von Hirschhausen, Christian; Weigt, Hannes - In: Vierteljahrshefte zur Wirtschaftsforschung 76 (2007) 1, pp. 65-86
competition policy is required to establish competitive wholesale markets and to achieve lower prices. The instruments of an … active competition policy are: horizontal divestiture of generation capacities; the auctioning of virtual power generation … competition policy in electricity markets: prominent examples come from England and the United States. Continental Europe has also …