areas. In particular, the U.S. telecommunications sector was hit by a deep crisis and electricity reforms suffered under the … experiences in other areas suggesting that competition could provide large benefits to hitherto regulated utilities in local … telephony and the electricity sector. Part of the explanation lies in an underestimate of the coordination problems, resulting …

Myriad policy measures aim to reduce greenhouse gas emissions from the electricity sector, promote generation from … lower electricity prices. Even with multiple market failures, emissions pricing remains the single most cost …

subsidized entry of wind power in the Nordic electricity market. A relatively small-scale entry of renewables leads to a large … the total electricity market expenditures. The subsidies generate net gains to consumers. We develop an approach to …

We investigate the displacement effects of phase-out-of-coal policies in a stylized model of electricity generation and … CO2 regulation, in which a group of countries operates an emissions trading scheme (ETS). Electricity markets are either … electricity, some emissions as well as some coal-based electricity ‘leak’ into other countries and the aggregate welfare of the …

are on electricity-included property lease contracts causing them to face a marginal electricity price of zero. We use … electricity in response to summer temperature fluctuations. The result is retrieved under weaker identifying assumptions than … previous split incentives papers, and is robust when exposed to several opportunities to fail. The electricity reduction in …

, however, be observed across countries and sectors. We focus on electricity and gas sectors because energy sectors have usually …

wholesale electricity price and price volatility and develop a capacity-adjusted drought index. The results are used to assess …

multiple channels to energy shocks, even though electricity and gas bills represent a very small share of their total costs … most energy intensive firms. We also find that the impact of electricity shocks has weakened over time, suggesting that … electricity and gas price increases, firms are less able to reduce their consumption. These results shed light on the mechanisms …