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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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Electricity reform in China, India and Russia : the World Bank template and the politics of power

Xu, Yi-Chong - 2004

Modern liberalism asserts the transcendental, autonomous self's 'natural rights' against others' moralistic and political preferences, and regards the economist's utilitarian social welfare theory as instrumental to the achievement of 'social justice'. Timothy Roth argues that the liberal...

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Competition and regulation in utility markets

Robinson, Colin (ed.) - Beesley Lectures on Regulation - 2003

London Business School, which provides an up-to-date review of the state of utility regulation in Britain, with some relevant … significant developments in the field of regulation and competition policy. In each case, essays by expert contributors are … involved in monopoly regulation, regulatory reform and deregulation …

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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

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Competition and regulation in electricity markets : an Edward Elgar research review

Eyre, Sebastian (contributor); … - 2016

Electricity', Journal of Law and Economics, 5, October, 1-16 -- George J. Stigler (1971), 'The Theory of Economic Regulation … of Regulation', Journal of Law and Economics, 19 (2), August, 211-40 -- Harold Demsetz (1968), 'Why Regulate Utilities …-27 -- Richard A. Posner (1971), 'Taxation by Regulation', Bell Journal of Economics and Management Science, 2 (1), Spring, 22 …

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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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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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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...

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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...

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