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1.1 Purpose of the Dissertation |
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1.2 Structure of the Dissertation |
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2 Capital Market-Based Calculation of the Cost of Equity |
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2.2 Capital Market-Based Calculation of the Cost of Equity |
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2.2.1 Capital Asset Pricing Model (CAPM) |
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2.3 Rate of Return on Equity as a Regulatory Parameter |
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2.3.2 Goals in Regulation |
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2.3.3 Defining Fair Prices |
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3 Methods of Price Regulation |
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3.1.1 Rate of Return Regulation |
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3.2 The Principal Agent Theory |
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3.2.1 Rate of Return Regulation |
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3.2.2 Diversification with Price-Based Regulation |
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3.3 Regulatory Systems and Risk |
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3.3.2 Regulatory Lag Effect |
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3.3.3 The Risk Effect from a Regulatory System Shift |
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4 Empirical Secondary Data Analysis |
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4.2 Stigler and Peltzman's Theory of Regulation |
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4.3 Methodology: Event Studies |
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4.3.1 Estimation Period, Event Window and Postevent Window |
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4.3.2 Measuring Abnormal Returns |
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4.3.3 Hypotheses' Derivations |
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5 The Primary Empirical Study |
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5.1 Hypotheses and Database |
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5.2 Empirical Analysis: Structural Break Analysis |
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5.2.1 Systematic Risk and Welfare Effect: Verbund |
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5.2.2 Systematic Risk and Welfare Effect: EVN |
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5.2.3 Systematic Risk and Welfare Effect: DJ600UTIL |
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5.2.5 Total Risk and Return Averages |
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5.2.6 Summary of the Structural Break Analysis |
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5.3 Empirical Investigation: Event Study |
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5.3.2 Event Study: Constant Beta Factor; 3-Day Event Window |
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5.3.3 Event Study: Dummy Variables from 1 July 2005; 3-Day Event Window |
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5.3.4 Event Study: Constant Beta Factor; 1-Day Event Window |
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5.3.5 Event Study: Dummy Variables from 1 July 2005; 1-Day Event Window |
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5.3.6 Summary of the Event Study |
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