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The economics of hydroelectric power
Edwards, Brian Keith - 2003
Despite the extensive body of literature on energy economics, very little economics research has been conducted that focuses specifically on dams and hydroelectric power. Brian Edwards addresses this deficiency by examining the multiple roles that dams play, as well as the role of hydroelectric...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014474088
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The economic costs and consequences of terrorism
Richardson, Harry Ward (contributor);  … - 2007
Terrorism : considering new policies / Bruno S. Frey and Simon Luechinger -- An empirical analysis of the Terrorism Risk Insurance Act (TRIA) / Howard Kunreuther and Erwann Michel-Kerjan -- Airport security : time for a new model / Robert W. Poole, Jr. -- Cost-effective strategies to address...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012420039
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Electricity and energy policy in Britain, France and the United States since 1945
Chick, Martin - 2007
Introduction -- Shifting from coal to oil : what price security? -- The European coal and steel community -- Moving the margin to the centre : pricing electricity -- Electricity investment : rewarding the past, discounting the future -- Deregulation, privatisation and liberalisation -- Conclusion.
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012420063
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Competition, contracts and electricity markets : a new perspective
Hauteclocque, Adrien D. (contributor);  … - 2011
This book fills a gap in the existing literature by dealing with several issues linked to long-term contracts and the efficiency of electricity markets. These include the impact of long-term contracts and vertical integration on effective competition, generation investment in risky markets, and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011851052
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Electricity reform in Europe : towards a single energy market
Lévêque, François (contributor);  … - 2009
The realisation of a European internal market for energy is still a work in progress. Written by leading European scholars and discussed with major energy stakeholders, this book presents a thorough analysis of the motives and methods needed to achieve a single European energy market
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011851175
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Competitive electricity markets and sustainability
Lévêque, François (contributor) - 2006
This book responds to the opening up of electricity markets to competition, which has completely changed the nature of power generation. The building of new generation and transmission capacity and the setting of the energy mix between nuclear, gas and renewable resources are mainly left to...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011851235
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Markets for carbon and power pricing in Europe : theoretical issues and empirical analyses
Gullì, Francesco (contributor) - 2008
Why do power prices seem to be correlated with the carbon price in some markets and not in others? This crucial question is at the centre of Francesco Gullì's enlightening book, through which the contributing authors investigate a number of related issues. In particular, they explore why power...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011851445
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Electricity reform in China, India and Russia : the World Bank template and the politics of power
Xu, Yi-Chong - 2004
political preferences, and regards the economist's utilitarian social welfare theory as instrumental to the achievement of … indeterminacy of social welfare theory's fundamental theoretical constructs. In contrast, the author shows that Kant's 'two points … grounded in Kant's 'two points of view', that utilitarian social welfare theory cannot be instrumental to the achievement of …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014474027
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Competition and regulation in utility markets
Robinson, Colin (ed.) - Beesley Lectures on Regulation - 2003
This volume is the latest in an annual series, published in association with the Institute of Economic Affairs and the London Business School, which provides an up-to-date review of the state of utility regulation in Britain, with some relevant overseas comparisons. The book, edited and with an...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014474140
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Blockchain + antitrust : the decentralization formula
Schrepel, Thibault - 2021
-- Part 2 best frenemies? -- 6. The theory of the firm -- 7. The theory of granularity -- 8. Collusion on blockchain -- 9 …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012704219