costs in a so-called base year. Such regulation is employed, among others, to govern electricity distribution operators in …. A connected set of price caps exists so that a hybrid regulation consisting of any element in this set and the cost …

, 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 …

Mit dem 2005 novellierten Energiewirtschaftsgesetz wurde in Deutschland eine staatliche Regulierung der Energienetze … sanktionieren. Zugleich müssen mögliche Fehlanreize vermieden werden. So darf die Regulierung nicht allein auf Rationalisierung …In Germany state regulation of energy networks was introduced by the amendment of the Energy Utility Act in 2005. This …

structure with one firm choosing higher investments. While access regulation imposed on the dominant firm leads to lower prices … network effects leading to potentially increased demand, regulation can substantially lower aggregate social welfare …

coordination. This paper examines three persistent sources of flawed coordination: 1) a regulation versus unbundling dilemma, 2 …

requirements, (international) benchmarking is not an adequate tool for the regulation of transmission system operators (TSO … high. The paper discusses options to reduce the weight of benchmarking in TSO regulation and options that do not rely on …