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Towards Competition in Network Industries

Telecommunications, Energy and Transportation in Europe and Russia

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  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

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

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

  4. Liberalizing the Energy Sector

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 297-297
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    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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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.
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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

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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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