We study the regulation of a firm which supplies a regulated service while also operating in a competitive, unregulated … (with price and quantity competition) and optimal regulation that involves an informational externality to the competitors …. Although joint conduct of the activities generates scope economies, it also entails private information, so that regulation is …

We study the regulation of a firm which supplies a regulated service while also operating in a competitive, unregulated … (with price and quantity competition) and optimal regulation that involves an informational externality to the competitors …. Although joint conduct of the activities generates scope economies, it also entails private information, so that regulation is …

. First, sector-specific regulation can be used to address market failures, such as, for instance, the presence of bottlenecks … of this paper will be on ex ante regulation. There is indeed considerable debate regarding the regulatory framework …-handed approach to regulation. Pursuant to this view, the forthcoming postal directive should only provide for minimal regulatory …

In health care, many aspects of the delivery of services are subject to regulation. Often the purpose of the regulated … analyse the effect of price regulation and free choice on quality in physiotherapy organised by the Social Insurance … effect of the regulation and for this task we have defined the regulated and non-regulated firms and their quality before and …

We consider the regulation of national firms in a common market. Regulators can influence the production of national …

coordination. This paper examines three persistent sources of flawed coordination: 1) a regulation versus unbundling dilemma, 2 …

of regulation on R&D investment. Nearing competition has a dampening effect on R&D spending, but once the market and … could not find any evidence that (ownership) unbundling and incentive regulation affect R&D expenditures of the utilities. …