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policy debate on interconnector expansion and studies two particular points. First, the effects of network regulation on the …
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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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sector regulation and objectives as a context within the process of implementation of competition law in the energy sector … and third, we will investigate how sector regulation in energy sector incorporates competition law principles and affirms … combined with the need for effectiveness and focus on other than competition objectives of sector regulation and we will result …
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-cap incentive regulation, independent regulatory agencies and an emphasis on introducing competition where possible. For each …, and these weaknesses call for a model of regulation designed specifically to address them …
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With the closure of the final six nuclear power plants, the commercial use of nuclear energy for electricity generation in Germany will come to an end in 2022. Due to the German power system's sufficient capacities-in 2020, the sector exported 20 terawatt hours (TWh), or about four percent of...
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This paper studies the innovation response of upstream technology suppliers when their downstream technology buyers … transition from regulation to product market competition. First, we develop a theoretical framework that models this particular … for innovation, we identify two channels through which the effects of deregulation are transmitted to innovation: (a) the …
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This article examines the issue of the appropriate scope of review of economic evidence enshrined in the discretionary assessments of utility regulators in the US and the UK. It advances a balance of institutional competencies approach to the question of the degree of deference owed to the...
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A weak version of the Porter hypothesis claims that strict environmental policy provides positive innovation incentives … tests this hypothesis across countries by linking environmental stringency to innovation proxied by patents in the field of … models do not reveal a positive significant effect on innovation as a result of increased stringency. In the theoretically …
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This paper provides robust estimates of the impact of both product and labour market regulations on unemployment using data for 24 European countries over the period 1998-2013. Controlling for country-fixed effects, endogeneity and a large set of covariates, results show that product market...
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