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Full accounting of costs and benefits are essential to policy analysis, but regulations may have effects beyond firms covered by the policy. Considering a policy mandating stream flows below hydroelectric dams, I estimate both direct costs of regulation to regulated firms and spillovers to other...
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stochastic processes model has been applied in the work of Roseires dam, in order to develop a system to generate the highest …
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Large hydropower dams are at the centre of a debate weighing the value and costs of renewable energy against the risks … of climate change. The debate is especially relevant on the African continent, which offers vast hydropower potential … projects. We find that project concessions can recapture value by phasing dam build-out. Our optionality framework can help …
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This paper assesses the economic benefits of 57 World Bank Group-sponsored hydropower dam plant investments. Hydropower … the world. Hydropower dams are often a lower-cost option for power generation in Clean Energy Transition for addressing … global climate change. Despite its conspicuous aspects, constructing hydropower dams has been controversial. Considering the …
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similar hydropower potential. Until mid-century, the availability of cheap local power from hydroelectric dams conveyed an … removing control counties with environmental regulations. I also find small local agglomeration effects from smaller dam …
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