This book provides a balanced presentation of international trends in infrastructure regulation and financing. Based on recent developments in microeconomic theory, it comprehensively discusses the role of the state and the private sector in infrastructure provision.

Competition in the aviation sector pertains to different sets of rules, competition law on the one hand and, given the cross-border interdependencies of transport markets, international rules on the other hand. The workshop aimed to examine the current situation of competition in air transport...

Competition in the aviation sector pertains to different sets of rules, competition law on the one hand and, given the cross-border interdependencies of transport markets, international rules on the other hand. The workshop aimed to examine the current situation of competition in air transport...

Der Aufbau des Textes folgt dem Fragebogen der Monopolkommission vom 28.1.2025. Dieser ist gegliedert in die Abteilungen: I) Allgemeine Entwicklung der Wettbewerbsbedingungen II) DB InfraGO AG III) Entwicklungen der Trassenentgelte IV) Sonstiges Die 23 Fragen der Monopolkommission sind...

The paper provides a tractable, analytical framework to study regulatory risk under optimal incentive regulation. Regulatory risk is captured by uncertainty about the policy variables in the regulator's objective function: weights attached to profits and costs of public funds. Results are as...