{"id":"https://openalex.org/W2125984635","doi":"https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1370-4788.2005.00269.x","title":"UK Utility Regulation: Licences, Commitment and Judicial Review","display_name":"UK Utility Regulation: Licences, Commitment and Judicial Review","publication_year":2005,"publication_date":"2005-03-01","ids":{"openalex":"https://openalex.org/W2125984635","doi":"https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1370-4788.2005.00269.x","mag":"2125984635"},"language":"en","primary_location":{"id":"doi:10.1111/j.1370-4788.2005.00269.x","doi":"https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1370-4788.2005.00269.x","is_oa":false,"landing_page_url":"https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1370-4788.2005.00269.x","pdf_url":null,"source":{"id":"https://openalex.org/S4394735553","display_name":"Annals of Public and Cooperative Economics","issn_l":"1370-4788","issn":["1370-4788","1467-8292"],"is_oa":false,"is_in_doaj":false,"is_core":false,"listed_in":["abdc-b","anvur-class-a","anvur-scientific","fnege-4","jufo-1","norway-1","poland-70","russia-white-list-1","vabb-shw"],"host_organization":null,"host_organization_name":null,"host_organization_lineage":[],"host_organization_lineage_names":[],"type":"journal"},"license":null,"license_id":null,"version":"publishedVersion","is_accepted":true,"is_published":true,"raw_source_name":"Annals of Public and Cooperative Economics","raw_type":"journal-article"},"volume":null,"type":"article","indexed_in":["crossref"],"open_access":{"is_oa":true,"oa_status":"green","oa_url":"https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/Delivery.cfm/apce_269.pdf?abstractid=679642&mirid=4","any_repository_has_fulltext":true},"authorships":[{"author_position":"first","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5102501896","display_name":"Michael Harker","orcid":null,"observed_orcids":[]},"institutions":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/I1118541","display_name":"University of East Anglia","ror":"https://ror.org/026k5mg93","country_code":"GB","type":"education","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I1118541"]},{"id":"https://openalex.org/I2802506851","display_name":"Economic and Social Research Council","ror":"https://ror.org/03n0ht308","country_code":"GB","type":"government","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I2802506851","https://openalex.org/I4210087105"]}],"countries":["GB"],"is_corresponding":true,"raw_author_name":"Michael Harker","raw_affiliation_strings":["ESRC Centre for Competition Policy and Norwich Law School, University of East Anglia, UK","Univeristy of East Anglia - Norwich Law School - ESRC Centre for Competition Policy"],"raw_orcid":null,"affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"ESRC Centre for Competition Policy and Norwich Law School, University of East Anglia, UK","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I1118541"]},{"raw_affiliation_string":"Univeristy of East Anglia - Norwich Law School - ESRC Centre for Competition Policy","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I1118541","https://openalex.org/I2802506851"]}]}],"institutions":[],"countries_distinct_count":1,"institutions_distinct_count":2,"corresponding_author_ids":["https://openalex.org/A5102501896"],"corresponding_institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I1118541","https://openalex.org/I2802506851"],"apc_list":{"value":3240,"currency":"USD","value_usd":3240},"apc_paid":null,"fwci":0.0,"has_fulltext":false,"cited_by_count":2,"citation_normalized_percentile":{"value":0.43794033,"is_in_top_1_percent":false,"is_in_top_10_percent":false},"cited_by_percentile_year":{"min":89,"max":94},"biblio":{"volume":"76","issue":"1","first_page":"5","last_page":"33"},"is_retracted":false,"is_paratext":false,"is_xpac":false,"primary_topic":{"id":"https://openalex.org/T12185","display_name":"Regulation and Compliance Studies","score":0.7846999764442444,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/1408","display_name":"Strategy and Management"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/14","display_name":"Business, Management and Accounting"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/2","display_name":"Social Sciences"}},"topics":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/T12185","display_name":"Regulation and Compliance Studies","score":0.7846999764442444,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/1408","display_name":"Strategy and Management"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/14","display_name":"Business, Management and Accounting"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/2","display_name":"Social Sciences"}},{"id":"https://openalex.org/T13138","display_name":"Legal and Constitutional Studies","score":0.08259999752044678,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/2002","display_name":"Economics and Econometrics"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/20","display_name":"Economics, Econometrics and Finance"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/2","display_name":"Social Sciences"}},{"id":"https://openalex.org/T12986","display_name":"Administrative Law and Governance","score":0.04769999906420708,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/3320","display_name":"Political Science and International Relations"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/33","display_name":"Social Sciences"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/2","display_name":"Social