regulated firm

collocation in English

meaningsofregulateandfirm

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regulate
verb[T]
uk
/ˈreɡ.jə.leɪt/
us
/ˈreɡ.jə.leɪt/
to control something, especially by making it work in a ...
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firm
noun[C]
uk
/fɜːm/
us
/fɝːm/
a company offering a professional service, for example a company ...
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(Definition ofregulateandfirmfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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Finally, the cost transfer could be used to cover up inefficiency by concealing that theregulatedfirm would be unable to recover costs in the non-regulated market at market prices.
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This approach does not in general ensure that theregulatedfirmwill achieve an overall net present value of zero.
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On occasion, it is not feasible to rely on ex post compensation for a risk faced by theregulatedfirm.
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Some of this exposure to risk is deliberately created by the regulatory regime in order to ensure theregulatedfirmfaces desirable incentives (such as incentives to minimise its expenditure).
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This might arise, for example, where theregulatedfirmfaces a risk that demand will drop (or will fail to materialise) in the future, limiting future earnings.
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They found that sulfur regulations, on average, lowered the productivity growth by 0.59 percentage points for regulated firms.
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In fact, the new regulatory paradigm has to be seen as the outcome of ' capture' by the regulated firms.
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In contrast, the public choice tradition finds that individuals with strong ties to the regulated firms are able to assert control.
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It is common in regulatory frameworks that make use of the building block model, to incorporate additional factors which reward theregulatedfirmfor maintaining or improving service quality.
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Heritier has worked on the interaction between regulator and regulated firms in railway policy.
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These include rules designed to prevent mis-selling and rules which require regulated firms to follow specified complaints procedures.
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These include rules designed to prevent mis-selling and rules that require regulated firms to follow specified complaints procedures.
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Employees of regulated firms and their representatives will have the opportunity to respond to a consultation exercise planned for summer 1998, when the draft bill will be published.
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Rate-of-return regulation has been criticized because it encourages cost-padding, and because, if the rate is set too high, it encourages regulated firms to adopt inefficiently high capital-labor ratios.
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