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Regulating a Multi-Utility Firm
Calzolari, Giacomo; Scarpa, Carlo - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2007
We study the regulation of a utility firm which is active in a competitive unregulated sector as well. If the firm … and quantity competition) and also optimal regulation. Accounting for the several effects of regulation on the unregulated … market, we show the existence of an informational externality, in that regulation provides useful information to the rival …
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Economic Integration and Investment Incentives in Regulated Industries
Auriol, Emmanuelle; Biancini, Sara - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2009
The paper studies the impact of market integration on investment incentives in non-competitive industries. It distinguishes between investment in transportation and production cost-reducing technologies. Each domestic firm is controlled by a national regulator in a common market made of two...
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Competition and quality in regulated markets with sluggish demand
Brekke, Kurt Richard; Cellini, Roberto; Siciliani, Luigi; … - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2008
We investigate the effect of competition on quality in regulated markets (e.g., health care, higher education, public utilities), using a Hotelling framework, in the presence of sluggish demand. We take a differential game approach, and derive the open-loop solution (providers commit to an...
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