In many markets there is some form of regulation; and when new policy measures are introduced into a particular sector, the question of how to structure an adequate regulatory process arises. This paper contributes to the literature by describing the approach taken in the nursing home sector in...

Grid infrastructure managers worldwide are facing demands for reinvestments in new assets with higher on-grid and off-grid functionality in order to meet new environmental targets. The roles of the current actors will change as the vertical interfaces between regulated and unregulated tasks...

In regulation of network services such as the distribution of electricity, gas and water prices have traditionally been based on own costs of companies. Recently a few regulatory bodies in Europe started to use yardstick competition, a scheme that links prices to the performance of other...