as Transnational Public Goods: Improving Infrastructure
Performance,” with Jacqueline Horrall, Review of International Organizations, Vol. 3, No. 2,
June 2008, 179-200.
“Introduction to the Special Issue on Service Quality,” Utilities Policy-Special Issue, Vol. 13,
No. 3, 2005, 187-88.
“Measuring and Mitigating Regulatory Risk in Private Infrastructure Investment,” with Mark
Jamison and Lynne Holt, The Electricity Journal, Vol. 18, No. 6, July 2005, 36-45.
“Deregulation and Re-Regulation: the Role of Basic Industry Conditions,” Infrastructure
Journal, January 2001, 20-28.
“Infrastructure Regulation: Risk, Return, and Performance,” Global Utilities, Vol. 1, 2001, 3-
10.
“Sustainable Regulatory Systems: Laws, Resources, and Values,” Utilities Policy, Vol. 9, No.
4, 2000, 159-70.
“Priorities in Market Reform: Regulatory Structures and Performance,” Pacific and Asian
Journal of Energy, Vol. 7, No 2, December 1997, 89-101 (reprinted in Journal of Public
Interest Environmental Conference, Vol.2, No.1, Spring 1998.)
“Contributions of Neoclassical Economics to Public Utility Analysis,” with John Tschirhart,
Land Economics, August 1995.
“Frameworks for State Energy Policy: The Case of Florida,” with Prakash Loungani, Strategic
Planning for Energy and the Environment, Vol. 11, No. 2, 1991, 56-69.
“Federal Policies on Utilities’ Research and Development Expenses,” Public Utilities
Fortnightly, Vol. 104, No. 8, October 11, 1979, 18-24.
JOURNAL ARTICLES - JOINT VENTURES
“Impacts of Domestic Joint Ventures on Industrial Rates of Return: A Cross-Pool Analysis,
1964-1975,” with Philip Friedman, Review of Economics and Statistics, Vol. 63, No. 2, May
1981, 293-298.
“Corporate Courtship and Successful Joint Ventures,” with Philip Friedman, California
Management Review, Vol. 22, No 2, Spring 1980, 85-91.
“Causes and Effects of Joint Venture Activity: Knowledge Acquisition vs. Parent
Horizontality,” with Philip Friedman, Antitrust Bulletin, Vol. 25, No. 1, Spring 1980, 143-168.
“Joint Ventures in American Industry: Public Policy,” with Philip Friedman, Mergers and
Acquisitions, Vol. 13, No. 4, Winter 1979, 18-29.
“External vs. Internal Knowledge Acquisition: Joint Venture Activity and R&D Intensity,” with
Philip Friedman and Jerome Duncan, Journal of Economics and Business, Vol. 31, No. 2,
February 1979, 103-110.
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“Joint Ventures in American Industry: Part II: Case Studies in Managerial Policy,” with Philip
Friedman, Mergers and Acquisitions, Vol. 13, No. 3, Fall 1978, 9-17.
“Joint Ventures in American Industry,” with Philip Friedman, Mergers and Acquisitions, Vol.
13, No. 2, Summer 1978, 28-41.
“Technological Complementarities and Industrial Patterns of Joint Venture Activity, 1964-
1975,” with Philip Friedman, Industrial Organizational Review, Vol. 6, No. 2, 1978, 110-116.
“Joint Ventures, Competition, and Technological Complementarities: Evidence from
Chemicals,” with Philip Friedman, Southern Economic Journal, Vol. 43, No. 3, January 1977,
1330-1337.
JOURNAL ARTICLES – INDUSTRIAL ORGANIZATION
“Multinational Enterprises, Tax Policy and R & D Expenses,” with Martin Grace, Southern
Economic Journal, Vol. 57, No. 1, July 1990, 125-138.
“Predatory Intent Under Uncertainty” with Richard E. Romano, Review of Industrial
Organization, Vol. 3, No. 1, 1986, 1-9.
“The Identification of Predatory Behavior in the Presence of Uncertainty,” with Richard E.
Romano, International Journal of Industrial Organization, Vol. 3, 1985, 231-243.
“R&D in Finnish Industry: 1967-73,” with Pecca A. Luukkainen, Journal of the Economic
Society of Finland, (Ekonomista Samundets Tidskriff), Vol. 1, 1977, 9-16.
“Profits, Payments, and Complementary Products: Additional Ways to Improve Pari-Mutual
Taxation,” with Emery Jay Yelton, National Tax Journal, Vol., 29, No. 2, June 1976, 191-199.
“Interdependent Tastes and Fashion Behavior,” Quarterly Review of Economics and Business,
Vol. 13, No. 2, Summer 1973, 49-58.
“Determinants of Technological Change in the Service Industries,” Technological Forecasting
and Social Change, Vol. 5, May 1973, 407-426.
“Scale Economies: An Ambiguity in the Theory of Limit Pricing,” with Charles Needy,
Industrial Organization Review, Vol. 1, No. 2, 1973, 137-141.
