market power appears to be constrained by competition and largely determined by demand side factors. Finally, we find that …

, while we highlight the major points concerning competition regulation, which are related to the effort for the establishment … and defines the application of European competition law to this framework of restructuring. We firstly present the … law - the general framework of the application of competition rules to energy market, under a scope of combination of …

market power appears to be constrained by competition and largely determined by demand side factors. Finally, we find that …

The introduction of retail competition in various states in United States was expected to lower electricity bills … competitive retail electricity market under continuous price regulation, and discuss policy implications …

transition from regulation to product market competition. First, we develop a theoretical framework that models this particular … appropriation effect which has decreased innovation by 19.5 percent after deregulation, and (b) the competition effect which has … quality and generality have both declined after the introduction of downstream competition …

This paper discusses the current state of product market competition in Iceland, including the legal and regulatory … competition law since the early 1990s have strengthened competitive forces in many sectors of the economy, and proposed amendments … have helped vigorous competition to develop in most segments, but there remain problems in pricing of access to the local …

Russia in 2003 embarked on the restructuring of its electricity sector. The reform is intended to introduce competition … characterised by real competition based on economically meaningful prices. There are two dangers here. The first is that private …

policies, a number of challenges remain. Although there are few sectors of the economy from which competition policy and law … competition enforcement. Intellectual property rights create special challenges for competition policy and some problems have … setbacks, reflecting both the difficulties in ensuring competition in such industries and policy mistakes. …