Während der Phase der partiellen Marktöffnung in den europäischen Telekommunikationssektoren stand der institutionelle Reformprozess hin zu einer umfassenden Marktöffnung im Zentrum. Gegenstand dieser Abhandlung ist die Telekommunikationsregulierung nach der umfassenden Marktöffnung....

The reform of European railroads is a time-consuming process strongly charac-terized by its path-dependency. Firstly, a short outline of the historical roots of the controversial debates on the role of the state and the markets, and the organi-zation of competition in European railroad...

This chapter is organized as follows: In section 2 the historical roots of third par-ty access regulation are characterized. This includes the Prussian railway law of 1838 and the terminal railroad case of 1912. In section 3 a normative frame-work, based on modern network economics, for the...