utilities before and after the introduction of the sunshine regulation. As during the period 1992-2006 several alternative … regulatory reforms including privatization, yardstick competition and profit regulation were also seriously considered, we …, scale, etc.), our results suggest that in an appropriate political and institutional context, sunshine regulation can be an …

regulation ; natural gas transmission …

Data Envelopment Analysis (DEA) based cost norms have attractive properties in the regulation of natural monopolies … that the regulation will induce socially optimal output levels. In this paper, we analytically and numerically examine the … that the eight-year catch-up period allowed in this regulation gives strong incentives to reduce costs since the firms can …

Yardstick regulation requires the utilization of benchmarking, a valuable tool for improving the public service …

implications are higher the more heterogeneous the sector is. As an example, we use the Danish benchmarking regulation of the waste …

problem. The regulator has, therefore, initiated an extensive effort to try to incorporate supply quality in the regulation …

other factors, such as the political agenda and the historical context of the regulation. This sometimes results in some … regulation of the Danish water sector. More specifically, we look at the characteristics of the method the regulator uses to take …

problem. The regulator has, therefore, initiated an extensive effort to try to incorporate supply quality in the regulation …

implications are higher the more heterogeneous the sector is. As an example, we use the Danish benchmarking regulation of the waste …