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June 18, 2007

Public and private roles in road infrastructure: an exploration of market failure, public instruments and government failure

Starting with a 'greenfield' situation, we discuss reasons for market failure in road infrastructure provision.

October 5, 2006

The impact of competition on productive efficiency in European railways

This paper empirically explores the relationship between competition design and productive efficiency in the railway industry.

June 7, 2006

Noise reduction for Schiphol; a welfare-economic approach

Noise nuisance is a negative externality of aviation, especially occurring near airports in urban areas.

September 19, 2005

Wind turbines at the North Sea; a social cost benefit analysis

At the request of the ministry of Economic Affairs, CPB and the Energy research Centre of The Netherlands (ECN) have conducted a social cost-benefit analysis (cba) of an investment in wind turbines at the North Sea.

April 27, 2005

Vertical separation of the energy-distribution industry; an assessment of several options for unbundling

Net welfare effect of ownership unbundling ambiguous.

September 13, 2004

The Elmar model: output and capacity in imperfectly competitive electricity markets

The model discussed in this paper describes both competition in output and capacity investment decisions.

June 23, 2004

Capacity to spare? A cost-benefit approach to optimal spare capacity in electricity production

Wide margin for optimal spare capacity because of uncertainty about strenght of competition.

March 2, 2004

Increasing the reliability of electricity production: a cost-benefit analysis

The costs of three ways of increasing the reliability of electricity production exceed the benefits.

March 2, 2004

Energy policies and risks on energy markets; a cost-benefit analysis

The key question dealt with in this report is whether and how governments should be involved in taking measures regarding security of energy supply.