The unbundling regime for electricity utilities in the EU: A case of legislative and regulatory capture?

Energy Economics

Volumn 30, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 3128-3140

  van Koten, S ^a   Ortmann, A ^a  

^a CERGE EI   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Corruption; Electricity markets; Regulation; Vertical integration

Indexed keywords

COMPETITION; DISTRIBUTED PARAMETER NETWORKS; DISTRIBUTION OF GOODS; POWER GENERATION; SEPARATION;

CORRUPTION; DISTRIBUTION NETWORKS; ELECTRICITY COMPANIES; ELECTRICITY MARKETS; INTEGRATED UTILITIES; MEMBER STATES; REGULATION; VERTICAL INTEGRATION;

LAWS AND LEGISLATION;

COMPETITION (ECONOMICS); CORRUPTION; ELECTRICITY GENERATION; ELECTRICITY INDUSTRY; ENERGY MARKET; ENERGY POLICY; EUROPEAN UNION; PROFITABILITY; VERTICAL INTEGRATION;

EID: 52049110483     PISSN: 01409883     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.eneco.2008.07.002     Document Type: Article

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38. 4040At the time of writing the authors, most likely because of the turmoil caused by their compromised independence, did not allow the final version of the report to be downloaded anymore. The paper is available at our website http://home.cerge-ei.cz/svk/Unbundling&Corruption.