This paper seeks to disaggregate concerns about energy security within the wider European neighbourhood from the nation-state to the household, and particularly to poor households in the transition and developing economies of the former Soviet Union. It argues that two decades of...

In this discussion paper I review and discuss the main economic and technical issues affecting the Regulatory WACC assessment in the sector of regulated utilities. I focus on three main compelling issues (the estimation of the risk-free rate, the treatment of risky debt, the calculation of the...

Das Zentrale-Orte-Konzept erlebt eine Renaissance. Nach dem "bashing" im letzten Jahrzehnt des vergangenen Jahrhunderts ist die (alte) Notwendigkeit "neu" entdeckt worden, das bewährte raumordnerische Modell zur Stabilisierung besonders der peripheren ländlichen Räume zu nutzen. In den neuen...