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" sector while maintaining state ownership and control of the monopoly "grid". This paper examines the details of reform and … restructuring in the context of the international experience with reform and restructuring in these two sectors, and considers the … role of the Ministry for Antimonopoly Policy in reform, both in the past as an "advocate for competition" within the …
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The paper reviews the situation with regard to the electricity sector and the failure of policy and regulation. It argues for direct subsidy and a market oriented unbundling of the sector to take the sector forward. It also brings out the failure of the IPP policy and the costs that it has...
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The aim of this paper is to give deeper insights into the impact of regulatory reforms and privatization on R&D spending of electricity utilities. Building on a panel data set including the biggest European utilities from eight EU-countries over a period from 1985 until 2010, we find a strong...
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The degree of liberalization in OECD electricity markets varies considerably across countries. Commonly explained by diverging economic performances, corruption levels or government ideologies, this paper suggest another potential reason for cross-national differences in market reforms: given...
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government launched an unprecedented marketization reform in 2015 to deregulate the electricity price. This paper examines the …
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The harmonization and integration of separate national energy markets to an interconnected internal European market is a top priority of the European Commission. However, as energy policy largely remains subject to national sovereignty, a higher degree of integration can cause unilateral...
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Electricity reform typically involves little regard to the possibility that customer ownership might substitute for the …
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As part of electricity sector reforms, Sub-Saharan African countries have established independent regulatory agencies to signal legal and political commitment to end selfregulation and provision of service by the state. The reforms aimed to encourage private investments, improve efficiency, and...
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