William Baumol and David Bradford’s 1970 article “Optimal Departures from Marginal Cost Pricing” is a cornerstone in the economics of public utility regulation. While it appeared in the American Economic Review as a work of formal economic theory—complete with equations and proofs—it also has clear significance for law & economics. Baumol and Bradford demonstrate how ... ‘Optimal Departures from Marginal Cost Pricing’ by William J. Baumol & David F. Bradford The post ‘Optimal ...
