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Pricing access: Forward-looking versus backward-looking cost rules

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  • Guthrie, Graeme & Small, John & Wright, Julian, 2006. "Pricing access: Forward-looking versus backward-looking cost rules," European Economic Review, Elsevier, vol. 50(7), pages 1767-1789, October.
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    4. Gunther Friedl & Hans-Ulrich Küpper, 2011. "Historische Kosten oder Long Run Incremental Costs als Kostenmaßstab für die Preisgestaltung in regulierten Märkten?," Schmalenbach Journal of Business Research, Springer, vol. 63(64), pages 98-128, January.
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    6. Schober, Dominik & Weber, Christoph, 2015. "Refinancing under yardstick regulation with investment cycles: The case of long-lived electricity network assets," ZEW Discussion Papers 15-065, ZEW - Leibniz Centre for European Economic Research.
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    13. Marc Bourreau & Carlo Cambini & Steffen Hoernig & Ingo Vogelsang, 2020. "Fiber investment and access under uncertainty: long-term contracts, risk premia, and access options," Journal of Regulatory Economics, Springer, vol. 57(2), pages 105-117, April.
    14. Cullmann, Astrid & Nieswand, Maria, 2015. "Regulation and Investment Incentives in Electricity Distribution," VfS Annual Conference 2015 (Muenster): Economic Development - Theory and Policy 113090, Verein für Socialpolitik / German Economic Association.
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