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Innovation-Friendly Regulation : The Sunset of Regulation, the Sunrise of Innovation

Ranchordas, Sofia - 2015

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Regulatory push-pull effects on innovation : an evaluation of the effects of the REACH regulation on patents in the chemical sector

Ghisetti, Claudia; Quatraro, Francesco - 2015

, redirecting firms' innovation activities towards ecological targets without hampering their competitiveness is of paramount … avoid sub-optimal commitment of resources to the innovation process and ensure the reduction of polluting agents emissions … chemical domain so as to draw useful insights on the effect of the policy aiming at redirecting innovation activities to …

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A vision of the European energy future? : the impact of the German response to the Fukushima earthquake

Grossi, Luigi; Heim, Sven; Waterson, Michael - 2014

The German response to the Fukushima nuclear power plant incident was possibly the most significant change of policy towards nuclear power outside Japan, leading to a sudden and very significant shift in the underlying power generation structure in Germany. This provides a very useful natural...

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From Energy Sector Inquiry to Recent Antitrust Decisions in European Energy Markets : Competition Law as a Means to Implement Sector Regulation

Diathesopoulos, Michael D. - 2014

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Legally Separated Joint Ownership of Bidder and Auctioneer : Illustrated by the Partial Deregulation of the EU Electricity Markets

Van Koten, Silvester - 2008

In the EU electricity industry, many Vertically Integrated Utilities (VIUs) have ownership both of electricity generators and of transmission, hence VIU-owned or allied generators often are bidders in auctions for VIU-owned transmission. In Van Koten (2006) I show that welfare suffers and the...

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The Restructuring of Romanian Power Sector at the Crossroads : Competitive Markets or Neo-Colbertism?

Oprescu, Gheorghe; Diaconu, Oana; Pittman, Russell W. - 2007

Despite efforts made by European Commission to liberalize electricity markets and foster integration, there are still significant barriers to free competition. Until now, Romania was one of the countries that have been compliant to the European Union's electricity directives, being ahead of...

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Introducing Competition and Deregulating the British Domestic Energy Markets : A Legal and Economic Discussion

Harker, Michael; Price, Catherine Waddams - 2014

In this article we chart the development of competition and deregulation of the British retail energy markets, explaining the evolution of competitive constraints when consumers are introduced to supplier choice for the first time. In the context of rising real energy prices for consumers, and...

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Railways Reform and Electricity Reform in Russia, and the Role of the Ministry for Antimonopoly Policy

Pittman, Russell W. - 2003

The Russian Federation is in the process of making major structural changes to its railway and electricity sectors. Both sectors will be at least partly vertically disintegrated, with the aim of creating competition in the "upstream" sector while maintaining state ownership and control of the...

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European Electricity Market Reforms : Any Signs of Efficiency Improvements?

Zarnic, Ziga - 2010

productivity effects of changing industry structure, ownership structure and regulation with respect to barriers to entry and …

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From Liberalization Towards Integration : Have Markups of EU Electricity Firms Changed?

Zarnic, Ziga - 2010

This paper presents an ex-post empirical analysis of the impact of European electricity market reforms on markups of firms. The working hypothesis is that further economic integration would bring competition into electricity markets reflected by lower markups of electricity firms. The results...

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