“Computers, Information Retrieval and Research Methodology,” Annals of Economic Social
Measurement, Vol. 1, No. 1, January 1972, 1-5.
“Innovations in Communication: The National Bureau of Economic Research and the
Computer,” with Neville Beharie, American Statistician, Vol. 25, No. 5, December 1971, 28-
32.
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JOURNAL ARTICLES – INFORMATION ECONOMICS AND COMPATIBILITY
“Technical Standards as Public Goods: Demand Incentives for Cooperative Behavior,” Public
Finance Quarterly, Vol. 17, No. 1, January 1989, 29-54.
“The Production of Compatibility: Technical Standards as Collective Goods,” Kyklos, Vol. 42,
FASC 3, 1989, 361-383.
“Duopoly Compatibility Standards with Partial Cooperation and Standards Leadership,”
Information Economics and Policy, Vol. 3, 1988, 35-53.
“Copyright, Conflict, and a Theory of Property Rights,” Journal of Economics Issues, June
1971, 71-79. Reprinted in Volume 1, The Economy as a System of Power, Warren J. Samuels,
ed., Transaction Books, 1979, 395-403.
“Entry and Performance in the Journal Market,” Nebraska Journal of Economics and Business,
Vol. 15, No. 1, Winter 1975, 5-19.
“Planning for Computer Networks: The Trade Analogy,” Management Science, Vol. 21, No.
12, August 1975, 1458-1465.
“An Economic Analysis of the Demand for Scientific Journals,” Journal of the American
Society of Information Science, Vol. 23, No. 1, January/February 1972, 23-29.
“Increasing the Efficiency of the Economics Journal Market,” Journal of Economic Literature,
Vol. 9, No. 3, September 11, 1971, 798-813.
JOURNAL ARTICLES – SECTORAL MACRO-ECONOMICS
“The Phillips Curve for Italy: A Comment on Structural Change,” with Thomas R. Dalton,
Economia Internazionale, Vol. 32, Nos. 2-3, May/August 1979, 1-7.
“United Kingdom Labour Force Activity Rates: Unemployment and Real Wages,” with
Thomas R. Dalton, Applied Economics, Vol. 9, No. 3, September 1977, 265-270.
“Labor Force Participation in Goods and Services: 1958-1971,” with Thomas R. Dalton,
Review of Economics and Statistics, Vol. 57, No. 4, November 1975, 518-522.
“Sectoral Employment and Shifts in the Aggregate Phillips Curve,” with Thomas R. Dalton,
Southern Economic Journal, Vol. 41, No. 4, April 1975, 593-601.
Chapters in Books
CHAPTERS – JOINT VENTURE AND COMPATIBILITY
“Entrepreneurship Over the Product Life Cycle: Joint Venture Strategies in the Netherlands,”
with Jacob M. Hockman, in Cooperative Strategies in International Business, eds. F. J.
Contractor and P. Lorange, Lexington, MA: Lexington Books, 1988, 145-167.
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“Public Policy and Corporate Strategies in the AM Stereo Market,” in Product Standardization
and Competitive Strategy, ed. H. Landis Gabel, New York: North Holland, 1987, 149-169.
CHAPTERS – UTILITY REGULATION
“Performance Based Contracts (PBC) and Regulatory issues” with Robert N. Gakubia –
Water Services Regulatory Board (WASREB--Kenya). Forthcoming in an International
Water Association book, Performance Based Contracting for Improving Utilities’ Efficiency.
“Good Governance for State-Owned Water Utilities,” Chapter 19 in Global Water: Issues
and Insights, eds., R. Quentin Grafton, Paul Wyrwoll, Chris White and David Allendes
Australian National University Press, 2014.
Wrote preface to Utility Benchmarking and Regulation in Developing Countries: Practical
Application of Performance Monitoring and Incentives, (International Water Association), by
Silver Mugisha
Wrote preface to Making Public Enterprises Work (International Water Association), by
William T. Muhairwe, 2009.
“Water Utility Benchmarking for Managerial and Policy Decisions: Lessons from Developing
Countries,” with Maria Luisa Corton, in Performance Assessment of Urban Infrastructure
Services, eds. Enrique A. Cabrera, Jr. and Miguel Angel Pardo, London: IWA Publishing, 2008,
307-320.
“Environmental Policy,” in Encyclopedia of Energy Engineering and Technology Vol. 2, ed.
Barney Capehart, New York: CRC Press, Taylor and Francis, 2007, 625-32.
“Public Policy for Improving Energy Sector Performance,” in Encyclopedia of Energy
Engineering and Technology Vol. 3, ed. Barney Capehart, New York: CRC Press, Taylor and
Francis, 2007, 1193-1200.
“Turning Around Struggling State-Owned Enterprises in Developing Countries: The Case of
NWSC-Uganda,” with Silver Mugisha, in Going Public: Southern Solutions to the Global
Water Crisis, London: World Development Movement, 2007, 15-25.
