Publications in: Regulatory economics

Economic Impacts of Increased Flexibility and Liberalisation in European Spectrum Management

Client: A Group of European Telecom Companies
Published: April, 2008

London Economics was commissioned by a group of European communications sector companies to carry out an independent review of the available evidence examining the costs and benefits of greater flexibility in the use of radio spectrum. This report sets out the findings of that review and is based on existing studies that examine the actual […]

Determinants of Prices and Margins in the EU’s Major Electricity Markets

Client: LE Presentation
Published: October, 2007

European Global Energy Symposium, Lisbon, October 9, 2007.

Consolidation in Electricity Markets in CEE: The Case of Hungary

Client: LE Presentation
Published: July, 2007

Gas and Power in Central & Eastern Europe Conference, Vienna, July 5-6, 2007.

IBPT Decision on the Approach to the Regulation of Price Squeeze in Telecommunications Markets

Client: Institut Belge de Poste et Telecommunications
Published: July, 2007

London Economics assisted the Institut Belge de Poste et Telecommunications with the development of IBPT’s guidelines on its approach to the regulation of price squeeze in telecommunications markets. LE, working with legal advisors McDermott Will & Emery/Stanbrook LLP, advised on regulatory practices in other countries, on the appropriate structure of the test and on the […]

Structure and Performance of Six European Wholesale Electricity Markets in 2003, 2004, and 2005

Client: EC DG Competition
Published: February, 2007

The report provides an in-depth assessment of the electricity wholesale markets in Belgium, Germany, Spain, France, the Netherlands and Great Britain with a view to determining how competitive markets were in 2003, 2004 and 2005. The report provides summary key results for traditional market structural indicators, electricity-specific measures of market structure and market outcome measures. […]

Creating a Framework for Investment

Client: LE Presentation
Published: November, 2006

7th ECTA Regulatory Conference, Brussels, November 17, 2006.

Investment and the Regulatory Framework

Client: LE Presentation
Published: November, 2006

IDATE Foundation Seminar “Reviewing the Review”, Montpellier, November 14, 2006.

Incentive Proposals for Quality of Service Measures in Finnish Electricity Distribution

Client: EMV
Published: November, 2006

This report, prepared for the Energy Market Authority of Finland (EMV) reviews how customer quality of service be regulated and recommends that the regulation include some form of incentives that result in rewards or penalties if measured targets are not met. It also proposes that specific regulations be enacted for separate service categories and reviews […]

The Impact of the Regulatory Framework on Investment Across the EU

Client: LE Presentation
Published: October, 2006

Conference: Improving the Regulatory Framework for Electronic Communications: Challenges for the Next Decade organised by CBKE (Uniwersity of Wrocław), CIL (Hungarian Academy of Sciences), WIK, and under the auspices of the Polish regulator UKE, University of Wroclaw, October 18-20, 2006.

An Assessment of the Regulatory Framework for Electronic Communications – Growth and Investment in the EU E-Communications Sector

Client: EC DG Information Society
Published: July, 2006

The study provides first data on investments in the electronic communications markets in the EU Member States and analyses sources of differences across Member States, sectors and competitors (incumbent versus new entrants).  Next, provides a comparative analysis of growth of the electronic communications sector in the EU and in other main geographical markets.  Finally, it […]