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Welfare Effects of Water Pricing in Germany
Müller, Christopher - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2012
The observed two-part tariff price structure (consisting of a lump-sum price and a linear marginal price) for drinking water in Germany does not reflect the cost structure reported in the literature. Recovering marginal costs from a sample of 251 German counties, we see that there are positive...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011259053
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Construction of abatement cost curves: The case of F-gases
Halkos, George - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2010
Most of scientific research on Greenhouse Gases (GHG) focuses on CO2 emissions. But non-CO2 gases (mainly F-gases in the form of HFCs, PFCs, and SF6) are more potent at trapping heat within the atmosphere. Currently, F-gases constitute a small proportion of GHG emissions but they are extremely...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008693574
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Environmental Sustainability and Regulation: To-Down Versus Bottom-Up Regulation
Mariam, Yohannes - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2001
Environmental regulation can be broadly divided into those that follow the top-down and bottom-up approaches. The two approaches have similar objective with respect to environmental protection and sustainability. However, the success with which each approach achieves goals of environmental...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005621464
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Policy Research Supporting Policy Making: The CIDE-CRE Agreement
Rosellon, Juan - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2008
This paper presents a case study of regulation of natural gas pricing in Mexico as a case of “successful” policy research. Studies done under an academic agreement between the Comisión Reguladora de Energía (CRE) and the Centro de Investigación y Docencia Económicas (CIDE) in Mexico City...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008560962
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The Implication of Incorporating Environmental Costs in Utility Rate Setting
Mariam, Yohannes - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2002
Electric and natural gas are the two major sources of energy for residents of Washington State. Several states have adopted a policy whereby utility companies decide on the choice of mixes of resources by incorporating cost effectiveness, conservation and externalities. Externalities could...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005789245
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Strategic Capacity Investment under Holdup Threats: The Role of Contract Length and Width
Durand-Viel, Laure; Villeneuve, Bertrand - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2009
This article analyzes the impact of incomplete contracts’ length on investment in a bilateral relationship. The seller has the power to set the contract terms whereas the buyer decides on the investment level, which acts as a cap on future demand. Two-part tariffs succeed at implementing the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008636476
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Infrastructure regulation: what works, why, and how do we know?
Clifton, Judith; Díaz-Fuentes, Daniel; Fernández … - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2009
Public infrastructure services have been subject to dramatic regulatory reform since the 1980s in the European Union … growth and significantly “malfunctioning” in the Single Market. This list included major public infrastructure services … approach to economics. In this light, this paper analyses regulatory reform of public infrastructure services from a user …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009283788
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Enabling and Integrative Infrastructure Policy: The Role of Inverse Infrastructures in Local Infrastructure Provision with Special Reference to Finnish Water Cooperatives
Heino, Ossi; Anttiroiko, Ari-Veikko - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2014
infrastructures. One product of this trend is the ‘inverse infrastructure,’ which refers to a modularized, semi-autonomous and user …-driven infrastructure that is a result of the self-organization of local actors. In this study, we discuss the nature of such … infrastructures and the challenges they pose to local infrastructure policy with special reference to the case of water cooperatives …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011111904
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Efficiency in water and sanitation providers and its links with regions, property, and independence in Brazil
Ferro, Gustavo; Lentini, Emilio J.; Mercadier, Augusto C.; … - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2013
The purpose of this paper is to assess comparative efficiency in water and sanitation sector in Brazil. We run a …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011108230
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Spectrum Allocation, Spectrum Commons and Public Goods: the Role of the Market
Marks, Phillipa; Marks, Brian - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2007
The reallocation of radio spectrum to valuable new and emerging technologies and services is essential to achieving the next wave of productivity and consumer benefits driven by ICT. Currently spectrum is not allocated to the most valuable uses, particularly the large amount of spectrum held for...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005621687