consumer interests: theoretically analyzing the decisions an authority takes on both the unbundling regime and the grid charge … consumer-oriented goals to always implement Ownership Unbundling. For a regulator acting in the interests of the industry or … the government, though, results suggest the authority to be indifferent between Legal and Ownership Unbundling; minor …

This paper looks at the effects of different forms of wholesale and retail regulation on retail competition in fixed … increases. We argue that a wholesale price regulation at average costs is not optimal in such a situation and discuss retail …

lower calls prices. This was done by introducing wholesale regulation and promoting service based competition. Some years …

Ownership unbundling and third party access are discussed as two options of unbundling in both the literature and … unbundling and third party access regimes on customer prices. Substantially different results are found using dynamic rather than … static analysis. In particular, negative short term effects of ownership unbundling found in static models are approximately …

Regulierung der Netznutzungsentgelte den Wettbewerb im nachgelagerten Produkt fördern kann. Es werden zwei Typen von …, daß eine kostenorientierte Regulierung der Netznutzungsentgelte den Wettbewerb fördern kann aber nicht muß. … price-discrimination when there is downstream entry, and (2) to examine the question, whether a cost-based regulation of …

ohne und mit Regulierung von Netzzugangsentgelten, und es zeigt, daß eine Regulierung des Netzzutrittsentgelts den …-based regulation of access charges for electricity grids enhances competition in the downstream-market. The paper shows that the … field by means of a cost-based regulation of access charges always creates competition in the downstream-market. The paper …

This paper explores the relation between the regulation of monopolistic upstream prices and the incentives of a …

contrast to other European member states, there is no ex-ante regulation of network access charges. Instead, network access … relies on industrial self-regulation and ex-post control by the Cartel Office. The paper modifies the concept of regulatory …