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. Despite this ambitious reform programme, there are signs that regulation is not always working. The Commission itself has … intended that new regulation will be implemented to improve this situation. As part of efforts to make these markets perform … better, policy-makers are turning their attention to better understanding the consumer. Previously, regulation was usually …
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across populations, and that specifically targeted “bottom-up” regulation from the demand-side could usefully address these …
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Environmental regulation can be broadly divided into those that follow the top-down and bottom-up approaches. The two … each approach differ. The present study will explore the implication of environmental regulation to sustainability, costs …
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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 …
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This article investigates the attitude and practices of Bt and non-Bt maize farmers in Portugal. Thirty-seven Bt maize farmers were interviewed, representing 22.5% of the total number of Bt maize notifications in the country and 31.5% of the total area planted with Bt maize in 2007....
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In the last two decades, more than half of the countries in the world have introduced a reform process in their power industries and billions of dollars have been spent on liberalizing electricity markets around the world. This thesis presents a doctoral research concerned with the cross-country...
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The European Commission has formally recognised that adequate provision of basic household services, including energy, communications, water and transport, is key to ensuring equity, social cohesion and solidarity. Yet little research has been done on the impact of the reform of these services...
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We present a hybrid mechanism application for the electrical system network expansion in Mexico, United States and Canada. The application is based on redefining the transmission output in terms of "point-to-point" transactions or financial transmission rights (FTRs); rebalancing the fixed and...
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This paper presents an application of a mechanism that provides incentives to promote transmission network expansion in the electricity system of the Ontario province. Such a mechanism combines a merchant approach with a regulatory approach. It is based on the rebalancing of a two-part tariff...
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practice to evaluate projects at constant prices. With an example presented in the training on economic regulation of public …
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