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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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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...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010423531
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Network unbundling and flawed coordination : lessons from electricity and railways
Brunekreeft, Gert - 2014
coordination. This paper examines three persistent sources of flawed coordination: 1) a regulation versus unbundling dilemma, 2 …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010423547
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The impact of the regulatory reform process on R&D investment of European electricity utilities : conference paper
Schmitt, Stephan; Kucsera, Denes - 2013 - This version: 25.10.2012
of regulation on R&D investment. Nearing competition has a dampening effect on R&D spending, but once the market and … could not find any evidence that (ownership) unbundling and incentive regulation affect R&D expenditures of the utilities. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010337284
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The new institutional economics of antitrust and regulation
Bickenbach, Frank; Kumkar, Lars; Soltwedel, Rüdiger - 1999
, challenge antitrust and regulation policy. The paper focuses on the theoretical and methodological basis provided by the New … specific view of NIE at industrial organization, antitrust and regulation, discusses three current issues - the European policy …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011490672
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The Unbundling Regime for Electricity Utilities in the EU : A Case of Legislative and Regulatory Capture?
Van Koten, Silvester; Ortmann, Andreas - 2008
Theory and empirics suggest that by curbing competition, incumbent electricity companies which used to be and here are referred to as Vertically Integrated Utilities (VIUs), can increase their profitability through combined ownership of generation and transmission and/or distribution networks....
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014219240
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The Impact of Liberalization and Environmental Policy On Financial Risk-Return Profiles of European Energy Utilities
Tulloch, Daniel J. - 2014
We examine the impact of liberalization, energy efficiency, renewable energy, and security of supply legislations on the risk-return profiles of European energy utilities over the period 1996 to 2013. Results show that, after controlling for equity market and commodity risk factors, the EU...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013043636
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Consideration regarding community services of the Romanian public utilities
Cucoş, Alina Florentina; Trif, Nicolae Viorel - In: Analele Universităţii Dunărea de Jos Galaţi / 1 18 (2012) 2, pp. 103-108
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010377042
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Managing the Intersection of Utilities Regulation and EC Competition Law
Monti, Giorgio - 2013
Utilities regulation in the Member States is always subject to the application of EC competition law. However, this … undermines the effectiveness of utilities regulation and the European Courts should deploy a more flexible standard than that … demarcate the borderline between competition law and sector regulation but a case-by-case assessment should be carried out to …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014214385
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New tools for studying network industry reforms in developing cuntries : The telecommunications and electricity regulation database
Haggerty, Luke (contributor) - 2004
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010523048