coordination. This paper examines three persistent sources of flawed coordination: 1) a regulation versus unbundling dilemma, 2 … underlined with lessons from (European) electricity and railways. …What is a good balance between competition and coordination in network industries? Network unbundling aims to promote …

The purpose of this research is to evaluate the impact of vertical unbundling on German electric utilities. Our …-term changes and the long-term impact on competition in the electricity market as well as the impact on costs and security of … supply. Overall, we have two main conclusions. First, the major step in the unbundling process is from "lean legal unbundling …

The Russian Federation is in the process of making major structural changes to its railway and electricity sectors …

general competition and sector specific frameworks and rules regarding the regulation of the Internal Energy Market …-by-case solutions, which lack the breadth of objectives expressed by sector regulation. On the other hand, sector regulation seems to … hierarchical priority over sector-specific rules and its direct application cannot be excluded when sector regulation is …

This paper aims at highlighting the Commission's approach towards the relation between sector specific regulation and … relation between sector regulation and competition law. Our intention is to offer a basis for comparison and counterarguments … American- and open to third parties, system for access to facilities. Futhermore, we note that recent regulation - Third Energy …

papers examining issues in the regulation of railways and submissions from 15 countries describing the regulatory regime for …This publication (of 264 pages) represents the proceedings of a roundtable on regulation and competition issues arising … in relation to railways. The roundtable was held at the OECD in October 1997. The proceedings includes 2 background …

aftermath of the energy sector inquiry. Most of them have already been settled under Article 9 of the EC Regulation 1/2003 and … price manipulation in the German electricity wholesale market. In spite of no convincing evidence and flaws in the …