infrastructure providers increases. After some years these providers are often confronted with stricter state regulation that impacts … their freedom of action and reduces their profitability. Providers often experience such stricter regulation as an … unexpected risk that could not have been prevented. This book casts a different light on state regulation. In a first step, it …

subject of this study is the analysis of network industries with particular emphasis on privatization in this field in general … and regulation and productivity measurement of the German electricity industry in particular. The methodological approach … is threefold. The chapter on privatization is based on a theoretical model, followed by a chapter on the institutional …

subject of this study is the analysis of network industries with particular emphasis on privatization in this field in general … and regulation and productivity measurement of the German electricity industry in particular. The methodological approach … is threefold. The chapter on privatization is based on a theoretical model, followed by a chapter on the institutional …