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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...

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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...

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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.

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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...

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Capital and uncertainty : the capital investment process in a market economy

Runge, Ian Charles - 2000

adding to the existing thought in this area, with insights from game theory, rational choice under uncertainty and new …

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Designing international environmental agreements : incentive compatible strategies for cost-effective cooperation

Schmidt, Carsten - 2000

The international character of today's most pressing environmental problems has become a key challenge for environmental policy making. As regulation by a supranational authority is not a realistic option at present, policymakers have to rely on decentralized approaches to the management of...

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Bounded rationality and economic evolution : a contribution to decision making, economics, and management

Tisdell, Clement Allan - 1996

developments in learning and game theory, transaction costs and evolutionary economics to provide new insights into economic and …

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Essays on game theory

Nash, John F. - 1996

Essays on Game Theory is a unique collection of seven of John Nash's essays which highlight his pioneering contribution … to game theory in economics. Featuring a comprehensive introduction by Ken Binmore which explains and summarizes John … Nash's achievements in the field of non-cooperative and cooperative game theory, this book will be an indispensable …

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Modeling rational agents : from interwar economics to early modern game theory

Giocoli, Nicola - 2003

rationality. The analysis begins with the development of modern decision theory, covers the interwar debates over the role of … of game and decision theory …

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Essays in economic theory, growth, and labour markets : a festschrift in honour of E. Drandakis

Drandakis, Emmanuel (honouree); Bitros, George (ed.); … - 2002

game theory and applications. The editors focus on a select set of issues that stand high on the agenda of academic … understanding of the dilemmas posed for theory and policy. Readers are offered new empirical evidence on such thorny social problems …

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