“Infrastructure Management: Applications to Latin America,” with Maria Luisa Corton, chapter
10 and “Institutions and Telecommunications Performance in Africa: Stability, Governance and
Incentives,” with Jacqueline Hamilton, chapter 11, in Private Initiatives in Infrastructure:
Priorities, Incentives, and Performance, eds. Sanford V. Berg, Michael G. Pollitt and Masatugu
Tsuji, Northhampton, MA: Edward Elgar, 2002.
“Experience in US Regulation and Deregulation,” chapter 6, and “Lessons in US Electricity
Market Reform,” chapter 11, in Privatization, Deregulation and Economic Efficiency: A
Comparative Analysis of Asia, Europe and the Americas, eds. M. Kagami and M. Tsuji.
Cheltenham, UK: Edward Elgar, Publisher, 2000. (An earlier version of chapter 6 appeared in
NRRI Quarterly Bulletin, Spring 1999.)
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“Introduction to the Fundamentals of Incentive Regulation,” Infrastructure Regulation and
Market Reform: Principles and Practice, eds. M. Arblaster and M. Jamison, Australian
Competition and Consumer Commission, Melbourne, 1998.
“Basics of Rate Design: Pricing Principle and Self-Selecting Two-Part Tariffs,” Infrastructure
Regulation and Market Reform: Principles and Practice, eds. M. Arblaster and M. Jamison,
Australian Competition and Consumer Commission, Melbourne, 1998.
“Reconciling Social Issues and Infrastructure Provision: The U.S. Experience,” in
Infrastructure Pricing Policy Forum 1995, Australia Bureau of Industry Economics, May 1996.
“What Can We Learn from the U.S. Experience in Regulatory Monopolies?” in Infrastructure
Pricing Policy Forum 1995, Australia Bureau of Industry Economics, May 1996.
“Regulatory Developments in the USA: An Overview,” in Regulatory Review 1995, ed. Peter
Vass, UK: Centre for the Study of Regulated Industries, 1995.
“Benefit-Cost Comparisons of Load Management Strategies,” in Award Papers in Public
Utility Economics and Regulation, ed. Harry Trebing, East Lansing, Michigan: Institute of
Public Utilities at Michigan State University, 1982, 66-93.
“Utility Regulation in Florida,” in Florida’s Politics and Government, ed. Manning Dauer,
Gainesville, Florida: University Presses of Florida, 1980, 342-346.
CHAPTERS – ELECTRICITY
“Electric and Telecommunications Utilities” with Thomas Moore, in The Economy of Florida,
eds. David Denslow et al., Gainesville, Florida: University of Florida Press, 1990, 207-222.
“Introduction to Innovative Rates” (3-8); “Innovative Rates and Regulatory Goals” (31-52);
“Consumer Responses to Innovative Electric Rates” (55-78); “An Engineering/Economic
Model of the Benefits and Costs of Time-of-Use Pricing,” with Robert L. Sullivan (227-248);
“Directions for Load Management Research,” (283-304). In Innovative Electric Rates: Issues
in Cost-Benefit Analysis, Lexington, MA: Lexington Books, 1983.
“Pollution Dispersion Modeling and Regional Public Policy Implications,” with A. Green, E.
Loehman, et al., in Environmental and Climatic Impact of Coal Utilization, eds. J. J. Singh and
A. Deepak, New York: Academic Press, 1979, 481-539.
CHAPTERS – TELECOMMUNICATIONS
“Issues and Strategies in Latin American Telecommunications: The Global E-Economy,” with
Mark A. Jamison, in 2001 Annual Review of Communications. Chicago, Illinois: International
Engineering Consortium, Vol. 54, 2001, 263-270.
“Regulatory Wild Cards: Unforeseen Impacts on Investment Decisions in Regulated
Companies,” with Carol Weinhaus and Paul Vasington, in 1997 Annual Review of
Communications. Chicago, Illinois: International Engineering Consortium, Vol. 50. 1997, 339-
346.
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“A New Index of Telephone Service Quality: Academic and Regulatory Review,” in Quality
and Reliability of Telecommunication Infrastructure, ed. William Lehr, New Jersey: Erlbaum
Publishers, 1995, 107-134.
“Issues in the Measurement of Telephone Service Quality,” with T. Buzas and J. Lynch, in
After the Breakup: Assessing the New Post AT&T Divestiture Era, ed. Barry Cole, New York:
Columbia University Press, 1991, 268-276.
“Electric and Telecommunications Utilities” with Thomas Moore, in The Economy of Florida,
ed. David Denslow et al., Gainesville, Florida: University of Florida Press, 1990, 207-222.
“Technical Standards and Technological Change in the Telecommunications Industry,” in
Volume 5, Advances in Applied Micro-Economics, Greenwich, Conn.: JAI Press, 1990, 105-
127.
Unpublished Working Papers
“Cross-Subsidies and Government Transfers: Impacts on Electricity Service Quality in
Colombia,” with Fan Li. PURC Working Paper, May 2014.
