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Gegenstand der vorliegenden Studie ist die optimale Regulierung des Betriebs von Netzwerken, die die Charakteristika … sinnvoll. Für eine optimale Regulierung des Verhaltens des jeweiligen Netzwerkbetreibers ist dabei entscheidend, welche … Regulierung betrachtet werden, werden hier die oft vernachlässigten Effekte auf die Qualität des Netzwerks in den Vordergrund …
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This paper explores the empirical effects of competition on technical efficiency in the context of electricity industry restructuring. Restructuring programs adopted by many U.S. states made utilities residual claimants to cost savings and increased their exposure to competitive markets. We...
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The European Commission proposed to reform the Electricity and Gas Directives to improve access to transmission, increase cross-border capacity, and fully open the electricity and gas markets. The California electricity crisis has weakened support for liberalisation, removed the commitment to...
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This paper investigates the incentives to invest in improving the quality (as distinguished to investment in a new activity) in telecommunication industry using the empirical example of wireless markets. We highlight that investment incentives are positively related to the potential for...
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shows that these problems do not automatically imply that sector specific regulation is warranted. The same hold for the … specific regulation of mobile telephone markets. The social welfare loss that would arise from such regulations are estimated …
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Motivated by policy events experienced during the last two decades by the European natural gas industry, this paper develops a simple model for analyzing the interaction between gas release and capacity investment programs as tools to improve the performance of imperfectly competitive markets....
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This paper studies the impact of electricity deregulation and restructuring on research and development (R&D) expenditures of investor owned utilities. The differing pace of deregulation in the fifty states provides heterogeneity in institutional structure and competitive forces, and showcases...
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This article deals with current developments concerning the regulation of telecommunication in Europe (e. g. Mobile … Termination Rates, Roaming). It argues that current regulation is led by political aims and less by economic theory. National …
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unbundling. While Britain and Norway have achieved effective competition, others like Germany, Spain and France are still …
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