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Authors : 1. Nataliya I. Belousova,
Doctor of Economics, Leading Researcher of the Department “Systemic analysis of the efficiency of natural monopolies”
Federal Research Center “Computer science and Control” of the Russian Academy of Sciences
On estimating the trend to unification in state regulation of natural-monopoly subsystems
Objective: from the standpoint of theoretical validity, to study the current changes in the Russian legislation on natural monopolies.
Methods: modern economic theory, methods of applied system analysis, descriptive and normative modeling.
Results: the article analyzes the Russian practice of state regulation related to the noticeable trend of leveling the specificity of natural monopolies and unification of management approaches. The orientation to mainly universal approaches is assessed, when the action of tools not aimed at infrastructural features analysis is extended to specific, first of all technologically specific, objects. The possibilities are shown of systemic research and assessment of the trend towards unification in a number of areas, suggesting the feasibility of taking into account the natural monopoly specificity and determining the effectiveness of management decisions in this area.
Scientific novelty: for the first time, the directions of systemiс assessment are investigated, which determine the expediency of universal unification of management approaches in the areas of Russian natural monopolies and/or accounting of natural monopoly specificity.
Practical significance: the approaches proposed in this paper expand the possibilities of substantiating management decisions in the system of state regulation of the Russian natural monopolies, taking into account the natural monopoly specificity. Practical application may be associated with the distinguishing of a certain discussion angle and the adjusting and supplementing the provisions initiated by legislative initiatives in the areas of natural monopolies.
Keywords :
natural monopolies; state regulation; unification; systemic assessment
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Citation :
Belousova N. I. On estimating the trend to unification in state regulation of natural-monopoly subsystems, Actual Problems of Economics and Law, 2019, vol. 13, No. 2, pp. 1251–1260 (in Russ.). DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.21202/1993-047X.13.2019.2.1251-1260
Type of article : The scientific article
Date of receipt of the article :
30.03.2019
Date of adoption of the print :
29.04.2019
Date of online accommodation :
25.06.2019
