The Reform of Network Industries

Edited by Massimo Florio, Professor of Public Economics, Department of Economics, Management and Quantitative Methods, University of Milan, Italy and Scientific Coordinator, EUsers Jean Monnet Network

Contents:

Preface

PART I: Cross-Cutting Policy Issues
1. The empirical evaluation of regulatory policy reforms in network industries: some methodological issues
Massimo Florio

2. Public and private enterprises, costs and welfare performance: an overview with suggestions for further research
Johan Willner and Sonja Grönblom

3. Market reforms, governance and performance: lessons learned from the experience in the EU energy industries
Steve Thomas and Stefano Clò

4. Market structure and state involvement: passenger railways in Europe
Torben Holvad

5. Ownership and Firm Performance: Empirical Evidence from the European Telecommunications Industry (2006-14)
Paolo Castelnovo

6. National public missions, diversity of operators and competition: Postal services in the European Union
Philippe Bance

PART II: Empirical Evaluations
7. Does Public Ownership provide affordable and reliable electricity to household customers? Case studies of electricity sector reforms in the UK, France, Germany and Italy
Ajla Cosic, Lea Diestelmeier, Alexandru Maxim, Tue Anh Nguyen and Nicolò Rossetto

8. Telecommunications policies in Europe: past, present, future and impact on citizens
Serena Marianna Drufuca, Regina Maria Hirsch, Manto Lampropoulou and Rogelio Pesqueira Sánchez

9. The changing nature of railways in Europe: empirical evidence on prices, investments and quality
Giovanni Esposito, Julia Doleschel, Tobias Kaloud and Jadwiga Urban-Kozlowska

10. Local Public Transport Services: the efficiency of public enterprises competing with the private sector in the EU member States
Annalisa Negrelli, Anastasia Roukouni and Angélique Chassy

11. The European gas sector: political-economy implications of the transition from state-owned to mixed-owned enterprises
Roberto Cardinale

Index