Written by academics and regulators working in the field, the papers in this collection explore the issues surrounding regulation from a detailed, case study-based perspective.

Claude Henry is Director of Research, CNRS and Ecole polytechnique, Paris. Michel Matheu is head of the Energy, Environment, Agriculture and Services department, Commissariat general du Plan, Paris. Alain Jeunemaitre is Director of Research, Nuffield College, Oxford and the Maison Francaise d'Oxford.

Acknowledgements

vii

Speakers

ix

Discussants

xi

Contributors

xiii

New regulations for public services in competition

1

(38)

Claude Henry

Michel Matheu

Part I. Two Pioneer Countries

Developments in regulatory principles: the UK experience

39

(15)

Simon Cowan

The UK model

54

(25)

Peter Vass

The water regulation regime in England and Wales

79

(15)

Ian Byatt

The pioneering Swedish experiment in railway regulation

94

(27)

Luc Baumstark

Sweden: a case of lighter or tighter telecommunications regulation?

121

(22)

Curt Andersson

Part II. Second-Wave Countries

Establishing independent regulators in France

143

(26)

Dominique Bureau

Nicolas Curien

Regulation in the water and sanitation sector in France

169

(18)

Pierre-Alain Roche

Bruno Johannes

Independent regulators in Italy

187

(8)

Francesco Bavagnoli

Regulating energy in Italy

195

(10)

Pippo Ranci

The electricity and telecommunications sectors in Spain: rapid change, regulators at the crossroads

205

(15)

Nicolas Curien

Michel Matheu

The Spanish experience of regulation within the telecommunications sector

220

(10)

Jose Maria Vazquez Quintana

Contrasts in Germany: decentralization, self-regulation, and sector-specific regulators

230

(23)

Katharina Gassner

Liberalization of energy markets: the German way

253

(8)

Ulf Boge

Part III. New Regulatory Issues in Europe and Beyond

Network utilities: the EU institutions and the member states

261

(12)

P. A. Buigues

O. Guersent

J. F. Pons

Alternative models for future regulation

273

(11)

P. A. Buigues

O. Guersent

J. F. Pons

Cooperation between energy regulators in the European Union

284

(6)

Jorge Vasconcelos

Improving air traffic services performance in Europe: the economic regulation perspective

290

(22)

Herve Dumez

Alain Jeunemaitre

Transforming infrastructure in Eastern Europe

312

(22)

David Kennedy

Nick Stern

Regulating the internet?

334

(17)

Jacques Cremer

Index

351

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