could not find any evidence that (ownership) unbundling and incentive regulation affect R&D expenditures of the utilities. …&D spending of electricity utilities. Building on a panel data set including the biggest European utilities from eight EU … of regulation on R&D investment. Nearing competition has a dampening effect on R&D spending, but once the market and …

Commission's current decision to lift the ex ante regulation on the fixed-line telephony market. …

We study the impact of the access charges of copper and fiber unbundling on an incumbent's incentives to invest in …

investment cost is low. We also show that, when voluntary access provision occurs in equilibrium, access regulation is socially … desirable only if the degree of spillover is small and the investment cost is high. On the contrary, access regulation is …

quality upgrades of fixed and mobile access networks. We also find evidence that regulatory interventions such as unbundling …

Liberalized electricity markets are characterized by a fluctuating price-inelastic demand, non-storable electricity and …

Lack of transmission capacity hampers the efficient integration of the European electricity market, and thereby …