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European climate and energy policy will have a great impact on the European and Polish energy markets. Moreover, it … strategic measures, especially on the governmental level. EU climate and energy policy also entails sizeable investment … requirements and places important demands on the modernization programme for the energy sector. This spells the need to develop …
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across african countries is important to understanding the process of economic development. And whereas, energy is linked … with the capacity to perform, the rate at which energy is consumed for the acceleration of the pace of socio …)will be a function of the extent to which its energy(power) resources are developed and utilised. This paper therefore argued …
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Electric and natural gas are the two major sources of energy for residents of Washington State. Several states have … resources such as electricity and gas that are not captured by market prices. Washington State possesses diverse resources that … are susceptible to wastes and emissions originating from the consumption of energy. The impact of these wastes could be …
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This paper is an attempt to interrogate and examine the unstoppable short fall of energy which has been paralyzing the … is a vast difference between the actual demand and actual supply of energy i.e. energy shortfall for the various segments … unit price of energy use for both the households and industries. …
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electricity markets. We therefore investigate producer behavior in the context of electricity pricing with respect to fundamental … lack of appropriate available data. Applying an analytical model of a day-ahead electricity market, we derive work-on rates …, which provide information about the impact of TMC variations on electricity prices in the market constellations of perfect …
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Complexity theory is designed to bring order out of a rough-and- tumble world, something close to every insurance professional's or actuary's heart. Whether applied in the laboratory or as part of a mathematical model, it can do wonderful things . But in the real world it's just what its name...
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This paper estimates the foreign exchange rate exposure of 6,917 U.S. nonfinancial firms on the basis of stock prices and corporate cash flows. The results show that several firms are significantly exposed to at least one of the foreign exchange rates Canadian Dollar, Japanese Yen and Euro, and...
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stakeholder groups’ interests. A study of the use of hedging instruments in 161 Polish non-financial listed companies is then … determine relationships between the hedging decision and financial standing of companies. However, company size is proved to be … the only significant factor for a hedging decision. The implications of these findings and new research questions are …
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Using a sample of 6,888 non-financial firms from 47 countries, we examine the effect of derivative use on firms’ risk … the use of financial derivatives reduces both total risk and systematic risk. The effect of derivative use on firm value … could account for the mixed evidence in the literature on the effect of hedging on firm value. …
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This paper describes theoretical motivations for corporate risk management activities and empirical evidence provided by different scholars on such rationales. These theoretical considerations can be extended also to the new risk management practices such as enterprise risk management. Based on...
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