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March 3, 2009

Relation entry, exit and productivity: an overview of recent theoretical and empirical literature

Decomposition methods show that entry and exit considerably contribute to productivity growth.

August 13, 2008

Vertical relationships between health insurers and healthcare providers

The current institutional reforms in the Dutch healthcare sector may increase the extent of vertical relations.

January 10, 2008

Vertical foreclosure: a policy framework

Whenever you phone your mother, switch on the light, or buy health insurance you purchase a service or product from a chain of vertically related industries.

June 18, 2007

Public and private roles in road infrastructure: an exploration of market failure, public instruments and government failure

Starting with a 'greenfield' situation, we discuss reasons for market failure in road infrastructure provision.

December 15, 2006

Liberalisation of European energy markets: challenges and policy options

The European electricity and gas markets have been going through a process of liberalisation since the early 1990s.

September 29, 2005

Switch on the competition; causes, consequences and policy implications of consumer switching costs

Competition is effective only when consumers can switch easily from one supplier to another.

April 27, 2005

Vertical separation of the energy-distribution industry; an assessment of several options for unbundling

Net welfare effect of ownership unbundling ambiguous.

December 9, 2004

Better safe than sorry? Reliability policy in network industries

Better safe than sorry?