Table of Contents: 1 Process and outcomes of the infrastructure reform : an evolutionary perspective by John P. M. Groenewegen and Rolf W. Kunneke 2 Deregulation : design, learning and legitimacy by Atle Midttun 3 Competition policy, networks, and the 'new economy' by Erik J. Kloosterhuis and Peter A. G. van Bergeijk 4 The California electricity crisis : a unique combination of circumstances or symptom of a structural flaw by Laurens J. de Vries 5 Dilemmas in network regulation : the Dutch Gas Industry by Aad F. Correlje 6 Regulated mixed firms : does continued state ownership bias regulation? : the case of European telecommunications by Johannes M. Bauer 7 Limits of law as planning mechanism in infrastructure industries by Tony Prosser 8 The economic regulation of the essential facilities in the oil and electricity industries in Spain by Pablo Arocena Garro and Ignacio Contin Pilart 9 Privatization of Amsterdam Airport : Schiphol and the public interest by Jacco R. Hakfoort