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Election Results and Opportunistic Policies: A New Test of the Rational Political Business Cycle Model
Aidt, T.S.; Veiga, F.J.; Veiga, L.G. - Faculty of Economics, University of Cambridge - 2009
The literature on the rational political business cycle suggests that politicians systematically manipulate economic and fiscal conditions before elections to increase their chance of gaining reelection. Most tests of this theory look for evidence of pre- election distortions in fiscal policy....
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008528489
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Dynamic Efficiency and Incentive Regulation: An Application to Electricity Distribution Networks
Poudineh, Rahmatallah; Emvalomatis, Grigorios; Jamasb, … - Faculty of Economics, University of Cambridge - 2014
, regulated revenue. This paper analyses the dynamic behaviour of inefficiency for a balanced panel of 128 Norwegian electricity …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010949354
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Electricity Sector Liberalisation and Innovation: An Analysis of the UK Patenting Activities
Jamasb, T.; Pollitt, M.G. - Faculty of Economics, University of Cambridge - 2009
Liberalisation has had a marked effect on innovative activities in the electricity industry. R&D and patenting … activities are generally regarded respectively as innovative inputs to and outputs from technological progress. Electricity … activity in the UK electricity sector. The results indicate that electricity related patents in non-nuclear and renewable …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005207839
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Efficiency Analysis of Energy Networks : An International Survey of Regulators
Brophy Haney, A.; Pollitt, M.G. - Faculty of Economics, University of Cambridge - 2009
Incentive regulation for networks has been an important part of the reform agenda in a number of countries. As part of this regulatory process, incentives are put in place to improve the cost efficiency of network companies by rewarding good performance relative to a predefined benchmark. The...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005078998
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Does Electricity (and Heat) Network Regulation have anything to learn from Fixed Line Telecoms?
Pollitt, M.G. - Faculty of Economics, University of Cambridge - 2009
electricity (and by implication heat) network regulation. We do this in the context of Ofgem’s RPIX@ 20 Review of energy … then apply the lessons to electricity networks in the context of a possible increase in distributed generation directly … several implications of this for the regulation of electricity and heat networks. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005078999
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Demand-side Management Strategies and the Residential Sector: Lessons from International Experience
Brophy Haney, A.; Jamasb, T.; Platchkov, L.M.; Pollitt, M.G. - Faculty of Economics, University of Cambridge - 2010
This paper explores demand side management (DSM) strategies, including both demand response and energy efficiency policies. The aim is to uncover what features might strengthen DSM effectiveness. We first look at key features of residential energy demand and the limits to energy indicators. We...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008727345
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Welfare Impacts of Electricity Generation Sector Reform in the Philippines
Toba, N. - Faculty of Economics, University of Cambridge - 2003
participation into the Philippines electricity generation sector, by liberalizing the market for independent power producers (IPPs …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005783728
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Regulatory Threat in Vertically Related Markets; The Case of German Electricity
Brunekreeft, G. - Faculty of Economics, University of Cambridge - 2002
This paper applies the concept of regulatory threat to analyse the electricity supply industry in Germany, where in …-price) discrimination against their parties. The conceptual framework appears to explain developments in the German electricity sector …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005783729
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Retail Competition and Electricity Contracts
Green, R. - Faculty of Economics, University of Cambridge - 2004
Long-term contracts for electricity can counter market power and reduce prices in short-term markets. If electricity …? This paper combines a model of electricity retailing and a Cournot model of competition in the wholesale markets to …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005783730
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‘UK domestic energy contracts, the 28 day rule, and experience in Sweden’
Littlechild, S. - Faculty of Economics, University of Cambridge - 2004
In the UK, domestic customers must be able to terminate energy contracts at 28 days’ notice. This has been seen as a transitional protection for customers and for competition. This paper reviews the arguments for and against the 28 day rule, and examines the extent to which UK suppliers have...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005783746