Recommended readings (Machine generated): F.P. Ramsey (1927), 'A Contribution to the Theory of Taxation', Economic Journal, 37 (145), March, 47-61 -- Harold Hotelling (1938), 'The General Welfare in Relation to Problems of Taxation and of Railway and Utility Rates', Econometrica, 6 (3), July,...

Featuring an original introduction by the editors, this carefully selected collection of essays explores the main issues surrounding competition and regulation in electricity markets. The industry is experiencing irresistible forces for change driven by energy policy objectives; a reassessment...

Roland Berger, Clemens Fuest, Hans-Werner Sinn, Christoph Theis und Peter-Alexander Wacker stellen ihre Vorschläge für eine neue Strategie in der Energiepolitik vor, die beim Jahrestreffen der Gesellschaft zur Förderung der wirtschaftswissenschaftlichen Forschung (Freunde des ifo Instituts)...

Energy is primarily a private good but also has public goods characteristics. The EU's traditional strategy to cater to the strategic goods element - energy security - was the liberal market model. The Ukraine crisis has fundamentally put the liberal model in question. The present EU measures...