A dramatic change of ownership, regulation, and organisation of essential public services,
such as electricity, gas, and telecommunications, has taken place in Europe in less than 20 …

For several decades public enterprises have been criticized for their poor economic
performance. Many economists take it as 'conventional wisdom'that publicly owned …

This paper studies the impact of corporate ownership on residential net-of-tax electricity
prices, when the ownership effect is separated from the liberalisation effect and from other …

In recent decades, market-opening policies in local public transport (LPT) have impacted
most European countries. However, we can observe a high degree of variability in possible …

Privatization has been promoted as an urban reform for more than 40years. Although cities
around the world have pursued privatization, it has not delivered the promised efficiency …

Despite widespread privatizations over the last three decades, public enterprises, as
production units under government control, are still present in several countries and sectors …

The European Commission has formally recognized that adequate provision of basic
household services, including energy, communications, water and transport, is key to …

The paper shows the impact of privatization and liberalization on consumers in the
telecommunication sector for 15 EU countries. Policy reforms are summarized by the OECD …

This paper provides an overview of the major State‐Owned Enterprises (SOEs) in Greece
with the aim of identifying the key features of the dominant paradigm and the critical turning …

This Element offers a review and synthesis of the theoretical analysis of mixed oligopoly, that
is a hybrid market structure in which public (state-owned) and private firms interact, using a …