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Drowned in an inch of water
Massarutto, Antonio; Ermano, Paolo - In: Utilities Policy 24 (2013) C, pp. 20-31
Italy reformed its water and sanitation services in 1994. The strategy aimed at transforming public entities, financed …
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Partenariats public-privé et investissements de fin de contrat : le cas de l'industrie de l'eau en France
Chong, Eshien; Huet, Freddy - In: Recherches économiques de Louvain 76 (2010) 4, pp. 413-448
The efficiency of franchise bidding schemes for network industries has been challenged by many authors. One of the problems with this kind of schemes concerns the lack of investment?s incentives of the incumbent at the end of the contract. The goal of this article is twofold. First, we explain...
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Reaching the unreached challenges for the 21st century : selected papers of the 22. WEDC Conference, New Delhi, India, 1996
Pickford, John (contributor) - 1997
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Gewässerschutz, Wasser, Abwasser : GWA
Aachen - 1.1968 -
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Introducing Competition and Deregulating the British Domestic Energy Markets: a Legal and Economic Discussion
Harker, Michael; Price, Catherine Waddams - Centre for Competition Policy, University of East Anglia - 2006
In this article we chart the development of competition and deregulation of the British retail energy markets, explaining the evolution of competitive constraints when consumers are introduced to supplier choice for the first time. In the context of rising real energy prices for consumers, and...
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Enhancing Brazil's Regulatory Framework for Network Industries: The Case of Electricity, Oil and Gas, and Water and Sanitation
Almeida, Edmar Fagundes de; Mulder, Nanno - Economics Department, Organisation de Coopération et … - 2005
This paper assesses Brazil’s regulatory framework and agencies for several network industries (electricity, oil and gas, and water and sanitation). Private investment can be encouraged by tackling regulatory uncertainty in many areas. To this end, recent initiatives include a new regulatory...
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Sectoral Regulatory Reforms in Italy: Framework and Implications
Goglio, Alessandro - Economics Department, Organisation de Coopération et … - 2001
This paper discusses product market regulatory reforms in Italy over the past decade. Special attention is given to the …-oriented and less interventionist policies, has allowed Italy’s legal and institutional framework to come closer to the mainstream … of good regulatory practices in the OECD countries. With Italy having been initially a laggard on the regulatory reform …
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Assessing risks and regulating safety standards in the oil and gas industry: the Peruvian experience.
Vásquez, Arturo; Salvador, Julio; García, Raúl; … - Organismo Supervisor de la Inversión en Energía y … - 2013
Environmental regulation has usually focused on controlling continuous sources of pollution such as CO2 emissions through carbon taxes. However, the 2010 oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico has shown that accidents associated to safety failures can also generate bursts of pollution with serious...
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Putting all one's eggs in one basket: Relational contracts and the management of local public services
Desrieux, Claudine; Chong, Eshien; Saussier, Stéphane - In: Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization 89 (2013) C, pp. 167-186
French municipalities often contract out the provision of local public services to private companies, and regularly choose the same private operator for a range of different services. We develop a model of relational contracts that shows how this strategy may lead to better performance at lower...
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La riforma della distribuzione gas in Italia: implicazioni patrimoniali, finanziarie e di regulation
Fazioli, Roberto - Dipartimento di Economia e Management, Università … - 2014
The effects of a complex liberalisation process in local gas distribution are examined in this paper. The aim of this analysis is to emphasise the multidimensional aspects of such a reform in gas market regulation at local level. First of all, Local Public Finance will bear strong losses due to...
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