“Capacity factors of Brazilian hydroelectric power plants: Implications for cost
effectiveness,” with Fernando Almeida Prado Jr. PURC Working Paper, May 2013.
Best practices in regulating state-owned and municipal water utilities, Report to Economic
Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC), United Nations, May 2013, pp.
1-65.
“Analyzing Telecommunications Market Competition: A Comparison of Cases,” with Mark
A. Jamison and Liangliang Jiang, PURC Working Paper, November 2009.
“Bolivian Water Regulation: Failures of Institutional Reform,” with Claudia Vargas, PURC
Working Paper, July 2009.
“The Changing Electric System Architecture,” with Lynne Holt, Theodore Kury, and Mark
A. Jamison, PURC Working Paper, June 2009.
“Characterizing the Efficiency and Effectiveness of Regulatory Institutions,” PURC Working
Paper, May 2009.
“Promoting High Performance in SOEs: Lessons from Africa,” with William T. Muhairwe,
PURC Working Paper, March 2009. (Revised from an August 2007 version.)
“Water, Electricity, and Telecommunications in the Caribbean: Benchmarking Sectors and
Systems,” PURC Working Paper, November 2008.
“Bolivian Utility Regulation: Lessons for a Water Sector Agency,” with Claudia Vargas,
PURC Working Paper, July 2008.
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“Water Utility Performance in Central America: The Political Economy of Coverage, Quality
and Cost,” PURC Working Paper, February 2008. Presented at the Center for International
Relations and Development Studies (CIDOB), March 2008, Barcelona, Spain.
“Benchmarking Central American Water Utilities, Final Report,” with Maria Luisa Corton,
PURC Working Paper, November 2007.
“Water Utility Benchmarking in Central America,” presented to the Inter-American
Development Bank (IADB), Washington, D.C., October 2007. (Revised as a Final Report to
the IADB.)
“OOCUR as a Network of Regulatory Agencies,” with Araceli Castaneda, PURC Working
Paper, October 2007.
“Overview of Water Utility Benchmarking Methodologies: From Indicators to Incentives,”
with Julie C Padowski, PURC Working Paper, July 2007.
“Healing an Organization: High Performance Lessons from Africa,” with William T.
Muhairwe, PURC Working Paper, June 2007.
“Institutional Requirements for Second-Generation Infrastructure Reform: Processes and
Performance in Developing Countries,” PURC Working Paper, November 2006.
“Survey of Benchmarking Methodologies in the Water Sector- Executive Summary,” PURC
Working Paper, May 2006.
“Survey of Water Utility Benchmarking,” presented at NARUC Water Committee Meetings,
Washington, D.C. February 13, 2006.
“Mechanisms to Mitigate Regulatory Risk in Private Infrastructure Investment: A Survey of the
Literature,” with Mark A. Jamison and Lynne Holt, PURC Working Paper, April 2005.
“Market Reform: The Complicated Process of Choosing Regulatory Priorities,” with Mark A.
Jamison, PURC Working Paper, January 2003.
“Suggestions for Improving Regulatory Practice and Sector Performance,” presented at the
ADERASA (Association of Water and Sanitation Regulatory Entities of the Americas)
Conference, Santa Cruz, Bolivia, September 27, 2002.
“U.S. Water and Wastewater: Are There Lessons for Developing Countries?” presented at the
ADERASA (Association of Water and Sanitation Regulatory Entities of the Americas)
Conference, Santa Cruz, Bolivia, September 27, 2002.
“Institutional Requirements for Second-Generation Reform,” Prepared for the Australian
Consumer and Competition Conference on Regulation and Competition (Sydney), July 25-
26, 2002.
“Regulation and Risk: An Overview of Financial Issues,” PURC Working Paper, July 2001.
“Statement on Electricity Restructuring,” PURC Working Paper, January 2001.
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“Designing an Independent Regulatory Commission,” with Ali Nawaz Memon and Rama
Skelton, PURC Working Paper, November 2000.
“Fundamentals of Regulatory Systems: Organizational Change,” with John G. Corlett, PURC
Working Paper, September 2000.
“Regulation’s Impact on Value Creation and Allocation: Managerial Economics Concepts,”
Presented at the Eighth Annual PURC/World Bank International Training Program, June 2000.
“Economic Concepts for Regulation,” with Mark A. Jamison, PURC Working Paper, April
2000. (The first half of this paper appeared in the NARUC Bulletin April 3, 2000 as “Lessons
from the World’s Utility Regulators.”)
“Infrastructure Reform in Developed and Developing Nations,” A Survey of Papers Prepared
for the Institute of Developing Economies, Conference on Private Initiatives in Infrastructure
Building in Developing Countries, Tokyo, January 26-27, 2000.
“Overview: Regulatory Structures and Performance,” Presented at the Sixth Annual
PURC/World Bank International Training Program, June 14, 1999.
“Engineers and Electricity Market Reform,” Prepared for the International Meeting on Systems
Technologies for Unbundled Power Quality Services, February 5-7, 1999.
