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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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National FTTH plans in France, Italy and Portugal

Bourreau, Marc; Cambini, Carlo; Hoernig, Steffen - Robert Schuman Centre for Advanced Studies (RSCAS), … - 2010

In this paper, we analyze the specific national broadband plans which have been developed by some European governments to foster the deployment of next generation access networks, namely in France, Italy, and Portugal. In particular, we discuss the strategies adopted to achieve wide fibre...

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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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