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Natural gas has replaced coal as the dominant fuel for U.S. electricity generation. However, U.S. states that regulate … electric utilities have retired coal more slowly than others. We build a structural model of rate-of-return regulation during …
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This paper provides the first quantitative economic models of pharmacy benefit management regulation. The price … "rebate traps." Applicable types of regulation include rebate rules, such as the HHS rebate rule and the Insulin Act …
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The U.S. regulation of high-voltage transmission is highly complex and, as a result, generally poorly understood. The …) retail electricity services that include the distribution network, the retail cost of transmission service, and often … are not synchronized with the larger regional grid. We summarize this complex structure of transmission regulation in the …
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Encouraged by the declining cost of grid-scale renewables, recent analyses conclude that the United States could reach net zero carbon dioxide emissions by 2050 at relatively low cost using currently available technologies. While the cost of renewable generation has declined dramatically,...
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Despite the incentives of incumbent domestic listed corporations (DLCs) in the electricity generation industry, private …% of natural gas electricity production as of 2020. The ownership changes are concentrated in deregulated wholesale markets … tradeoff in bringing new financing sources to the electricity sector. When selling electricity, private equity and foreign …
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The growth of electric vehicles (EVs) raises new challenges for electricity systems. We implement a field experiment to …
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voltage at AfDB sites, but have no impact at WB sites, suggesting monitoring and unbundling contracts may be substitutes …
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We provide an in-depth study of short-term rental (STR) regulation in Chicago. While many municipalities choose between …
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We analyze how information disclosure policy affects investment efficiency in non-cooperative settings with information externalities. In a two-firm, two-period model, we characterize equilibrium behavior under policies which disclose whether investment returns exceed a predefined level. These...
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This paper reviews the economic literature on the European Union's General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR). I … highlight key challenges for studying the regulation including the difficulty of finding a suitable control group, variable firm … compliance and regulatory enforcement, as well as the regulation's impact on data observability. The economic literature on the …
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