“Fundamentals of Economic Regulation,” Presented at the Fifth Annual PURC/ World Bank
International Training Program on Utility Regulation, January 11, 1999.
“Methods of Incentive Regulation: Application to Electricity,” Presented at the Fifth Annual
PURC/ World Bank International Training Program on Utility Regulation, January 11, 1999.
“Overview of the UK Regulatory Process,” with Michael S. Blake, PURC Working Paper,
1998.
“Regulation, Mediation, and Negotiation: Finding Win-Win Policies,” with Melissa Houskamp,
PURC Working Paper, 1998.
“Mergers and Acquisitions: Market Power or Efficiencies?” Presentation at the National
Association of Utility Regulatory Commissioners 110th Annual Convention, November 9-11,
1998, Orlando Florida.
“Telecommunications Policy: Alliances, Interconnection and Universal Service,” with Mark
Jamison, Presented at IDEI/CIRANO/PURC International Conference, Toulouse, October 16-
17, 1998.
“Information Disclosure and Policy Influence,” Presented at the Fourth Annual PURC/ World
Bank International Training Program on Utility Regulation, June 1998.
“Negotiation and Mediation Issues in Regulation,” Presented at the Fourth Annual PURC/
World Bank International Training Program on Utility Regulation, June 1998.
“Financial Techniques: Determining the Cost of Capital.” Presented at the Second Annual
PURC/ World Bank International Training Program on Utility Regulation, May 29, 1997.
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Book Reviews
The Politics of Water in Africa: the European Union’s Role in Development and Partnership
(Tauris Academic Studies) in African Studies Quarterly, forthcoming.
Incentive Regulation and the Regulation of Incentives, by Glenn Blackmon (Kluwer), in
Prometheus, June 1996.
Regulation and Economic Analysis: A Critique over Two Centuries, by Richard L. Gordon
(Kluwer), in Journal of Economic Literature, 1995.
Public Utility Regulation, eds. Nowotny, Smith and Trebing (Kluwer), in Review of Industrial
Organization, Vol. 6, 1991, 99-101.
“Regulation and Markets,” by Daniel F. Spulber (MIT Press), in Managerial and Decision
Economics, Vol. 12, 1990.
“Effect of Industrial Concentration: A Cross-Section Analysis for the Common Market,” by
Louis Philips, in Journal of Political Economy, March/April, 1973, 507-509.
“Alienation and Economics,” by Walter A. Weisskopf, in Journal of Economic Issues, March
1973, 86-89.
Notes and Communications
“Sources and Uses of Funds for Regulatory Commissions,” OOCUR Newsletter, June 2016.
“An Evaluation of Incentive Regulation: Corrections,” with Jinook Jeong, Journal of
Regulatory Economics, Vol. 6, No. 3, September 1994, 321-328.
“CEO and Board Chairman: A Quantitative Study of Dual vs. Unitary Board Leadership,” with
Stanley K. Smith, Directors and Board, Vol. 3, No. 1, Spring 1987, 34-39.
“Regulation Means Higher Electric Bills, But the Alternative Could Be Worse,” Business and
Economic Dimensions, Winter, 1987, Vol. 15, No. 4, 8-15.
“Networks in Economics,” Paper presented at the EDUCOM Fall Conference, October 12,
1972, in Networks and Disciplines, EDUCOM, 1973, 25-37.
“The CPS Viewed from the Outside,” Annals of Economic and Social Measurement, Vol. 2,
No. 2, April 1973, 99-104.
Miscellaneous
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“Best Practices in Regulating State-Owned and Municipal Water Utilities,” Report for United
Nations Economic Committee on Latin America and the Caribbean,” (2013)
http://www.eclac.org/publicaciones/xml/1/49891/Bestpracticesinregulating.pdf
“Good Governance for State-Owned Water Utilities,” Global Water Forum Discussion Paper
1322, May 2013.
“Communications Tools and Strategies: Valuable Lessons for Customers and Business
Management,” forthcoming, Water Utility Management International, International Water
Association.
“Communications Tools and Strategies for Utilities,” Water21, February 2012, p. 48.
“Governança de services de infra-estruturas locais nos EUA” with Nuno Ferreira da Cruz,
and Rui Cunha Marques, Revista Portuguesa de Estudos Regionais, n.º 28, 2011, 3.º
Quadrimestre.
“Regulação dos Serviços de Água e de Águas Residuais em Países em Desenvolvimento,”
with Rui Cunha Marques and Pedro Simões, for the 2009 Hydrological Symposium (Angola).
Profile feature “University of Florida – Public Utility Research Center” Metering.Com, 2009.
“Los Factores que Afectan al Funcionamiento de las Infraestructuras Claves de La Economía
Mundial, 2009. Instituto Espanol de Comercio Exterior. Pp. 104-111.
“Water Conflict Resolution,” with Robert Teegarden, Florida Water Resources Journal,
November 2007.
“Paradigm Shifts: Prices, Values, Costs, Transfers,” with Robert Teegarden, Florida Water
Resources Journal, October 2007.
