This article examines the energy market restructuring in EU after the gradual liberalisation process of previous years and defines the application of European competition law to this framework of restructuring. We firstly present the different aspects of this restructuring and second we...

The degree of liberalization in OECD electricity markets varies considerably across countries. Commonly explained by diverging economic performances, corruption levels or government ideologies, this paper suggest another potential reason for cross-national differences in market reforms: given...

This paper discusses the UK's concurrency arrangements under which sector regulators can apply aspects of competition law to their industry. It is frequently claimed that concurrency is a unique aspect of UK competition policy. However, this paper argues that it arose during the 1980s as one...

This paper discusses the UK's concurrency arrangements under which sector regulators can apply aspects of competition law to their industry. It is frequently claimed that concurrency is a unique aspect of UK competition policy. However, this paper argues that it arose during the 1980s as one...

What is a good balance between competition and coordination in network industries? Network unbundling aims to promote competition, but this has to be balanced against the downside of unbundling: firm-internal coordination falls away and must be replaced by external market mechanisms. This is a...