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Towards Competition in Network Industries

Telecommunications, Energy and Transportation in Europe and Russia

  • Conference proceedings
  • © 1999

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Editors:
  1. Paul J. J. Welfens

    1. European Institute for International Economic Relations, University of Potsdam, Potsdam, Germany

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  2. George Yarrow

    1. Regulatory Policy Research Centre Hertford College, Oxford University, Oxford, Great Britain

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  3. Ruslan Grinberg

    1. Institute for International Economic & Political Studies, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russia

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  4. Cornelius Graack

    1. European Institute for International Economic Relations, University of Potsdam, Potsdam, Germany

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Table of contents (25 papers)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages I-XXII
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  2. Introduction

    1. Introduction

      • Paul J. J. Welfens, George Yarrow, Ruslan Grinberg, Cornelius Graack
      Pages 1-8

  3. Deregulation and Market Dynamics in Telecommunications

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 9-9
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    2. Competition, Privatization and Foreign Direct Investment in Network Industries

      • Paul J. J. Welfens, Pieter H. M. Ruys
      Pages 11-53

    3. Privatisation, Competition and Regulation in Transforming Economies: The Cases of the Electricity Supply Industry and Telecommunications

      • Piotr Jasinski, Horst Brezinski
      Pages 57-78

    4. Deregulation, Privatization and Internationalization of European Telecoms Markets

      • Cornelius Graack, Dieter Elixman
      Pages 79-113

    5. Full Competition in Telecommunications: The Experience of Finland

      • Martin Andersson
      Pages 115-121

    6. Full Competition in Telecommunications: The US Perspective

      • Jacqueline Spindler
      Pages 123-129

    7. Market Entry in the Presence of a “Dominant” Network Operator in Telecommunications

      • Günter Knieps, Jürgen Müller
      Pages 131-148

    8. Electricity Companies and Railway Networks as Newcomers in Telecommunications

      • Morten Falch, Oliver Lorz
      Pages 149-169

    9. Liberalization of Telecommunications in Central Europe

      • Jerzy Kubasik
      Pages 171-187

    10. Regulation of the Telecommunication Sector in Russia: Direct Foreign Investments and Options for Competition

      • Svetlana Petuhova, Alexander Vronetz, Wolfgang Pfaffenberger
      Pages 189-232

    11. Systemic Transformation and Direct Foreign Investment in Russia: Problems and Solution

      • Ruslan Grinberg, Herbert Brücker
      Pages 233-274

    12. The Role of Foreign Investment in the Russian Internet

      • Svetlana Petuhova
      Pages 275-292

    13. Panel Discussion: Competition in European Telecommunications and Market Perspective

      • Dimitri Ypsilanti, Bert Eichhorn
      Pages 293-296

  4. Liberalizing the Energy Sector

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 297-297
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    2. Vertical Integration in the Electricity Supply Industry: Competition and Investment Issues

      • Alison Sinclair, Peter Palinkas
      Pages 299-327

    3. Privatization and Modernization of the Electricity Sector in the CEE Transition Countries

      • Zdenek Hruby
      Pages 329-344

    4. Russian Electricity Industry: Towards Market Economics

      • Vladimir Voloshin, Misha Belkindas
      Pages 345-400

    5. Restructuring Infrastructure in Transition Economies

      • José Carbajo, Steven Fries, Paul J. J. Welfens
      Pages 401-452
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About this book

Competition in network industries faces particular problems which are analyzed from both a theoretical and policy perspective. Issues of vertical integration, deregulation and privatization are covered. While competition and privatization are rapidly unfolding in telecommunications in Western and Eastern Europe, energy and railway transportation represent sectors of more gradual liberalization. The different market characteristics of telecommunications, energy and transportation raise consistency problems in the fields of deregulation, investment strategies and internationalization. While transformation policies create opportunities for liberalization in Eastern Europe and Russia the latter shows critical problems in ending monopoly and state ownership. Network industries could be subject to competition and promise major investment opportunities plus consumer benefits.

Editors and Affiliations

  • European Institute for International Economic Relations, University of Potsdam, Potsdam, Germany

    Paul J. J. Welfens, Cornelius Graack

  • Regulatory Policy Research Centre Hertford College, Oxford University, Oxford, Great Britain

    George Yarrow

  • Institute for International Economic & Political Studies, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russia

    Ruslan Grinberg

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Towards Competition in Network Industries

  • Book Subtitle: Telecommunications, Energy and Transportation in Europe and Russia

  • Editors: Paul J. J. Welfens, George Yarrow, Ruslan Grinberg, Cornelius Graack

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-60189-7

  • Publisher: Springer Berlin, Heidelberg

  • eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive

  • Copyright Information: Springer-Verlag Berlin · Heidelberg 1999

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-3-642-64296-8Published: 25 January 2012

  • eBook ISBN: 978-3-642-60189-7Published: 06 December 2012

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XXII, 570

  • Topics: Economic Policy

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