“O Benchmarking e’ Essencial para Desenvolver Politicas no Sector Hidrico,” Interface:
Aguas—Tecnologia, Gestao e Inovacao Organizacional, Abril 2006, pp. 34-36.
“Lessons for Water Utility Managers,” The Water Herald, NWSC, Uganda, Vol. 3, No. 1,
January-March 2006, pp. 5-7.
“What Price Water?” Explore: Research at the University of Florida, Summer, 2005, pp. 28-
29.
“Complexity, Confusion, and Complacency in Water Supply Management,” in Askew
Institute Annual Report: How Should Florida’s Water Supply be Managed in Response to
Growth, March 2005. Presented at Askew Institute on Politics and Society Annual
Conference.
“International Infrastructure: Neglected at Our Peril,” Keynote at Shandong University
(Jinan, China) International Conference on Industrial Economics and Regulation: Theory and
Practice (October, 2004). Published in the Shandong University Review of Industrial
Economics, Vol. 4, No. 1, June 2005, 84-101.
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“Should South Florida Pay for Transporting Water from North Florida? Options and
Considerations,” presented at the Askew Institute Urban Forum Breakfast, March 2004.
“International Infrastructure: Neglected at Our Peril,” presented to International Studies
Association, November 2003.
“The Art and Science of Benchmarking,” presented via video to the Conference on Global
Developments in Water Industry Performance Benchmarking, Perth, Australia, September
2003.
“Principles and Performance on Network Industries: Lessons from the Global Experience,”
presented via video conferencing at the 1st Colombian Congress of Public Service Regulation,
Medellin, Colombia, March 2003.
“Aspectos Reguatorios en Los Servicios de Agua y Saneamiento” (Los Usuarios Pretenden
Pagar y Las Empresas Pretenden Dar un Buen Servicio; Inversiones Retrasadas, Servicio
Denegado; Fijar Precios: La mas Peligrosa e Importante Decision) with Lynne Holt, Regulacion
de Agua Potable y Saneamiento Basico, No. 8, Febrero, 2002, 195-211.
“Introduccion a Los Fundamentos de la Regulacion Mediante Incentivos” Regulacion de Agua
Potable y Saneamiento Basico, Colombia, Numero 7, Junio de 2001, pp.67-77.
“Report for the Osaka School of International Public Policy” and “Discussion” External
Review: In Pursuit of Excellence and Challenge in the 21st Century, Osaka: OSIPP, March 31,
2000, pp. 19-27, 40-42.
“New Objectives and Instruments for Electricity Reform,” NRRI Quarterly Bulletin, Vol. 20,
No. 1, Spring 1999.
Soluciones Comprobadas Ofrecidas en Entrenamiento Para Reguladores, Potencia, Vol. 18,
No. 4, 1998, 18-21. (“Key Lessons on Electricity Regulation: What Regulators have Taught
Us”) with Mark A. Jamison and Janice Hauge.
“Florida Energy Policy Forums – 1996,” NRRI Quarterly Bulletin, Vol. 18, No. 2, 1997, 183-
192.
“Reconciling Social Issues and Infrastructure Provision: The US Experience.” Presented at the
Infrastructure Pricing Policy Forum on August 15, 1995. Bureau of Industry Economics.
Australia
“What Can We Learn From the US Experience in Regulating Monopolies?” Presented at the
Infrastructure Pricing Policy Forum on August 15, 1995. Bureau of Industry Economics.
Australia
“White Paper on Telecommunications Legislation - Approaches to Resolving
Telecommunications Issues in Florida,” prepared for Florida Legislature, November 1994.
“Do the Right Thing: Make the Right Mistake,” with Carol Weinhaus, in The Economics of
Information Infrastructure. Harvard Information Infrastructure Forum. 1994.
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“Promoting Production Efficiency in a Competitive Market,” TB&A inforum, Vol. 1, No. 6,
September-October 1994, 1.
“Cross Industry Survey of Approaches to Regulation: United States and Canada,” Report to the
World Bank, August 1994.
“The Clean Clothes Act: A Fable,” Regulation, November/December 1981, 43. Reprinted as
“The Laundering of America,” in Across the Board, April 1984 (The Conference Board).
Interview in Technology Illustrated, “The Cost of Commuting by Telephone,” Vol. 4, No. 3,
March 1984, 76.
Contributor to Principles for Electric Power Policy, edited by Technology Futures, Inc., and
Scientific Foresight, Inc., Westport, CT: Quorum Books, 1984, supported by NSF Grant No.
PRA-8019781, 121-146.
“Several Lessons in Deregulation,” Telephony: The Journal of the Telephone Industry, Vol.
205, No. 27, July 4, 1983, 38-46.
“Executive Summary: Metering for Innovative Electric Rates: A Framework for Benefit-Cost
Analysis,” Report to Department of Energy-PURPA Section 461-32(c) for Florida Public
Service Commission, December 14, 1981.
“Strategic Responses to Environmental Regulation: Long Range Transport of Air Pollution.”
