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Unexpected Consequences of Liberalisation : Metering, Losses, Load Profiles and Cost Settlement in Spain’s Electricity System

Batalla-Bejerano, Joan - 2015

regulation, which has been capable of providing solutions to unforeseen events in the process. Our paper seeks to contribute to …

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Productivity Gains from Services Liberalization in Europe

Bena, Jan - 2011

As part of the Single Market Program the European Commission commanded the liberalization and regulatory harmonization of utilities, transport and telecommunication services. This paper investigates whether and how this process affected the productivity of European network firms. Exploiting the...

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Service Deregulation, Competition and the Performance of French and Italian Firms

Daveri, Francesco - 2011

We use firm-level data for France and Italy to explore the impact of service regulation reform implemented in the two …

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When Does Regulation Distort Costs? Lessons from Fuel Procurement in U.S. Electricity Generation

Cicala, Steve - 2013

Under what conditions does cost-of-service regulation lead firms to distort costs? This paper analyzes changes in fuel …-level legislation that ended cost-of-service regulation among investor-owned electric utilities in the late 1990s. I construct a … under cost-of-service regulation. I then show that the drop in the price of coal is associated with a reallocation of …

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Service Deregulation, Competition and the Performance of French and Italian Firms

Daveri, Francesco; Lecat, Remy; Parisi, Maria Laura - 2013

We use firm-level data for France and Italy to explore the impact of service regulation reform implemented in the two …

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Cost Recovery and Investment Incentives in Electricity Markets

Villarreal, Julio E.; Martinez, Oscar Javier - 2006

Given the characteristics of electricity and the reforms that this sector has undergone, there is still a lot of discussion regarding the best way of ensuring adequate supply in such an environment. The situation is even more critical for countries like Colombia with high dependence on hydro...

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Does Competition Reduce Costs? Assessing the Impact of Regulatory Restructuring on U.S. Electric Generation Efficiency

Markiewicz, Kira; Rose, Nancy L.; Wolfram, Catherine D. - 2005

Although the allocative efficiency benefits of competition are a tenet of microeconomic theory, the relation between competition and technical efficiency is less well understood. Neoclassical models of profit-maximization subsume static cost-minimizing behavior regardless of market...

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Deregulating fixed voice services? : empirical evidence from the European Union

Lange, Mirjam (contributor); Š arić, Amela (contributor) - International Telecommunications Society - 2014

Commission's current decision to lift the ex ante regulation on the fixed-line telephony market. …

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Deregulating fixed voice services? : empirical evidence from the European Union

Šaric, Amela; Lange, Mirjam - 2014

This paper deals with the relationship between the traditional fixed-line, mobile and Voice over IP telephony in the EU.We estimate the supply and demand for fixed-line telephony using data on 25 EU member states for the 2006:Q2 - 2011:Q4 period. Employing instrumental variable approach, we...

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The Determinants and Impact of Telecommunications Reforms in Developing Countries

Recuero Virto, Laura - 2014

, privatization, and the (re)structuring of regulation. Second, it attempts to estimate the extent to which these policies have …

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