The present article contributes to the history of the concept of natural monopoly, focusing on
the reconstruction of its origins. The paper considers various facets of natural monopoly: the …

The purpose of this essay is to analyze Léon Walras's theory of public interest goods. For
him,“services and products of public interest are theoretically those that interest men as …

In this article, I analyze and compare the contributions of Dupuit and Walras on the natural
monopoly of railroads. Both theorists argued that railroads—as opposed to inland …

The emergence of railroads in France in the nineteenth century raised new debates on
analytical issues. The issue lies in the fact that they are natural monopolies. In this paper, I …

This book is the translation, actualized and augmented, of a precedent scientific book,
published in 2002 at the University Press of Angers. Since fifteen years, it allows to …

This paper retraces the origins of the unbundling of infrastructure, which is a monopoly, from
services, which are subject to competition. Using the case of the railroad industry in France, I …

In the nineteenth century, the emergence of railroads in France resulted in new analytical
issues, as they are natural monopolies. Jules Dupuit examined the issue of the operations of …

This PhD dissertation deals with the question of evaluating social welfare and public policy
making through the works of William Stanley Jevons (1835-1882) and Léon Walras (1834 …

The paper retraces the origins of the unbundling of infrastructure, which is a monopoly, from
services, which are subject to competition. Using the case of the railroad industry in France, I …

L'économie du bien-être constitue une branche de l'économie normative: elle a pour objet
l'évaluation du bien-être social et sur cette base, peut servir de fondement à la justification …