Report to Office of Technology Assessment, U.S. Congress, prepared under Contract No. 133-
4680.0, August 10, 1980.
“Economic Analysis of Innovative Rates,” Public Utilities Fortnightly, Vol. 105, No. 13,
Observers’ Forum, June 19, 1980, 115-116.
“Quantification and Development of Marginal Cost Based Electric Rates: The Perturbation
Method,” with Larry Brockman. Final Report of STAR grant 78-1212, April 18, 1980, 152.
“Environmental Regulations in Florida: Economic Impacts on Electric Utilities.” Final Report,
STAR grant 77-232, April 4, 1979, 111.
“Comment on Twombley,” Disclosure Criteria and Segment Reporting. Proceedings of an
Accounting Research Center Conference, January 27-28, 1977, University of Florida, 1979.
“Governmental Policy Towards Joint Ventures as a Mechanism Affecting R&D,” with Philip
Friedman. Executive Summary-Final Report for NSF grant RDA 75-19064, December 1978.
Contributor to Chapters 4 and 5, Automation Criteria and Segment Reporting. Report of the
Federal Council of Science and Technology Committee on Automation Opportunities, NSF 74-
500, May 1975, 73-78.
Panel Chairman, “Report of Conference on Making the Service Industries More Productive
Through Computers and Automation Conference.” Sponsored by National Bureau of Standards
and Engineering Foundation, August 12-17, 1973. Issued June 1974, NBSIR 74-515, 7-11.
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“Network Economics and Funding,” contributor in Networks for Research and Education.
Edited by Martin Greenberger, Julius Aronfsky, James L. McKenny, and William G. Massey
(MIT Press, 1974). From a NSF-EDUCOM Workshop, January 1973, 55-73.
Video Lessons Seminar by Dr. Sanford Berg on “Conflict Resolution for Water Projects,” (May 1, 2013):
http://ufifas.adobeconnect.com/p4qjdpy96sr/
Industrial Experience
Southern Company. Consultant and Trainer (one-week training courses on Financial Analysis),
1995-present.
Exelon Corp. Consultant and Trainer (one-week training courses on Financial Analysis), 2005.
Olgethorpe Power Corporation. Assisted in developing strategies for pricing and industry
restructuring. 1994.
Tampa Electric Company Citizen’s Advisory Task Force – Generation Plant Siting, 1989-90.
CSX Corporation. Consultant regarding coal transportation pricing.
Gainesville Gas. Consultant on the value of company for take-over purposes.
Government and Regulatory Experience
Consultant to World Bank on Developing a Training Program for Utility Operators in the
Danube Region, 2017.
Consultant to the World Bank on Capacity Building for the Egyptian Water Regulatory
System, 2017.
Funded Project: Material on Regulation in Fragile and Conflict-Affected States, PPIAF,
World Bank, $160,000 2014-2016.
Consultant to the Caribbean Development Bank, 2014. Facilitator and Presenter for
Workshop on Performance Improvement Strategies.
International Water Association Task Group on Performance Based Contracts, 2013-
Consultant to the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC),
United Nations, Report on best practice for regulating state-owned and municipal water
utilities, 2012-2013.
Consultant/Facilitator to the World Bank Institute: eLearning course on Water Utility Reform
(UR112), 2012-17.
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Funded Project: FAQs on Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency, $77,000 from
Norwegian Trust through The World Bank, 2011-2013.
Consultant, Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ, German
Development Agency) to participate in Leadership Summit, Kampala (Uganda) December
2011.
Consultant, UN-HABITAT, 2010-2011. Caribbean Water Utility Benchmarking.
Technical Review Committee for St. Johns River Water Management District Conservation
Plan, UF Water Institute, 2009.
Member, Committee on Water Transfers and Allocations—Florida 2030 Project for the
Century Commission, 2008.
Funded Project for the American Water Works Association Research Foundation and Palm
Beach County Water Utilities Department: Development of a Dynamic Decision Support
System for Water Supply Planning (with James Jawitz, UF Soil & Water Science), 2007-
2008, $110,000.
Funded Project for Inter-American Development Bank: Benchmarking Central American Water
Utilities [RS-T1271 ($65,585): Benchmarking de Empresas Públicas de Agua y Saneamiento
en Centroamérica], 2006-2007.
Funded Projects for the World Bank: Development and Implementation of a Governing Board
for Maintaining The Body of Knowledge for Regulatory Professionals, 2011-2013 ($120,000);
2007-2008 ($40,000); Training for Chinese Water Officials, Liaoning Province, 2007
($35,000); Survey of Benchmarking Methodologies, 2005-2006 ($40,000); Mechanisms to
Mitigate Regulatory Risk in Private Infrastructure Investment, 2005 ($3,000); Certification
Program for Regulatory Professionals, 2004 ($15,000); Development of Body of Knowledge
for Regulatory Professionals, 2004 ($49,000). Seed Money for PURC/World Bank
International Training Program on Utility Regulation and Strategy, 1996-97 ($150,00).
