-based regulation of access charges for electricity grids enhances competition in the downstream-market. The paper shows that the … field by means of a cost-based regulation of access charges always creates competition in the downstream-market. The paper … also derives the welfare effects of both the liberalization of the downstream-market and the cost-based regulation. …

This paper explores the relation between the regulation of monopolistic upstream prices and the incentives of a … network industries like telecommunications, electricity and railways and has sparked off a controversy in the literature. The …. The insights are applied to the electricity supply industry in Germany. …

and regulation schemes on retail electricity prices. We find significantly higher prices in markets with vertically … structure is heterogeneous across the 850 German electricity submarkets for residential customers (there exist legally unbundled …

The European Commission is introducing new regulations on submission and publication of data in electricity markets … immediacy. I conclude that to achieve the aims of efficiently functioning wholesale electricity markets, fair and non …-discriminatory access to data and a coherent and consistent view of the European wholesale electricity market, it does not seem advisable to …

states, legislators are now considering re-imposing regulation. In this paper I discuss some successful features of industry … heavyhanded regulation should be resisted. …

tighter regulation. Using data from the electricity industry, this analysis considers the total effect of restructuring on one … restructuring in the electricity generation industry. As numerous industries and economies have undergone this sort of transition to …

This paper presents an analysis and defense of competition in retail electricity supply. It includes some account of … customers prefer, and the advantages of competition over regulation.Cet article propose une analyse et une défense de la …

Deregulation of the electricity sector has resulted in conflict between the economic aims of creating competitive …