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 …

be integrated and where is competition feasible? Third, where is regulation necessary and can it be made more efficient …, introduced market competition for power purchases, and implemented incentive regulation for monopolized transmission and …

The opening of network industries to competition is a long-running issue of economic policy in the European Union since … this volume are focusing on current topics in the field of competition and regulation in electricity, natural gas and …

This publication (of 264 pages) represents the proceedings of a roundtable on regulation and competition issues arising … railways and the competition issues that they have addressed in this sector. In addition, the publication includes a summary of … effects of public ownership and public service obligations, inter-modal competition, vertical separation of track and rail …