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    Title: Geographic access rules and investments  Author(s): BOURREAU, Marc; CAMBINI, Carlo; HOERNIG, Steffen Date: 2013 Type of Publication: Working Paper Series/Report no.: EUI RSCAS Abstract: We analyze competition between vertically-integrated operators who build infrastructure and provide access in different geographical areas. Under full commitment, the regulator sets socially-optimal access rates that depend ...
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    Title: Development Scenarios for the North and Baltic Sea Grid: A welfare economic analysis  Author(s): EGERER, Jonas; KUNZ, Friedrich; VON HIRSCHHAUSEN, Christian Date: 2012 Type of Publication: Working Paper Series/Report no.: EUI RSCAS Abstract: The North and Baltic Sea Grid is one of the largest pan-European infrastructure projects raising high hopes regarding the potential of harnessing large amounts of renewable electricity, but also concerns about the ...
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    Title: Technology Investment and Alternative Regulatory Regimes with Demand Uncertainty  Author(s): CAMBINI, Carlo; SILVESTRI, Virginia Date: 2012 Type of Publication: Working Paper Series/Report no.: EUI RSCAS Abstract: A vertically integrated incumbent and an OLO (Other Licensed Operator) dynamically compete in the market for broadband access. The incumbent has the option to invest in building a Next Generation Network that covers all ...
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    Title: Policy Uncertainty and Investment in Low-Carbon Technology  Author(s): ALBRIZIO, Silvia; COSTA, Hélia Date: 2012 Type of Publication: Working Paper Series/Report no.: EUI ECO Abstract: In the context of an emission trading scheme (ETS), we study how uncertainty over the environmental policy affectsfirms' investment in low-carbon technologies. We develop a three period sequential model that combines the ...
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    Title: Market Regulation and Firm Performance: The Case of Smoking Bans in the UK  Author(s): ADDA, Jérôme; BERLINSKI, Samuel; BHASKAR, V.; MACHIN, Stephen Date: 2011 Type of Publication: Working Paper Series/Report no.: EUI ECO Abstract: This paper analyzes the effects of a ban on smoking in public places upon firms and consumers. Analysis of survey data from public houses finds that the Scottish smoking ban (introduced in March 2006) reduced pub sales and ...
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    Title: Access Regulation, Financial Structure and Investment in Vertically Integrated Utilities:Evidence from EU Telecoms  Author(s): CAMBINI, Carlo; RONDI, Laura Date: 2009 Type of Publication: Working Paper Series/Report no.: EUI RSCAS Abstract: We examine theoretically and empirically the relationship between access regulation, financial structure and investment decisions in network industries, analyzing if financial variables can be used as a strategic device ...
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    Title: Agglomerative Magnets and Informal Regulatory Networks: Electricity Market Design Convergence in the USA and Continental Europe  Author(s): WEINMANN, Jens Date: 2007 Type of Publication: Working Paper Series/Report no.: EUI RSCAS Abstract: The absence of one broadly accepted design template for liberalised electricity markets induces regulatory competition and institutional diversity. Focussing on continental Europe and the USA, this analysis explores how ...