This survey of the theoretical and empirical literature on alternative policies to promote new
fiber-based communications infrastructures addresses (i) various kinds of ex ante sector …

Policymakers in various countries often determine roadmaps, a sequence of intermediate
goals to achieve their long-term renewable energy objectives. We study the influence of …

This paper suggests a regulatory impact assessment (RIA) to evaluate the potential effects of
'Resolution law no. 08/2016'in the Brasília water sector under different perspectives …

The creation of adequate investment incentives has been of great concern in the
restructuring of the electricity sector. However, to achieve this, regulators have applied …

We compare market designs for access regulation of a bottleneck transmission line, and
study their impact on investment decisions by an incumbent firm with an existing dirty …

This paper analyzes the implementation of new technologies in network industries through
the development of a suitable regulatory scheme. The analysis focuses on Smart Grid (SG) …

Private infrastructure investment is profitable only if followed by a sufficiently high price, but
pricing may be subject to regulation. We study markets where regulation is determined by …

In organized energy markets that use locational pricing, power generators and energy
suppliers procure financial transmission rights (FTRs) to hedge against grid con-gestion …

With the use of a laboratory experiment, we show the effects of co-investments on coverage,
competition and price collusion in regulated network industries. On the one hand, co …

In a nutshell, price cap regulation is meant to establish a quid pro quo: regulators are
obliged by law to intervene only at rare, previously defined points in time, and only by …