PURC/USAID Infrastructure Policy and Regulatory Course, 2004, $38,135.
Funded Project for Academy for Educational Development - The Energy Group: USAID’s
People, Energy and Development, 2004, $30,000.
Funded Project for Electronic and Telecommunications Research Institute, Korea: Impact of
FCC Policy on the Digital Broadcasting Industry in the USA, 2003, $11,000.
Funded Project for Trinidad Regulatory Training, 2002, $45,300.
Funded Project for SIRESE Regulatory Training, Bolivia, 2001, $62,650.
Member, Governor’s Energy 2020 Study Commission (Florida, September 2000 - December
2001).
Consultant--PURC, on behalf of Ente Regulador de los Servicios Publicos de Panama – ERSP,
2000-2001, $251,671.
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Co-Director, Telecommunications Industries Analysis Project, TIAP. 1997-2001. Worked with
the director to develop a consortium consisting of regional holding companies, large and small
independent telephone companies, inter-exchange carriers, materials and equipment
manufactures, and regulators.
Funded Project: Regulatory Training with Hagler-Bailey for USAID (Panama), 2000,
$500,000.
Funded Project: An International Internet Forum and Regulatory Information Survey System
for Legal, Accounting, and Regulatory Professionals for ICAIR/UF (International Center for
Automated Information Research), 1999-2000, $50,000.
Funded Project for SUNASS, Regulatory Training Program – Peru, 1999-2000, $44,607.
Funded Project for ENERGAS, Regulatory Training Course – Argentina, 1999-2000, $70,935.
Principal Investigator, “Regulatory Training for the Massachusetts Department of
Telecommunications and Energy,” 1999, $29,000.
Principal Investigator, “Incentives and Price Adjustment Mechanisms under Rate, Return
Regulation,” St. Lucia Electricity Service, Ltd. PURC Energy Reform Initiative, 1998-1999,
$13,000.
Consultant, City of Orlando, Florida. Evaluated a strategic assessment performed by the
Orlando Utilities Commission, 1997-1998.
Principal Investigator, “Florida Energy Forum,” for FPSC, July - November 1996, $75,000.
Resources and Technical Group. Florida Department of Environmental Protection. Assist the
Power Plant Siting Process Task Force which was drafting legislation to address energy
conservation and environmental issues which arise while siting electric generating units. 1994
Florida Power Plant Licensing Siting Task Force, Technical Advisory Group – Department of
Community Affairs, September - December 1993.
New York Public Service Commission, Consultant. “Analysis of External Performance Indices
for Application to Niagara Mohawk Power Corporation,” July-December 1992.
Principal Investigator, “Telecommunications: Research, Training and Reports,” for Florida
Public Service Commission, 1990-91: $58,000, 1991-92: $56,000.
Principal Investigator, “Manufactured Housing Energy Efficiency Incentives,” with Barney
Capehart, for Governor’s Energy Office, June 1990 - September 1991, $48,045.
Principal Investigator, “Forecasts of Energy Consumption in Florida: 1987-2006,” with Prakash
Loungani, Report to Governor’s Energy Office, April 1989, $37,000.
Consultant, Congressional Office of Technology Assessment. “Regulatory Structures and the
Deployment of Information Technologies in Rural America,” 1981; May-August 1990.
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“Metering for Innovative Electric Rates: A Framework for Benefit-Cost Analysis,” December
14, 1981. Report to Department of Energy-PURPA Section 461-32(c) for FPSC: $226,000.
Testimony before the Florida Public Service Commission on “Declining Block Rate Structure,”
December 1979, and “Peak Load Pricing,” January 1980.
Government Development Bank of Puerto Rico, Consultant. “Strategy for the Development
of the Service Sectors in Puerto Rico,” December 1977.
Co-Investigator, “Health-Economic Analyses and Decision Modeling of Sulfur Oxide Pollution
in Florida,” contract from Florida Sulfur Oxides Study, Inc., 1976 - 1977, $59,000.
Other Research Projects
ICAIR Project (International Center for Automated Information Research)
July 1999-August 2000, $50,000. Development of a PURC Reference CD to be used in
international training programs, improvements in the PURC Web site, enhancements for an
Internet-based forum on utility regulation, and creation of a regulatory information survey
system.
Cooperating Investigator for 1974-1978 EDUCOM Project, “A Planning Study for a Simulation
and Gaming Project for Inter-Institutional Computer Net-Working.” Faculty Associate,
“Effects of Priority Pricing and Income Faculty Research Computing” (NSP #77-07985
Computer Science Section), Richard Elnicki, Principal Investigator, September 1977 to August
1979, $52,400.
Principal Investigator, “Environmental Regulations in Florida: Economic Impact on Electric
Utilities,” September 1977 to August 1978, $16,400 from Board of Regents.
Principal Investigator, with Philip Friedman, “Government Policy Toward Joint Ventures as a
Mechanism Affecting Research and Development,” National Science Foundation (RDA 75-
19064), 1975 - 1977, $134,200.