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A survey of the liberalisation of public enterprises in the UK since 1979

Pollitt, M.G. - Faculty of Economics, University of Cambridge - 1999

This paper examines the course of the deregulation and privatisation of public enterprises in the UK since 1979. The UK privatisation programme has been the most significant in the OECD involving the transfer of ownership of over 7% of GDP from the public to the private sectors. We examine the...

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Regulation, Competition and Investment in the German Electricity Market: RegTP or REGTP

Brunekreeft, G.; Twelemann, S. - Faculty of Economics, University of Cambridge - 2005

The German energy industries will be subjected to regulation of network access enforced by a sector-specific regulator … resulted in a margin squeeze. The government currently discusses whether to use rate-of-return or incentive regulation, to …

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Electricity Reform in Chile: Lessons for Developing Countries

Pollitt, M.G. - Faculty of Economics, University of Cambridge - 2004

economic regulation of electricity and the general institutional environment favourable to reform. We note that while the …

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Municipal aggregation and retail competition in the Ohio energy sector

Littlechild, S. - Faculty of Economics, University of Cambridge - 2007

Stabilization Plans holding incumbent utility prices below cost since 2006. In the Ohio gas sector, rate regulation has not …

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Transmission expansion in Argentina 5: the Regional Electricity Forum of Buenos Aires Province

Littlechild, S.C.; Ponzano, E.A. - Faculty of Economics, University of Cambridge - 2007

This paper supplements analyses of Argentine transmission expansions at the federal level by looking at experience in Buenos Aires province. A Regional Electricity Forum of distribution companies has drawn up and begun to implement a ten-year transmission expansion plan. Contrary to previous...

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Use of Long-term Auctions for Network Investment

McDaniel, Tanga; Neuhoff, K. - Faculty of Economics, University of Cambridge - 2002

Short-term auctions for access to entry terminals of the British gas-network appear to successfully allocate scarce resources and capture scarcity rent. Now long-term auctions are being introduced to guide future capacity expansion decisions. In our model the fraction of rights issued in the...

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Category captain management: an idea whose time has come in the pharmaceutical industry?

Trombetta, Bill - In: International Journal of Pharmaceutical and Healthcare … 4 (2010) 2, pp. 157-174

Purpose – The purpose of the paper is to explore the degree to which the drug industry is changing from a product orientation to a more strategic category captain management (CCM) approach. Design/methodology/approach – The paper is based on secondary research sources. Findings – The paper...

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An international regulatory clinical trial comparative

Fiedler, Beth Ann; Bebber, Robert J. - In: International Journal of Pharmaceutical and Healthcare … 7 (2013) 2, pp. 199-215

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to establish historic regulatory conditions and priority national characteristics eliciting outstanding best practices in clinical trial regulatory systems, towards global health objectives through targeted economic development....

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Research opportunities in performance measurement in public utilities regulation

Ensslin, Sandra Rolim; Ensslin, Leonardo; Matos, Lucas … - In: International Journal of Productivity and Performance … 64 (2015) 7, pp. 994-1017

measurement in public utilities regulation. The method is designed to identify references with high academic relevance in …

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Natural monopoly privatisation under different regulatory regimes

Domney, Mark D.; Wilson, Heather I.M.; Chen, Er - In: International Journal of Public Sector Management 18 (2005) 3, pp. 274-292

related to airport profitability. Findings – For firms with monopolistic characteristics operating under minimalist regulation …Purpose – To compare the profitability and technical efficiency of firms in a monopoly industry, airports, operating … this independent measure is used in regression analyses to determine whether efficiency, regulation or privatisation is …

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