Sciences"}}],"keywords":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/public-utility-regulation","display_name":"utility regulation","score":0.9810000061988831},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/agency-theory","display_name":"agency theory","score":0.718999981880188},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/regulatory-discretion","display_name":"regulatory discretion","score":0.847000002861023},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/judicial-review","display_name":"judicial review","score":0.8679999709129333},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/regulatory-credibility","display_name":"regulatory credibility","score":0.5289999842643738}],"concepts":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/C39376844","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3709057","display_name":"Vesting","level":2,"score":0.7246389389038086},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C86532276","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1184065","display_name":"Delegation","level":2,"score":0.7103342413902283},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C2777632292","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q315515","display_name":"Discretion","level":2,"score":0.6955751776695251},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C144559511","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2986279","display_name":"Principal (computer security)","level":2,"score":0.678849458694458},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C2779343474","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3109175","display_name":"Context (archaeology)","level":2,"score":0.6083166599273682},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C48764862","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q898871","display_name":"Judicial review","level":2,"score":0.6057956218719482},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C2780224610","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1530061","display_name":"Credibility","level":2,"score":0.5169838666915894},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C190253527","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q295354","display_name":"Law and economics","level":1,"score":0.4919752776622772},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C207390915","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1230525","display_name":"Divergence (linguistics)","level":2,"score":0.47739022970199585},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C162324750","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q8134","display_name":"Economics","level":0,"score":0.45515957474708557},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C144133560","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4830453","display_name":"Business","level":0,"score":0.4380735158920288},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C17744445","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q36442","display_name":"Political science","level":0,"score":0.38415783643722534},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C199539241","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7748","display_name":"Law","level":1,"score":0.26989108324050903},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C111919701","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q9135","display_name":"Operating system","level":1,"score":0.0},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C41008148","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q21198","display_name":"Computer science","level":0,"score":0.0},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C151730666","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7205","display_name":"Paleontology","level":1,"score":0.0},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C86803240","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q420","display_name":"Biology","level":0,"score":0.0},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C41895202","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q8162","display_name":"Linguistics","level":1,"score":0.0},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C138885662","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5891","display_name":"Philosophy","level":0,"score":0.0}],"mesh":[],"locations_count":3,"locations":[{"id":"doi:10.1111/j.1370-4788.2005.00269.x","doi":"https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1370-4788.2005.00269.x","is_oa":false,"landing_page_url":"https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1370-4788.2005.00269.x","pdf_url":null,"source":{"id":"https://openalex.org/S4394735553","display_name":"Annals of Public and Cooperative Economics","issn_l":"1370-4788","issn":["1370-4788","1467-8292"],"is_oa":false,"is_in_doaj":false,"is_core":false,"listed_in":["abdc-b","anvur-class-a","anvur-scientific","fnege-4","jufo-1","norway-1","poland-70","russia-white-list-1","vabb-shw"],"host_organization":null,"host_organization_name":null,"host_organization_lineage":[],"host_organization_lineage_names":[],"type":"journal"},"license":null,"license_id":null,"version":"publishedVersion","is_accepted":true,"is_published":true,"raw_source_name":"Annals of Public and Cooperative Economics","raw_type":"journal-article"},{"id":"pmh:oai:ueaeprints.uea.ac.uk:10793","doi":null,"is_oa":false,"landing_page_url":"https://ueaeprints.uea.ac.uk/id/eprint/10793/","pdf_url":null,"source":{"id":"https://openalex.org/S4306400384","display_name":"UEA Digital Repository (University of East