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Natural or Unnatural Monopolies in UK Telecommunications?

Correa, Lisa - 2003

This paper analyses whether scale economies exists in the UK telecommunications industry. The approach employed differs from other UK studies in that panel data for a range of companies is used. This increases the number of observations and thus allows potentially for more robust tests for...

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Regulation and investment incentives in electricity distribution : an empirical assessment

Cullmann, Astrid; Nieswand, Maria - 2015

's implementation of incentive regulation in 2009 has a negative impact on total investment, and that firms increase their investments … with the German data. The results show that investments increase after incentive regulation, and that the institutional … specific heterogeneity. It should further include all institutional aspects of incentive regulation to design incentives that …

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Unbundling of electricity transmission system operators in Germany : an experience report

Brunekreeft, Gert; Goto, Mika; Meyer, Roland; Maruyama, … - 2014

The purpose of this research is to evaluate the impact of vertical unbundling on German electric utilities. Our research mainly relies on in-depth interviews with sector-experts from the German utilities. We will discuss both short-term changes and the long-term impact on competition in the...

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Unobserved technological heterogeneity among German electricity distribution network operators - a latent class analysis

Just, Lisa - 2021

Accounting for network operators' heterogeneity is of crucial importance for regulators. In contrast to observed heterogeneity, the consideration of unobserved differences is far more challenging. Most estimation models try to account for unobserved factors that impact the network operators'...

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Distributed generation and cost efficiency of German electricity distribution network operators

Just, Lisa; Wetzel, Heike - 2020

incentive regulation and efficiency benchmarking in electricity distribution industries and provides valuable insights for …

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Introducing Competition and Deregulating the British Domestic Energy Markets : A Legal and Economic Discussion

Harker, Michael; Price, Catherine Waddams - 2014

In this article we chart the development of competition and deregulation of the British retail energy markets, explaining the evolution of competitive constraints when consumers are introduced to supplier choice for the first time. In the context of rising real energy prices for consumers, and...

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