television regulation in light of these developments. It surveys the dismal empirical record on the effects of price regulation …

paper also explores the challenges for policy and regulation that arise because of unbundling and recent, related …This paper discusses the development of local loop unbundling in telecommunications markets throughout the European …. Different types of unbundling, allowing for different types of entry and services provided by entrants, are discussed. This …

paper also explores the challenges for policy and regulation that arise because of unbundling and recent, related …This paper discusses the development of local loop unbundling in telecommunications markets throughout the European …. Different types of unbundling, allowing for different types of entry and services provided by entrants, are discussed. This …

on existing literature, we argue that ex ante regulation could represent a danger for the long-term development of the … infrastructures. We also argue that ex ante regulation is distorting investment itself: incremental investment is privileged as … opposed to radical investment. In this context, we identify three possible options for regulation in the near future: 1 …

this separation interact with the regulation of the product market. The main issue to be addressed here is how the degree …

to the implementation of different regulatory mechanisms (cost plus vs. incentive regulation) and also to firm ownership … subject to incentive regulation smooth their dividends less than firms subject to cost plus regulation but also present higher … target payout ratios; thus suggesting that incentive regulation leads firms to a dividend policy more responsive to earnings …

and gas. The Paper argues that there is unfinished business in the areas of regulation, restructuring, encouraging proper … risk management through contracting, and designing markets and regulation to ensure effective and sustainable competition …

absence of any regulation, private investment decisions on capacity unambiguously lead to a socially sub-optimal outcome, and …