Anglia)","issn_l":null,"issn":null,"is_oa":false,"is_in_doaj":false,"is_core":false,"listed_in":[],"host_organization":"https://openalex.org/I1118541","host_organization_name":"University of East Anglia","host_organization_lineage":["https://openalex.org/I1118541"],"host_organization_lineage_names":[],"type":"repository"},"license":null,"license_id":null,"version":"acceptedVersion","is_accepted":true,"is_published":false,"raw_source_name":null,"raw_type":"Article"},{"id":"mag:2125984635","doi":null,"is_oa":true,"landing_page_url":"https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/Delivery.cfm/apce_269.pdf?abstractid=679642&mirid=4","pdf_url":null,"source":{"id":"https://openalex.org/S4210172589","display_name":"SSRN Electronic Journal","issn_l":"1556-5068","issn":["1556-5068"],"is_oa":true,"is_in_doaj":false,"is_core":false,"listed_in":[],"host_organization":"https://openalex.org/I1318003438","host_organization_name":"RELX Group (Netherlands)","host_organization_lineage":["https://openalex.org/I1318003438"],"host_organization_lineage_names":[],"type":"repository"},"license":null,"license_id":null,"version":"submittedVersion","is_accepted":false,"is_published":false,"raw_source_name":"SSRN Electronic Journal","raw_type":null}],"best_oa_location":{"id":"mag:2125984635","doi":null,"is_oa":true,"landing_page_url":"https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/Delivery.cfm/apce_269.pdf?abstractid=679642&mirid=4","pdf_url":null,"source":{"id":"https://openalex.org/S4210172589","display_name":"SSRN Electronic Journal","issn_l":"1556-5068","issn":["1556-5068"],"is_oa":true,"is_in_doaj":false,"is_core":false,"listed_in":[],"host_organization":"https://openalex.org/I1318003438","host_organization_name":"RELX Group (Netherlands)","host_organization_lineage":["https://openalex.org/I1318003438"],"host_organization_lineage_names":[],"type":"repository"},"license":null,"license_id":null,"version":"submittedVersion","is_accepted":false,"is_published":false,"raw_source_name":"SSRN Electronic Journal","raw_type":null},"sustainable_development_goals":[{"score":0.6601999998092651,"id":"https://metadata.un.org/sdg/16","display_name":"Peace, justice, and strong institutions"}],"sustainable_development_goals_aurora":[{"score":0.75,"id":"https://metadata.un.org/sdg/16","display_name":"Peace, justice, and strong institutions"}],"study_designs":[],"awards":[],"funders":[],"has_content":{"pdf":false,"grobid_xml":false},"content_urls":null,"referenced_works_count":18,"referenced_works":["https://openalex.org/W406198786","https://openalex.org/W1516150268","https://openalex.org/W1966358148","https://openalex.org/W1966734314","https://openalex.org/W1968139460","https://openalex.org/W1981314212","https://openalex.org/W1982768918","https://openalex.org/W2002568834","https://openalex.org/W2007133593","https://openalex.org/W2066741696","https://openalex.org/W2072878938","https://openalex.org/W2092265244","https://openalex.org/W2093000686","https://openalex.org/W2093901714","https://openalex.org/W2164465898","https://openalex.org/W2311875153","https://openalex.org/W2333983184","https://openalex.org/W4232103216"],"related_works":["https://openalex.org/W3123171616","https://openalex.org/W1931897374","https://openalex.org/W2038202895","https://openalex.org/W2147185285","https://openalex.org/W2069174307","https://openalex.org/W3125797748","https://openalex.org/W3159707688","https://openalex.org/W3122451082","https://openalex.org/W2574972322","https://openalex.org/W1831531875","https://openalex.org/W3124226362","https://openalex.org/W2901663988","https://openalex.org/W1931757482","https://openalex.org/W3125995618","https://openalex.org/W2260341562","https://openalex.org/W2891930263","https://openalex.org/W75862459","https://openalex.org/W1697359603","https://openalex.org/W15518380","https://openalex.org/W3123958666"],"abstract_inverted_index":{"Abstract****":[0],"R\u00e9sum\u00e9":[1],"en":[2],"fin":[3,12],"d\u2019article;":[4],"Zusammenfassung":[5],"am":[6],"Ende":[7],"des":[8],"Artikels;":[9],"resumen":[10],"al":[11],"del":[13],"art\u00edculo.":[14],":":[15],"This":[16,109],"paper":[17],"analyses":[18,51],"critically":[19],"the":[20,29,56,75,88,94,99,105,114,132],"claim":[21],"made":[22],"by":[23],"Levy":[24,70],"and":[25,67,71,128],"Spiller":[26,72],"that,":[27],"in":[28,84],"context":[30],"of":[31,40,45,81,87,90,107,117],"UK":[32,76],"utility":[33,82],"regulation,":[34],"licences":[35,91,133],"operate":[36],"as":[37],"a":[38,61,64,78],"\u2018technology":[39],"commitment\u2019.":[41],"The":[42],"functional":[43],"logic":[44],"delegation":[46],"which":[47,92,122],"underpins":[48],"much":[49],"principal\u2013agent":[50],"is":[52,111],"discussed,":[53],"together":[54],"with":[55],"credibility":[57],"problem":[58],"emerging":[59],"from":[60,96,98],"divergence":[62],"between":[63],"principal's":[65],"long-term":[66],"short-term":[68],"policies.":[69],"contend":[73],"that":[74],"has":[77],"successful":[79],"model":[80],"regulation":[83],"part":[85],"because":[86],"use":[89],"restrict":[93,134],"regulator":[95],"deviating":[97],"broad":[100],"substantive":[101],"principles":[102],"settled":[103],"at":[104],"time":[106],"vesting.":[108],"contention":[110],"examined":[112],"through":[113],"detailed":[115],"consideration":[116],"five":[118],"judicial":[119],"review":[120],"cases":[121],"have":[123],"cast":[124],"light":[125],"on":[126],"how,":[127],"to":[129],"what":[130],"extent,":[131],"regulatory":[135],"discretion.":[136]},"counts_by_year":[{"year":2016,"cited_by_count":1}],"updated_date":"2026-10-14T16:39:01.820549","created_date":"2025-10-10T00:00:00"}