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The Private and External Costs of Germany's Nuclear Phase-Out
Jarvis, Stephen - 2019
Many countries have phased out nuclear electricity production in response to concerns about nuclear waste and the risk of nuclear accidents. This paper examines the impact of the shutdown of roughly half of the nuclear production capacity in Germany after the Fukushima accident in 2011. We use...
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Blackouts in the Developing World : The Role of Wholesale Electricity Markets
Jha, Akshaya; Preonas, