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We study the role of vertical structure in determining generating capacities and retail prices in the electricity industry. Allowing for uncertain demand, we compare three market configurations: (i) integrated monopoly, (ii) integrated duopoly with wholesale trade, and (iii) separated duopoly...
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Investments in Generating Capacities between a monopolist and two competing firms are compared where the firms invest …
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We examine the effects of reorganizing electricity markets on ca- pacity investments, retail prices and welfare when …
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We study the role of vertical structure in determining generating capacities and retail prices in the electricity industry. Allowing for uncertain demand, we compare three market configurations: (i) integrated monopoly, (ii) integrated duopoly with wholesale trade, and (iii) separated duopoly...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012142377
This study analyzes the long-term evolution of the North American pulp and paper industry, and offers a new synthesis of the dynamic forces that spearheaded the expansion and transformation of this large manufacturing industry. The evolution of the North American pulp and paper industry between...
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This article reports the results of an exploratory study on the role of indigenous institutional infrastructures in the accumulation of world-leading innovative capabilities (technological catch-up) in natural resource-related industries in the context of developing/emerging economies. These...
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Статья посвящена важной проблеме функционирования лесопромышленного комплекса Республики Карелия в переходной экономике. Обозначены наиболее острые проблемы...
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I model the optimal semi-collusive strategy of firms using forward contracts in volatile markets. It has been shown that forward contracts can be used to stabilize a collusive agreement under deterministic (Liski and Montero, 2006) as well as under stochastic market conditions (Aichele, 2012)....
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modernization investments, including ICT. The second part of the paper presents evidence on firms’ productivity paths, and the … heterogeneity in productivity among relatively similar firms. I also present selected evidence of these firms’ investments in … innovative activity in traditional industries such as pulp and paper. -- incremental innovation, ICT investments, modernization …
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We use a model of sequentialduop oly to examine the effect of verticalo wnership structure on firms’ outputs and profit shares in the internationalmark et for raw and processed tropicaltim ber products. The modelpro vides insights that can be applied to the Indonesian logging and plywood...
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