Towards Competition in Network Industries

Introduction.- Deregulation and Market Dynamics in Telecommunications: P.J.J. Welfens: Competition, Privatization and Foreign Direct Investment.- Introduction.- Network Theory, Technological Progress and Competition.- Competition and Privatization.- Foreign Direct Investment in Network Industries.- Conclusions.- P. Ruys: Comments.- P. Jasinski: Privatizsation, Competition and Regulation in Transforming Economies: The Cases of the Electricity Supply Industry and Telecommunications.- Introduction.- Competition and Regulation in STEs.- Systemic Transformation.- Regulation Sensu Largo.- Regulation Sensu Stricto.- The ESI and Telecommunications.- H. Brezinski: Comments.- C. Graack: Deregulation, Privatization and Internationalization of European Telecoms Markets.- Introduction.- Developments on the National Level of EU Member States.- Impacts of the Liberalization and Privatization Process on EU Telecoms Market Structures.- Conclusions.- D. Elixmann: Comments.- M. Andersson: Full Competition in Telecommunications: The Experience of Finland.- J. Spindler: Full Competition in Telecommunications: The US Perspective.- Introduction.- The Telecom Act - Key Principles.- Rollout of the Trilogy.- How the Trilogy Principles Apply to Other Countries.- 'Best Practices' for Other Countries.- G. Knieps: Market Entry in the Presence of a 'Dominant' Network Operator in Telecommunications.- Introduction.- Excessive Regulation Due to an Oversized Regulatory Basis.- The Necessity for a Symmentric Regulatory Approach.- The Dangers of an Inadequate Application of Regulatory Rules Bases on the Concept of Dominant Network Carriers.- J. Müller: Comments.- Is Market Power Regulation Enough?.- Wil Contestable Markets be Competitive?.- Implementing Regulation.- Is Structural RegulationNecessary?.- M. Falch: Electricity Companies and Railway Networks as Newcomers in Telecommunications.- Introduction.- Current Competition from the Network Facilities of Railway and Electricity Companies.- The Cost

Paul J. J. Welfens, geb. 1957 in Düren, Studium der Volkswirtschaftslehre in Wuppertal, Duisburg und Paris, Promotion 1985, Habilitation1989. Inhaber des Lehrstuhls für Volkswirtschaftslehre - Schwerpunkt Makroökonomische Theorie und Politik an der Bergischen Universität Wuppertal; Präsident des Europäischen Instituts für Internationale Wirtschaftsbeziehungen (EIIW); Jean-Monnet-Professor für Europäische Wirtschaftsintegration; zuvor Distinguished Research Fellow am AICGS/The Johns Hopkins University, Professor an der Universität Münster bzw. Potsdam, Visiting Alfred Grosser Professor Sciences Po, Paris.