Market Building Through Antitrust: Long-Term Contract Regulation in EU Electricity Markets (Loyola De Palacio Series on European Energy Policy) (The Loyola De Palacio Series on European Energy Policy)

Adrien de Hauteclocque

ISBN 10: 0857937731 / ISBN 13: 9780857937735

Published by Edward Elgar Pub, 2014

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2014. Hardcover. . . . . . Books ship from the US and Ireland.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Market Building Through Antitrust: Long-Term Contract Regulation in EU Electricity Markets (Loyola De Palacio Series on European Energy Policy) (The Loyola De Palacio Series on European Energy Policy)
• Publisher: Edward Elgar Pub
• Publication Date: 2014
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0857937731
• ISBN 13: 9780857937735
• Binding: Hardcover
• Condition: New

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Synopsis

Market Building through Antitrust investigates the role of antitrust policy in the building of competitive energy markets in Europe.

By looking at the specific problem of long-term supply and access contracts in the electricity sector, the book questions the suitability of antitrust policy as a market building tool. It shows that the institutional infrastructure that pre-dated competitive reform and the politics of liberalization have largely shaped the current dynamics at work in European energy regulatory practice. In particular, antitrust law has increasingly been used as a quasi-ex ante regulatory tool, thereby raising problems in terms of economic efficiency, legal certainty and political legitimacy.

By mixing legal, political and economic perspectives, this book will appeal to a wide range of readers from academia in law, economics and political science, regulatory and competition authorities, as well as legal and consulting practices and business economists.

About the Author

Adrien de Hauteclocque, Part-time Professor, European University Institute, Italy