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Entry Deterrence in Postal Service Markets
Beschorner, Patrick Frank Ernst - 2007
market regulation have motivated this quality improvement. In particular we show that this rise in quality is only profitable …
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Vertical integration, separation and non-price discrimination: An empirical analysis of German electricity markets for residential customers
Nikogosian, Vigen; Veith, Tobias - 2011
and regulation schemes on retail electricity prices. We find significantly higher prices in markets with vertically …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010307833
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Latin versus European Power: A Tale of Two Market Reforms
Mennel, Tim; Viecens, Maria Fernanda - 2007
, enacting regulation to ensure household consumer protection and security of supply. …
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The Drivers of Deregulation in the Era of Globalization
Heinemann, Friedrich - 2006
This paper treats the question to what extent globalization trends restrict a countryspecific regulation policy in … industrial countries. The empirical analysis makes use of recently collected regulation indicators for four policy fields … deregulation and a descriptive view at the correlations, a panel analysis for OECD countries for the period 1975 to 2001 is …
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Liberalization of the Postal Service Market in Europe: Entry with Universal Service and Partial Coverage
Beschorner, Patrick Frank Ernst - 2008
In the advent of postal market liberalization in several European countries we expect that the incumbent operators anticipate entry by competitors who are not required to offer universal service, i.e. coverage of the entire country and uniform pricing. The market for postal service exhibits...
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Regulation of pharmaceutical prices: Evidence from a reference price reform in Denmark
Kaiser, Ulrich; Mendez, Susan J.; Rønde, Thomas - 2010
On April 1, 2005, Denmark changed the way references prices, a main determinant of reimbursements for pharmaceutical purchases, are calculated. The previous reference prices, which were based on average EU prices, were substituted to minimum domestic prices. Novel to the literature, we estimate...
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Deregulation, competition, and consolidation: The case of the German interurban bus industry
Dürr, Niklas S.; Heim, Sven; Hüschelrath, Kai - 2015
We provide an empirical assessment of the German interurban bus industry two years after its deregulation in January …
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The Subtraction Rule and its Effects on Pricing in the Electricity Industry
Elberfeld, Walter - 2004
The paper deals with the subtraction rule, which has been proposed by the ?working group security of supply in service of the cartel offices of the federal republic and the states? as an instrument to identify improperly inflated network access charges in the electricity industry. We analyze...
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Ist der Subtraktionstest ein geeignetes Verfahren zur Ermittlung missbräuchlich überhöhter Netznutzungsentgelte?
von Weizsäcker, Carl Christian; Elberfeld, Walter - 2004
Die Arbeit untersucht den von der ?Arbeitgruppe Netznutzung Strom der Kartellbehörden des Bundes und der Länder? vorgeschlagenen Subtraktionstest, mit dessen Hilfe missbräuchlich überhöhte Netznutzungsentgelte für die Durchleitung von Strom identifiziert werden sollen. Dabei kommen wir zu...
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The cost of phasing out nuclear power: a quantitative assessment of alternative scenarios for Germany
Böhringer, Christoph; Hoffmann, Tim; Vögele, Stefan - 2000
In the debate on the premature phase-out of nuclear power generation in Germany, there is an intense dispute on the … companies also vary considerably with the chosen regulation depending on how the respective cost implications at the plant level …-out scenarios for Germany and its specific plant structure as well as plant-ownership by companies. However, the issues and …
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