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An Assessment of Telecommunications Regulation Performance in the European Union
Afonso, António; Scaglioni, Carla - 2013
We assess the performance of National Regulatory Authorities across 16 EU countries regarding economic regulation in …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014061329
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A fair price for energy? : ownership versus market opening in the EU15
Fiorio, Carlo V.; Florio, Massimo - 2010
In the past two decades privatisation and liberalisation of network industries providing services of general economic interest (SGEI), have been particularly significant in the European Union. Wide variations around a common policy trend can, however, be observed across countries and sectors. We...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003985907
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European Energy Regulators : An Empirical Analysis of Legal Competences
Jong, Thijs - 2015
This paper examines empirically whether differences in legal competences of National Regulatory Authorities (NRAs) of European gas and electricity markets are rationally aligned to the corresponding countries' divergent levels of 1) security, 2) competitiveness, and 3) carbon-neutrality of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013024225
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Competition Law and Sector Regulation in the European Energy Market after the Third Energy Package : Hierarchy and Efficiency
Diathesopoulos, Michael D. - 2012
general competition and sector specific frameworks and rules regarding the regulation of the Internal Energy Market …-by-case solutions, which lack the breadth of objectives expressed by sector regulation. On the other hand, sector regulation seems to … hierarchical priority over sector-specific rules and its direct application cannot be excluded when sector regulation is …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014171519
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European Gas Regulation : A Change of Focus
Spanjer, Aldo - 2009
This paper confronts the current European gas regulation with the emerging new energy paradigm. It argues that due to a … explicitly recognize producer interests. This implies that the current European gas regulation requires a change of focus …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014206027
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LNG Development Across Europe : Infrastructural and Regulatory Analysis
Dorigoni, Susanna; Portatadino, Sergio - 2008
among them and shrinking their margins among the value chain. In this context regulation is meant to play a key role in …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014217874
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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...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014052667
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Capital Structure and Regulation : Does Ownership Matter?
Bortolotti, Bernardo; Cambini, Carlo; Rondi, Laura; … - 2014
We construct a comprehensive panel data of 96 publicly traded European utilities over the period 1994-2005 in order to study the relationship between the capital structure of regulated firms, regulated prices, and investments, and examine if and how this interaction is affected by ownership...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014223408
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A Fair Price for Energy? Ownership versus Market Opening in the EU15
Fiorio, Carlo V. - 2010
In the past two decades privatisation and liberalisation of network industries providing services of general economic interest (SGEI), have been particularly significant in the European Union. Wide variations around a common policy trend can, however, be observed across countries and sectors. We...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013141084