evaluation such regulations. I argue that, for market performance, more information is not always better; indeed, more …The European Commission is introducing new regulations on submission and publication of data in electricity markets … information may undermine market performance by facilitating behaviour that is either not cost efficient or aims at exercising …

inputs. The regulator is able to observe the effectiveness of the provision, but faces information asymmetries with respect … input (sophisticated grid operation) and related costs are not. Multi-dimensional information asymmetries are introduced by …

-sulfur coal rather than install capital-intensive abatement equipment to comply with environmental regulations, and expand imports … asymmetric information between generators and regulators, regulatory capture, and capital-bias as important sources of distortion …

examine the effect of regulations on market power. The dataset is comprehensive and consists of all significant regulations at …'s Q, lower productivity and investment after the late 1990s. We estimate that increased regulations can explain 31-37% of … regulations in general, they push for the passage of regulations that have an adverse impact on small firms. …