, privatization, and the (re)structuring of regulation. Second, it attempts to estimate the extent to which these policies have … translated into actual deployment of telecommunications infrastructure. This simultaneous investigation is conducted by means of … governments. In turn, these policies are those that enhance the deployment of fixed-line infrastructure. In contrast, competition …

paper ends in 1980 after which competition and efficiency dominated infrastructure regulation. Since 2005, there has been a …This paper discusses the role of affordability in the development of economic regulation from the emergence of railway … regulation in the 1840-60 period. It also covers the regulatory responses to the development of network telecoms, electricity and …

Infrastructure regulation has faced transitions not just in recent years, but also throughout much its existence over …. Along with affecting infrastructure, the global financial crisis may itself be a network effect. This paper was presented as …

In many countries, infrastructure liberalization progressed faster than the privatization of former state monopolies …, it probes whether the combination of government ownership and regulation helps overcome some of the shortcomings of the … regulation of private firms. Although we find hints of tensions between state ownership and government regulation, we do not find …

incentives to invest in network infrastructure. To this end, we develop a theoretical model explaining investment incentives by … regulation and recently imposed fiber access regulations. Our main finding is that more stringent access regulations for both the …

the infrastructure industries reform process in developing countries. Our point of departure is that, when thinking about … Recuero Virto, 2007). The first issue concerns the impact of the quality of institutions on the performance of regulation. Our …

This paper is concerned with the role of political and economic institutions in the conduct of the infrastructure … concerns the impact of the quality of institutions on the function of regulation. Our review points to the fact that political …

sector regulation and objectives as a context within the process of implementation of competition law in the energy sector … and third, we will investigate how sector regulation in energy sector incorporates competition law principles and affirms … combined with the need for effectiveness and focus on other than competition objectives of sector regulation and we will result …

general competition and sector specific frameworks and rules regarding the regulation of the Internal Energy Market … designing solutions for the stable development of Energy Market infrastructure. Competition law provides ex post and case …-by-case solutions, which lack the breadth of objectives expressed by sector regulation. On the other hand, sector regulation seems to …