-of-return regulation because investment decisions (what can be included in the rate base) are usually evaluated in a discretionary manner …This paper finds that coherent regulatory policies can boost investment in network industries of OECD economies. Rate …-of-return regulation is generally thought to result in overinvestment, while incentive regulation is believed to entail underinvestment …

regards to a pending public policy of variable stringency. I test this theory within the context of the regulation and … investment of renewable power in the U.S. electric utility sector and the growth of a utility scale renewable energy industry. I …

investigates the impact that firms’ financial health has on their investment and employment decisions. The results indicate that … flow, indebtedness and the debt burden appear to be relevant for explaining investment and employment dynamics. Likewise … companies in a less sound financial situation, and suggest that the role of financial factors in explaining investment and …

result of increasing competitive pressure? These are important topics for future telecommunications regulation and this … the determinants of telecommunications investments and presents two possible solutions to the investment problem. The …

Die Regulierung eines Marktes ist das Ergebnis eines komplexen Prozesses, der sowohl von politischen als auch … Regulierung beeinflussen können. Der erste Teil behandelt die Liberalisierung des Markteintritts im Mobilfunkmarkt in OECD Ländern … getroffene Selektion, dann zeigt es sich, dass die Regulierung zwar im allgemeinen in die gewünschte Richtung gearbeitet hat …

Diese Dissertation untersucht die Regulierung von Krankenversicherungsmärkten und dabei insbesondere …