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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...
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Enhancing Brazil's Regulatory Framework for Network Industries : The Case of Electricity, Oil and Gas, and Water and Sanitation
de Almeida, Edmar - 2005
This paper assesses Brazil’s regulatory framework and agencies for several network industries (electricity, oil and gas, and water and sanitation). Private investment can be encouraged by tackling regulatory uncertainty in many areas. To this end, recent initiatives include a new regulatory...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012444125
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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...
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An Intersection of Privatization and Public Utility Regulation : The Ohio State University’s Energy Concession Agreement
Dormady, Noah; Jones, Douglas N.; Roe, Brian E.; Rub, Guy A. - 2021
principles and design practices borrowed directly from economic regulation of public utilities and against the backdrop of the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013222136
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Network Utilities in the U.S. - Sector Reforms Without Privatization
Vogelsang, Ingo - 2021
U.S. network industry reforms led other countries in the past, but have recently run into difficulties in specific areas. In particular, the U.S. telecommunications sector was hit by a deep crisis and electricity reforms suffered under the California disaster. Part of the explanation for these...
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Regulatory Institution and Regulatory Practice : Issues in Electricity Tariff Determination in Reformed Electricity Industry in India
Kodwani, Devendra G. - 2010
in India. The Indian electricity regulation provides an opportunity to do comparative analysis of the approaches taken by …
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Parametric Versus Non-Parametric Efficiency Measures : A Consistency Conditions Analysis of the Finnish Electricity Distribution Industry
Kopsakangas-Savolainen, Maria - 2010
Regulator needs reliable information on which to base its policies when practicing regulation on individual firms …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014188625
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Stochastic Semi-Nonparametric Efficiency Analysis of Electricity Distribution Networks : Application of the StoNED Method in the Finnish Regulatory Model
Kuosmanen, Timo - 2011
Electricity distribution network is a prime example of a natural local monopoly. In many countries, electricity distribution is regulated by the government. In Finland, the regulator estimates the efficient cost frontier using the data envelopment analysis (DEA) and stochastic frontier analysis...
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Ownership Separation of the Gas Transportation Network : Theory and Practice
Dorigoni, Susanna - 2015
favour or against) can be comfortably contrasted by a counterargument. In our view, an effective regulation would solve the …
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Monopoly Regulation, Chilean Style : The Efficient-Firm Standard in Theory and Practice
Bustos, Álvaro E.; Galetovic, Alexander - 2004
This paper analyses the foundations of efficient-firm regulation (implemented in Chile for almost two decades), and the … companies. We show that efficient-firm regulation implies setting prices equal to long-run average cost, which is optimal when … the firm is required to be self-financing. In contrast, this is not true of the best-known alternatives, namely regulation …
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