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Motivated by the new auction format introduced in the England and Wales electricity market, as well as the recent … debate in California, we characterize bidding behavior and market outcomes in uniform and discriminatory electricity auctions … the analysis of electricity auctions. In particular, we show that analogies with continuous share auctions are misplaced …
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In this paper we study simple time series models and assess their forecasting performance. In particular we calibrate ARMA and ARMAX (where the exogenous variable is the system load) processes. Models are tested on a time series of California power market system prices and loads from the period...
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In India, the supply of electricity relies heavily on a virtually bankrupt and sometimes corrupt system of state … electricity boards (SEBs), which have failed to bring electricity to approximately 40% of rural households. High subsidy levels to … agriculture and domestic customers and widespread electricity theft have resulted in weak financial conditions for the SEBs; and …
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In this paper we study two statistical approaches to load forecasting. Both of them model electricity load as a sum of …
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We study the price adjustment practices and provide quantitative measurement of the managerial and customer costs of price adjustment using data from a large U.S. industrial manufacturer and its customers. We find that price adjustment costs are a much more complex construct than the existing...
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Using unique retail and wholesale price data for 4,532 products carried by a major Midwestern grocery retailer, we find evidence of significant retail price rigidity during the Thanksgiving through Christmas holiday period relative to the rest of the year. We suggest that this pattern of holiday...
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Using weekly retail transaction scanner price data from a large U.S supermarket chain, we find significantly higher retail price rigidity for private label products than for nationally branded products during the Christmas and Thanksgiving holiday periods relative to the rest of the year. The...
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We report that the price of a 6.5oz Coke was 5¢ from 1886 until 1959. Thus, we are documenting a nominal price rigidity that lasted more than 70 years! The case of Coca-Cola is particularly interesting because during the 70-year period there were substantial changes in the soft drink industry...
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We use store-level data to document the exact process of changing prices and to directly measure menu costs at five multi-store supermarket chains. We show that changing prices in these establishments is a complex process, requiring dozens of steps and a nontrivial amount of resources. The menu...
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We offer the first direct evidence of an implicit contract in a goods market. The evidence we offer comes from the market for Coca-Cola. We demonstrate that the Coca-Cola Company left a substantial amount of written evidence of its implicit contract with its consumers—a very explicit form of...
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