its endeavour. In this respect, an EU competition policy that focuses on consumer welfare is one way to gain support by … the citizens of its member states. The Roaming Regulation that has reduced the mobile communications costs while … increase in consumer welfare (primarily by reducing prices) and that they protect the rights and interests of consumers. In the …

industry. The general expectation is that more competition will lead to lower prices and higher volumes, and hence higher … welfare. This paper indicates that this might not happen for at least two reasons. First, energy markets, including the market … for natural gas, are characterized by imperfect competition and increasing costs to develop new energy sources. As a …

industry. The general expectation is that more competition will lead to lower prices and higher volumes, and hence higher … welfare. This paper indicates that this might not happen for at least two reasons. First, energy markets, including the market … for natural gas, are characterized by imperfect competition and increasing costs to develop new energy sources. As a …

The very concept of 'domestic regulation' in telecommunications comes from multilateral commitments of international … relations, where regulation in telecom services, directly affect commercial and bilateral relationships of partner countries …. Under WTO commitments Pakistan has opened up its telecom sector under De-Regulation Policy of 2003 and now the privatization …

Over the past decade, cost-benefit analysis in the field of financial regulation (“financial CBA”) has emerged as a … benefit analysis in the area of consumer financial regulation. This taxonomy reflects traditional market failures, cognitive … be considered state-of-the-art benefit analysis in consumer protection regulation in the years immediately following the …

, while we highlight the major points concerning competition regulation, which are related to the effort for the establishment … and defines the application of European competition law to this framework of restructuring. We firstly present the … law - the general framework of the application of competition rules to energy market, under a scope of combination of …

This document (of 351 pages) contains the proceedings of a one-day roundtable on regulation and competition issues … broadcasting, approaches to regulation of broadcasting and highlighting the features of the industry which give rise to competition … member countries describing in detail the regulatory regime for broadcasting and some of the competition policy issues which …