experiences in other areas suggesting that competition could provide large benefits to hitherto regulated utilities in local … in bad institutional design, and in the difficulty to deal with vested consumer interests. …

experiences in other areas suggesting that competition could provide large benefits to hitherto regulated utilities in local … in bad institutional design, and in the difficulty to deal with vested consumer interests. …

with perfect competition; the drawing of the diagram; and the need for government intervention. In this paper each of the … concept of natural monopoly with that of competition is also highlighted, as well as its policy implications. …

Measures to make the regulation of product markets more conducive to competition play a prominent role in the … discusses these measures and suggests further improvements. Notwithstanding significant reforms in recent years, competition law … competition-friendly is large in the network industries. While sector-specific regulators have been introduced, their independence …

private-sector investment, while avoiding full competition in generation and in retail markets. Canada has more significant …This paper examines the strength of product market competition and economic performance in Canada and discusses way in … which the institutional framework governing competition policy could be improved. Competitive forces are comparatively …

in various sectors of the Danish economy. It looks at a number of indicators of the strength of competition — including … competition legislation framework. The paper then focuses on the large public sector, which has been slow to open up to … competition, partly because of regulatory restrictions but also because some local governments are too small to handle tenders and …