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significant developments in the field of regulation and competition policy. In each case, essays by expert contributors are … involved in monopoly regulation, regulatory reform and deregulation …
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This book responds to the opening up of electricity markets to competition, which has completely changed the nature of …
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1. Electricity and gas regulation in Great Britain : the end of an era -- 2. Yardstick competition and comparative … performance measures in practice -- 3. Yardstick competition and efficiency benchmarking in electricity distribution -- 4. The …
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The challenge to manage the allocation of water efficiently and equably will become a dominant theme of the new millennium. At a time when the cost of obtaining fresh water is rising throughout the globe, Terence Lee analyses the means for establishing and operating effective water markets. He...
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This book presents an economic analysis of the main effects of liberalizing the electricity and natural gas markets across Western Europe. It is based on a state-of-the art detailed numerical simulation model that takes account of the interlinkages between different energy markets. Short-run and...
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. The economics and regulation of power transmission and distribution : the developed world case / Lullit Getachew and Mark … N. Lowry -- 23. The market structure of the power transmission and distribution industry in the developed world / Lullit … -- 28. Electricity retail competition and pricing : an international review / Seth Blumsack and Dmitri Perekhodtsev -- 29 …
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What happens when a radically-new fuel or technology transforms the energy system? How does the energy system evolve at different stages of economic development? What are the implications for people's lives and their environment? Building on an award-winning article, in this exciting book Roger...
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The authors address the question of infrastructure reforms in a novel way by focusing on the impact which they can have on consumers through the prices paid by different groups and on their access to the networks. They analyse original material from four Latin American countries - Argentina,...
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1. Introduction -- 2. Economic criteria for water allocation and valuation -- 3. Water as an economic good -- 4. Appraising flood control investments in the UK -- 5. Cost-benefit analysis and flood control policy in the Netherlands -- 6. Cost-benefit analysis of river restoration in Denmark --...
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pt. I. Introduction -- pt. II. Energy security issues -- pt. III. Security of energy supply -- pt. IV. Security of energy demand -- pt. V. Energy, the environment and security -- pt. VI. Energy and human security -- pt. VII. Conclusions.
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