Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/38975 
Year of Publication: 
2010
Series/Report no.: 
CESifo Working Paper No. 3124
Publisher: 
Center for Economic Studies and ifo Institute (CESifo), Munich
Abstract: 
In the past two decades privatisation and liberalisation of network industries providing services of general economic interest (SGEI), have been particularly significant in the European Union. Wide variations around a common policy trend can, however, be observed across countries and sectors. We focus on electricity and gas sectors because energy sectors have usually been profit makers, not affected by direct government transfers, in contrast to other SGEI. We study the effects of privatisation and other reforms on consumer prices using both subjective data on consumers' perception of utility prices and data on average prices paid.
Subjects: 
privatisation
electricity
gas
reforms
JEL: 
L94
L95
L33
Document Type: 
Working Paper
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