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Stranded Benefits Versus Stranded Costs in Utility Deregulation

Cearley, Reed W.; Cole, Daniel H. - 2003

The shift to competition in utility generation is likely to generate "stranded investments," which are wealth transfers between investors and utility ratepayers. Stranded investments can take either of two forms: (1) "stranded costs" are a transfer from investors to ratepayers that occur when...

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Enhancing Competition in the Postal Sector : Can We Do Away with Sector-Specific Regulation?

Geradin, Damien - 2007

. First, sector-specific regulation can be used to address market failures, such as, for instance, the presence of bottlenecks … of this paper will be on ex ante regulation. There is indeed considerable debate regarding the regulatory framework …-handed approach to regulation. Pursuant to this view, the forthcoming postal directive should only provide for minimal regulatory …

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The Unsustainable Costs of Partial Deregulation

MacAvoy, Paul W. - 2008

Three decade ago, federal policymakers - Republicans and Democrats - embarked on a general strategy of deregulation in the electricity, gas delivery, and telecommunications industries. The strategy called for restructuring to separate production from the transmission and distribution, followed...

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Deregulating Telecommunications in Internet Time

Speta, James B. - 2013

The Telecommunications Act of 1996 has yielded more litigation and less local competition than its supporters expected or intended. Calls for its reform are multiplying. The article diagnoses the 1996 Act's failings and prescribes a framework for reform. The successful deregulations of the...

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Network Access Pricing and Deregulation

Sidak, J. Gregory; Spulber, Daniel F. - 2009

The paper addresses the question of pricing access to the network facilities of an incumbent firm after deregulation. Network access pricing continues to be regulated in such industries as telecommunications, railroads, electric power and natural gas. We emphasize that access prices should be...

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Better Regulation - Impact Assessment in Telecommunications

Sutherland, Ewan - 2013

Better regulation is intended to serve as a framework to increase economic competitiveness, ensuring that legislation … energy efficiency of consumer electronics). The United Kingdom was an early mover in better regulation, implementing a … regulator conduct impact assessments. In the Republic of Ireland the government adopted a white paper on better regulation and …

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From Competition to Regulation : New Zealand Telecommunications Sector Performance 1987-2007

Howell, Bronwyn E. - 2008

under competition law-based sector governance (the period from 1987 to 2001) and under industry-specific regulation (2001 to …-specific regulation, however, transfers to consumers appear to have reduced, transaction costs have increased and delays are being …

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Regulation, Industry Structure, and Performance in the Electricity Supply Industry

Steiner, Faye - 2003

This paper seeks to assess the impact of liberalisation and privatisation on performance in the generation segment of the electricity supply industry. Regulatory indicators for a panel of 19 OECD countries over a 10 year time period were constructed to examine the influence of regulatory reform...

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Wither Convergence : Legal, Regulatory and Trade Opportunism in Telecommunications

Frieden, Rob - 2013

Technological and marketplace convergence in Information, Communications and Entertainment ("ICE") has contributed to the merger of conduit and content. Yet laws, regulations and trade policies assume a separation between the delivery of content and the creation of the content. For example, the...

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Transnational Private Regulation in Professional Services

Delimatsis, Panos - 2012

The objective of this study is to map the landscape of transnational private regulation (TPR) in professional services …. Transnational private regulation in professional services examines the emerging body of rules created by private actors in a manner …

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