consumer interests: theoretically analyzing the decisions an authority takes on both the unbundling regime and the grid charge … consumer-oriented goals to always implement Ownership Unbundling. For a regulator acting in the interests of the industry or … the government, though, results suggest the authority to be indifferent between Legal and Ownership Unbundling; minor …

The purpose of this research is to evaluate the impact of vertical unbundling on German electric utilities. Our … supply. Overall, we have two main conclusions. First, the major step in the unbundling process is from "lean legal unbundling …" to "fat legal unbundling"; additional steps beyond that are small, both in benefits and in costs. Second, the benefits of …

coordination. This paper examines three persistent sources of flawed coordination: 1) a regulation versus unbundling dilemma, 2 …What is a good balance between competition and coordination in network industries? Network unbundling aims to promote … competition, but this has to be balanced against the downside of unbundling: firm-internal coordination falls away and must be …

This paper explores the relation between the regulation of monopolistic upstream prices and the incentives of a …

Law and Energy Market Regulation …