The purpose of the paper is (1) to analyze the potential and the incentives for a vertically integrated input monopolist to engage in price-discrimination when there is downstream entry, and (2) to examine the question, whether a cost-based regulation of access charges for electricity grids...

An argument brought forward by German municipalties against the new energy law is their fear of decreasing license fees paid by utilities for the right to use public roads for the transport of electricity. This paper argues from an economic point of vue that this fear is unjustified. The right...

This paper analyzes an argument brought forward by German municipalities against the new electricity law. They fear a decline in license fees paid by utilities for the right to use public roads for the transport of electricity. This would make it impossible to further maintain...