Browsing Economic and Social Review by Subject "Unbundling"

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    • Regulating unbundled network utilities 

      Newbery, David M. (Economic & Social StudiesDublin, 2002)
      The new conventional wisdom is that network utilities should be unbundled, with the potentially competitive segments under separate ownership from the natural monopoly network. Regulation should provide the same incentives ...

    • The impact of structural and contractual arrangements on a vertically separated railway 

      Affuso, Luisa; Newbery, David (Economic & Social StudiesDublin, 2002)
      The unbundling of railways in Britain has been heavily criticised as undermining the passenger rail system. Economic theory suggests that structural separation and short-lived contracts hinder incentives to invest in ...