Intro -- Contents -- Preface -- Abbreviation and Units -- Privatization, Restructuring, and Regulation of Network … Utilities -- Introduction -- The Problem of Regulatory Commitment -- Ownership of Network Utilities -- Theories of Regulation …

subject of this study is the analysis of network industries with particular emphasis on privatization in this field in general … and regulation and productivity measurement of the German electricity industry in particular. The methodological approach … is threefold. The chapter on privatization is based on a theoretical model, followed by a chapter on the institutional …