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20 years of liberalization of the European network industries
No full textSpecial issue pages 219-301The focus of this special issue is the liberalization of the network industries in Europe. Within the issue, we look back at 20 years of de- and re-regulation. We also look into the future, say the next 20 years, and assess the possible evolution of these network industries, considering the currently observable trends in both technology and European regulatory policies. This special issue of Utilities Policy is structured within the three areas of the Florence School of Regulation. Three articles fall under the Florence School of Regulation’s energy area, which is directed by Prof. Jean-Michel Glachant. The next two articles fall under the Florence School of Regulation’s telecommunications and media area, directed by Prof. Pier Luigi Parcu. The final three articles fall under the Florence School of Regulation’s transport area, directed by Prof. Matthias Finger e although the article on the postal sector is clearly at the interface between communications and transport (logistics).-- Editorial: Special Issue on 20 years of liberalization of the European network industries, FINGER, Matthias
-- The EU internal electricity market: Done forever?, GLACHANT, Jean-Michel, RUESTER, Sophia
-- From distribution networks to smart distribution systems: Rethinking the regulation of European electricity DSOs, RUESTER, Sophia, SCHWENEN, Sebastian, BATLLE, Carlos, PÉREZ-ARRIAGA, Ignacio
-- Gas network and market “à la Carte”: Identifying the fundamental choices, GLACHANT, Jean-Michel, HALLACK, Michelle, VAZQUEZ, Miguel
-- Electronic communications regulation in Europe: An overview of past and future problems, PARCU, Pier Luigi, SILVESTRI, Virginia
-- Evolving regulation for media freedom and pluralism in the European Union, PARCU, Pier Luigi, BROGI, Elda
-- Postal-sector policy: From monopoly to regulated competition and beyond, JAAG, Christian
-- Governance of competition and performance in European railways: An analysis of five cases, FINGER, Matthias
-- The Single European Sky gridlock: A difficult 10 year reform process, FINGER, Matthias, BAUMGARTNER, Mar
Rail economics and regulation
Full text linkThe first chapter of the book “Rail economics, policy and regulation in Europe”, sets the stage and recalls the fundamentals of rail economics and regulation in the context of de-regulation and re-regulation as promoted by the European Commission. It focuses on the specific role that regulation and regulators play – and are supposed to play – in the shaping of the European railway sector (past) or industry (future). It does so by considering the economic dimensions of railway de-and re-regulation, as opposed to the technical and safety dimensions. This chapter is divided into three distinct sections. The first section presents the European Commission’s (EC) history and programme of railway de-regulation and re-regulation, especially with regard to economic regulation. In the second section, we look at the underlying railway economics from the perspective of the main three types of rail market players that have emerged as a result of the EC’s de-/re-regulation initiatives; namely, infrastructure managers, train operating companies and station managers. The third section discusses the challenges for railway regulation, and European railway regulatory policy more generally, that result from the newly emerging and increasingly fragmented European railway industry structure
Liberalization of the network industries in the European Union: evolving policy issues
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Postal services in the digital age
No full textMIRWorking title: Electronic challenges for postal service
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