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Transparency in electricity markets
Fehr, Nils-Henrik M. von der - 2013
performance ; information ; transparency ; regulation …
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Regulatory Process, Regulatory Reform, and the Quality of Regulatory Impact Analysis
Ellig, Jerry - 2016
Numerous regulatory reform proposals would require federal agencies to conduct more thorough economic analysis of proposed regulations or expand the resources and influence of the Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs (OIRA), which currently reviews executive branch regulations. Such...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013006022
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Regulatory Objectives and the Intensity of Unbundling in Electricity Markets
Lindemann, Henrik - 2015
Despite the positive effect electricity grids separated from generation and supply by ownership are expected to have on the level of competition in the non-network activities, several EU member states still adhere to a solely legally unbundled transmission grid. This choice might be induced by...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013029089
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Improving Regulatory Impact Analysis Through Process Reform : Testimony Before the U.S. Congress Joint Economic Committee
Ellig, Jerry - 2014
Scholarly research demonstrates that Regulatory Impact Analysis often falls short of the standards articulated in executive orders and Office of Management and Budget guidance. More often than not, agencies do not appear to use the Regulatory Impact Analysis to inform major decisions. Regulatory...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013048676
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Political economy of reform and regulation in the electricity sector of Sub-Saharan Africa
Imam, Mahmud I.; Jamasb, Tooraj; Llorca, Manuel - 2020
ideological differences in the effect of independent sector regulation on access to electricity and installed capacity. We find … negative impact from independent regulation on installed capacity in countries with leftwing governments while we find a …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012194362
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Evaluating the Quality and Use of Regulatory Impact Analysis : The Mercatus Center's Regulatory Report Card, 2008-2013
Ellig, Jerry - 2016
hundreds of millions of dollars in costs without knowing whether a given regulation will really solve a significant problem …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012985445
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Railways Reform and Electricity Reform in Russia, and the Role of the Ministry for Antimonopoly Policy
Pittman, Russell W. - 2003
The Russian Federation is in the process of making major structural changes to its railway and electricity sectors. Both sectors will be at least partly vertically disintegrated, with the aim of creating competition in the "upstream" sector while maintaining state ownership and control of the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014075403
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Network Access Pricing and Deregulation
Sidak, J. Gregory; Spulber, Daniel F. - 2009
The paper addresses the question of pricing access to the network facilities of an incumbent firm after deregulation. Network access pricing continues to be regulated in such industries as telecommunications, railroads, electric power and natural gas. We emphasize that access prices should be...
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Enhancing Competition in the Postal Sector : Can We Do Away with Sector-Specific Regulation?
Geradin, Damien - 2007
. First, sector-specific regulation can be used to address market failures, such as, for instance, the presence of bottlenecks … of this paper will be on ex ante regulation. There is indeed considerable debate regarding the regulatory framework …-handed approach to regulation. Pursuant to this view, the forthcoming postal directive should only provide for minimal regulatory …
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Double Marginalization and the Counter-Revolution Against Liberal Airline Competition
Horan, Hubert - 2011
those established legacy carriers. While the DOT used antitrust immunity in the 90s as a tool that allowed small competitors …, since 2003 the DOT has used antitrust immunity to enhance the market power of the largest incumbents, leading to pricing …-based airline antitrust policies and the sudden shift to unprecedented levels of international airline concentration was made …
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