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R&D, Patenting and Market Regulation: Evidence from EU Electricity industry

Cambini, Carlo; Caviggioli, Federico; Scellato, Giuseppe - Istituto di Economia e Politica dell'Energia e … - 2015

In this paper we study the effects of the changes in the level of product market regulation on the industry …&D budgets and EPO patent applications from IEA and Eurostat Databases and indexes of market regulation conditions from OECD, in … of market regulation intensity is based on the aggregation of three factors that capture respectively entry barriers …

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Investment and capital structure of partially private regulated firms

Cambini, Carlo; Spiegel, Yossi - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2011

We develop a model that examines the capital structure and investment decisions of regulated firms in a setting that incorporates two key institutional features of the public utilities sector in many countries: firms are partially owned by the state and regulators are not necessarily...

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Technology investment and alternative regulatory regimes with demand uncertainty

Cambini, Carlo; Silvestri, Virginia - In: Information Economics and Policy 24 (2012) 3, pp. 212-230

structures. The investment return in terms of demand increase is uncertain. We compare the impact of different access regulation … regimes – full regulation, partial regulation (only the copper network is regulated), risk sharing – on investment incentives …

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Technology Investment and Alternative Regulatory Regimes with Demand Uncertainty

Cambini, Carlo; Silvestri, Virginia - Robert Schuman Centre for Advanced Studies (RSCAS), … - 2012

price regulation regimes - full regulation, partial regulation (only the copper network is regulated), risk sharing - on … partial regulation and exclusion does not necessarily happen in equilibrium even if the incumbent has more ability than the …

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Investment sharing in broadband networks

Cambini, Carlo; Silvestri, Virginia - In: Telecommunications Policy 37 (2013) 10, pp. 861-878

This paper presents a model of competition between an incumbent firm and an Other Licensed Operator (OLO) in the broadband market, where the incumbent has an investment option to build a Next Generation network (NGN) and it can do so by making an investment sharing agreement with the OLO, or...

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Regulation and Efficiency Incentives: Evidence from the England and Wales Water and Sewerage Industry

Erbetta, Fabrizio; Cave, Martin - In: Review of Network Economics 6 (2007) 4, pp. 425-452

price review signaled a tightening in regulation which is shown to have led to a significant reduction in technical … inefficiency. The new economic environment set by price-cap regulation acted to bring inputs closer to their cost-minimizing levels …

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Introduzione. Liberalizzazioni e concorrenza in Italia

Pammolli, Fabio; Cambini, Carlo; Giannaccari, Andrea - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2007

Italy is one of the OECD countries with the highest regulation in the different economy sectors. The recent measures …

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Restructuring Public Transit Systems: Evidence on Cost Properties from Medium and Large-Sized Companies

Cambini, Carlo; Piacenza, Massimiliano; Vannoni, Davide - In: Review of Industrial Organization 31 (2007) 3, pp. 183-203

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Six Degrees of Separation : Operational Separation as a Remedy in European Telecommunications Regulation

Cave, Martin - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2006

Numerous proposals have been made for separation in the telecommunications sector, some of which have been implemented, including the break-up of the Bell system in the 1980s and the widespread implementation of accounting separation. In recent years, attention has been focussed on operational...

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