associated with the X-factor in a price/revenue cap regulation and cost of capital, whilst at the same time increasing overall …

In regulation of network services such as the distribution of electricity, gas and water prices have traditionally been …

This chapter provides a comprehensive overview of the theoretical and empirical literature on the regulation of natural … institutions, price regulation with full information, price regulation with imperfect and asymmetric information, and topics on the … measurement of the effects of price and entry regulation in practice. The chapter also discusses the literature on network access …

such regulation is in all instances inappropriate or uncalled for. Instead, all we mean is that there are counterarguments … utility-like regulation of internet platforms is that these platforms can become “natural monopolies” which tend to forestall … turn has allowed entrants to unseat what were once thought to be entrenched incumbents. Regulation risks quashing such …

account key institutional features of EU public utilities, such as: a) regulation by agencies with various degrees of …

, it probes whether the combination of government ownership and regulation helps overcome some of the shortcomings of the … regulation of private firms. Although we find hints of tensions between state ownership and government regulation, we do not find …

, 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 …

investment. -- regulation ; competition ; market integration ; investment ; electricity …