France’s New Electricity Act: A Potential Windfall Profit for Electricity Suppliers and a Potential Incompatibility with the EU Law
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Please cite this article in press as: Lévêque, F. France’s New Electricity Act: A Potential Windfall Profit for Electricity Suppliers and a Potential Incompatibility with the EU LawElectr. J. (2011), doi:10.1016/ j.tej.2011.01.016 François Lévêque is Professor of Law and Economics at Mines ParisTech, Director at the Center of Industrial Economics (Cerna), and Editor of Energypolicyblog.com. His research interests are in the areas of antitrust, intellectual property rights, and network regulation. He has published many books on energy, including recently Competitive Electricity Markets and Sustainability (2008) and Electricity Reform in Europe (2009). He has also founded Microeconomix, a Paris-based boutique specializing in economics applied to law. France’s New Electricity Act: A Potential Windfall Profit for Electricity Suppliers and a Potential Incompatibility with the EU Law
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