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Competitive electricity markets and sustainability
Lévêque, François (contributor) - 2006
power generation. The building of new generation and transmission capacity and the setting of the energy mix between nuclear … transmission investment in a deregulated power / Steven Stoft -- Patterns of transmission investments / Paul Joskow -- Long …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011851235
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The economics of hydroelectric power
Edwards, Brian Keith - 2003
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 power within the context of the energy industry. Brian Edwards … covered is the role of hydroelectric power in both a regulatory framework and within the context of the energy industry …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014474088
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Optimal monetary policy under uncertainty
Froyen, Richard T. - 2007
Recently there has been a resurgence of interest in the study of optimal monetary policy under uncertainty. This book provides a thorough survey of the literature that has resulted from this renewed interest. The authors ground recent contributions on the 'science of monetary policy' in the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012420009
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Cost-benefit analysis and evolutionary computing : optimal scheduling of interactive road projects
Taplin, John H. E. (ed.); Qiu, Min (ed.);  … - 2005
This book systematically addresses the issue of interdependence between road projects in a network, when prioritising and scheduling road expansion and maintenance. The book presents substantial applications for both rural and urban projects and to the optimization of maintenance. The authors...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014474012
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Reforming transport pricing in the European Union : a modelling approach
De Borger, Bruno L. (contributor); Proost, Stef (contributor) - 2001
This timely book deals with the problem of pricing passenger and freight transportation within Europe. The contributors argue that current legislation affecting pricing and regulation is increasingly less successful in dealing with market failures and externalities such as congestion, air...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011851849
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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
comparisons between these countries and includes all of the fuel and power industries …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012420063
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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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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