This paper presents new evidence on the question: Why don’t consumers switch electricity contracts? By conducting a … knowledge of the retail electricity market, their beliefs, preferences, and intentions to switch providers. Crucially, I can … matter. These results raise the fundamental question: Why should consumers actively choose electricity contracts? Instead …

We consider the regulation of a monopoly facing consumers that may evade payments, an important issue in public …

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 …

investment. -- regulation ; competition ; market integration ; investment ; electricity …

entry re-regulation context. In contrast to other entry deterrence models, we are able to investigate how product market …

and labour market regulation on the capital stock. Several alternative testing methods show that the negative influence of … product and labour market regulation is considerably stronger at higher levels. The paper uncovers important policy …

In 2008, the European Commission investigated E.ON, a large and vertically integrated electricity company, for the … divestitures on German wholesale electricity prices. Our identification strategy is based on the observation that energy suppliers … convergence between peak and off-peak prices. Using daily electricity prices for the 2006 - 2012 period and controlling for cost …