effect of electricity sector regulation on sustainable sector outcomes. The paper in this context empirically examines … whether electricity sector regulation influences the sectoral outcomes at the state level. For analytical purposes, the … present study considers a sample of 12 Indian states (provinces). While it captures electricity sector regulation by …

structural role here. Instead, it can help to signal problems, establish principles and guard boundaries. Regulation and …

planned electricity outages and crime rates, leveraging a geographic discontinuity in outage duration due to differences in … electricity suppliers within the City of Cape Town, South Africa. We compare crime trends in areas served by the municipal grid … severe. We find that 10 hours per month more outages lead to an increase of 2.6 percent or eight more crime incidents. The …

performance ; information ; transparency ; regulation …

information of the merged firm. The optimal merger policy trades off potential cost savings against regulatory distortions from … market induces a more lenient merger policy. The regulated firms' diversification into a competitive segment of the market … can lead to a softer merger policy when competition is weaker. …

fragmentation can be substantial and policy should focus more on the cost of coordination and on governance structures to secure … coordination. This paper examines three persistent sources of flawed coordination: 1) a regulation versus unbundling dilemma, 2 …