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Competition and regulation in utility markets
Robinson, Colin (ed.) - Beesley Lectures on Regulation - 2003
London Business School, which provides an up-to-date review of the state of utility regulation in Britain, with some relevant … 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 …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014474140
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Electricity and energy policy in Britain, France and the United States since 1945
Chick, Martin - 2007
Introduction -- Shifting from coal to oil : what price security? -- The European coal and steel community -- Moving the margin to the centre : pricing electricity -- Electricity investment : rewarding the past, discounting the future -- Deregulation, privatisation and liberalisation -- Conclusion.
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012420063
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Competitive electricity markets and sustainability
Lévêque, François (contributor) - 2006
This book responds to the opening up of electricity markets to competition, which has completely changed the nature of power generation. The building of new generation and transmission capacity and the setting of the energy mix between nuclear, gas and renewable resources are mainly left to...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011851235
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Energy in a competitive market : essays in honour of Colin Robinson
Robinson, Colin (contributor); Hunt, Lester C. (contributor) - 2003
1. Electricity and gas regulation in Great Britain : the end of an era -- 2. Yardstick competition and comparative … Swiss electricity industry and the regulation of distribution prices -- 5. Efficiency and performance in the gas industry …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011851403
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Utility privatization and regulation : a fair deal for consumers?
Ugaz, Cecilia (contributor);  … - 2003
population, as is the case in many Latin American countries. The authors also address the widespread impact of privatization on … the economy (via macroeconomic influences) and the more general issues of subsidies and regulation which are endemic to …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011851393
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Electricity reform in Europe : towards a single energy market
Lévêque, François (contributor);  … - 2009
The realisation of a European internal market for energy is still a work in progress. Written by leading European scholars and discussed with major energy stakeholders, this book presents a thorough analysis of the motives and methods needed to achieve a single European energy market
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011851175
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Water management in the 21st century : the allocation imperative
Lee, Terence R. - 1999
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...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014473832
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Liberalizing European energy markets : an economic analysis
Aune, Finn Roar (contributor) - 2008
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...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011851274
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Cost-benefit analysis and water resources management
Brouwer, Roy (contributor);  … - 2005
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 --...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012420089
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China and the global energy crisis : development and prospects for China's oil and natural gas
Kambara, Tatsu - 2007
1. The origins and modern development of China's oil and gas industry -- 2. The geological basis of the onshore oil and gas industry -- 3. Oil and gas administration and the evolution of exploration and development -- 4. Natural gas : China's new energy source -- 5. The Tarim Basin : solution or...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012420006