文档介绍：Regulatory Risk and the Cost of Capital
Determinants and Implications for Rate Regulation
Burkhard Pedell
Regulatory Risk
and the Cost of Capital
Determinants and Implications
for Rate Regulation
With 18 Figures and 13 Tables
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Professor Dr. Burkhard Pedell
University of Stuttgart
Betriebswirtschaftliches Institut
Abteilung V ± Lehrstuhl Controlling
Keplerstraûe 17
70174 Stuttgart
Germany
burkhard.******@-stuttgart
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Foreword
One of the central objectives of the European Union is the liberalization of
markets and, in particular, of utility sectors such as the munica-
tions, postal services, and energy sectors. National regulatory systems and
authorities are inst