-reducing, EU law requires unbundling (separation) of the VIU networks. However, the EU allows its member states the choice between … incomplete (legal) and complete (ownership) unbundling. There is tantalizing anecdotal evidence that VIUs have tried to influence … are perceived as more corrupt are indeed more likely to apply weaker forms of unbundling. Somewhat surprisingly, we do not …

Unbundling of vertically integrated utilities has become an integral element in the regulation of network industries … able to identify heterogeneous effects of legal unbundling for different types of price regulation, because we observe a … empirical evidence that unbundling eliminates economies of vertical integration while empirical evidence on price reducing …

diverging economic performances, corruption levels or government ideologies, this paper suggest another potential reason for …

The EU has been promoting unbundling of the transmission grid from other stages of the electricity supply chain with … the aim of fostering competition in the upstream stage of electricity generation. At presence, ownership unbundling is the … predominant form of unbundling in Europe. However, the benefits of increased competition from ownership unbundling of the …