The FSR Water and Waste Area is a unique environment gathering regulators, operators and academics with the goal of providing innovative thought, analysis, and discussion of EU regulatory policies and governance in the fields of water and municipal waste.
Its core research focuses on economic regulation and governance in the water and waste sectors including pricing policies and benchmarking.
The paper “Giving consumers too many choices: a false good idea? A lab experiment applied to water and electricity tariffs”…
The paper “Performance consequences of water utility aggregation” (Klein, M.) will be presented at the 8th Conference on the Regulation of Infrastructures (20-21…
Defined as waste from household and “from other sources, such as retail, administration, education, health services, accommodation and food services, and other services and activities, which is similar in nature…
The Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, OECD estimates that water demand will increase by 55% by 2050 due to…
The paper “The convergence of water, electricity and gas industries: Implications for PPP design and regulation” (Phang, S.Y. ) will…
Economic regulators of water and sanitation services (WSS) across Europe were originally established to address harmful consequences arising from the natural monopoly of the sector. This is reflected in their…
The school carries out multidisciplinary research with the purpose of developing economically, legally, and socially-sound regulation and policy.
Designed by an international faculty of academics and the main experts in the field, our courses are designed to meet the educational needs of professionals at all levels.
Our events bring together the world of academia and practice to offer a vast range of opportunities for open discussion and practice sharing.
The paper “Capital Structure, Investment, and Regulation: The England and Wales Water Sector” (Esteve Guasch, V.) will be presented at the 8th Conference on the Regulation of Infrastructures (20-21 June, 2019). ABSTRACT This paper analyses the relation between capital structure, regulated prices,…
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