Introducing Competition in the French Electricity Supply Industry: The Destabilisation of a Public Hierarchy in an Open Institutional Environment

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Authors
Finon, Dominique
Publication Date
2004-06-16
Series
Cambridge Working Papers in Economics
Publisher
Faculty of Economics
Language
en_GB
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Working Paper
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Finon, D. (2004). Introducing Competition in the French Electricity Supply Industry: The Destabilisation of a Public Hierarchy in an Open Institutional Environment. https://doi.org/10.17863/CAM.5399
Abstract
The French electricity supply industry is characterized by a vertically integrated monopoly and public ownership and when the government introduced market rules, it was with the aim of preserving the integration of the public incumbent as a national champion. This had two paradoxical effects in favour of competition development and the building of safeguards for entrants:
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Classification-JEL: L14, L22, L51, L94, L98, regulation, electricity
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This record's DOI: https://doi.org/10.17863/CAM.5399
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