The purpose of this research is to evaluate the impact of vertical unbundling on German electric utilities. Our …-term changes and the long-term impact on competition in the electricity market as well as the impact on costs and security of … supply. Overall, we have two main conclusions. First, the major step in the unbundling process is from "lean legal unbundling …

network industries like telecommunications, electricity and railways and has sparked off a controversy in the literature. The …This paper explores the relation between the regulation of monopolistic upstream prices and the incentives of a …. The insights are applied to the electricity supply industry in Germany. …

network industries like telecommunications, electricity and railways and has sparked off a controversy in the literature. The …This paper explores the relation between the regulation of monopolistic upstream prices and the incentives of a …. The insights are applied to the electricity supply industry in Germany. …

and regulation and productivity measurement of the German electricity industry in particular. The methodological approach … and politico-economic background of the German and the US electricity industries. The following two chapters provide …