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A fair price for energy? : ownership versus market opening in the EU15
Fiorio, Carlo V.; Florio, Massimo - 2010
In the past two decades privatisation and liberalisation of network industries providing services of general economic interest (SGEI), have been particularly significant in the European Union. Wide variations around a common policy trend can, however, be observed across countries and sectors. We...
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Privatization experiences in France
Berne, Michel; Pogorel, Gérard - 2004
firms as well as all the banks and public services were state-owned. Since then, a series of privatization moves have caused …
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External constraints matter for privatizations
Petrarca, Ilaria; Ricciuti, Roberto - 2014
. Despite much has been said on the broad topic of reforms and regulation, a sector-specific insight is missing. We replicate …
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Powering up developing countries through integration?
Auriol, Emmanuelle; Biancini, Sara - 2012
investment. -- regulation ; competition ; market integration ; investment ; electricity …
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Vertical market power in interconnected natural gas and electricity markets
Marks, Levi; Mason, Charles F.; Mohlin, Kristina; … - 2017
consider improvements to market design and regulation as these two energy markets become increasingly interlinked. …
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Can bitcoin mining increase renewable electricity capacity?
Bruno, August; Weber, Paige; Yates, Andrew J. - 2022
Proponents of Bitcoin argue that demand for electricity from Bitcoin miners can lead to an increase in renewable electricity capacity. We rigorously evaluate this claim by estimating a Bitcoin electricity demand curve and include this demand curve in a long-run model of the Texas electricity...
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The energy community and the grid
Gautier, Axel; Jacqmin, Julien; Poudou, Jean-Christophe - 2023
Renewable energy communities involve various agents who decide to jointly invest in renewable production units and storage. This paper examines how these communities interact with the energy system and can decrease its overall cost. First, we show that a renewable energy community can contribute...
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Activists versus captured regulators
Daubanes, Julien; Rochet, Jean-Charles - 2013
We analyze the consequences of activism in a regulated industry where the regulator has been captured by the industry. Unlike ordinary economic agents, activists are insensitive to monetary incentives. Moreover, they are less well informed than regulators and their actions generate dead-weight...
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Committing to grow : privatizations and firm dynamics in East Germany
Akcigit, Ufuk; Alp, Harun; Diegmann, André; … - 2023
investigates a unique policy designed to maintain employment during the privatization of East German firms after the fall of the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014340125
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Privatization in Italy 1993-2002 : goals, institutions, outcomes, and outstanding issues
Goldstein, Andrea - 2003
This paper describes the privatization program in Italy during the 1990s and puts that policy in the context of … attempts at privatization of the 1980s, delaying until 1992 the start of largescale privatizations. These were imposed on … analysis of the consequences of privatization on corporate governance show that, notwithstanding considerable changes in the …
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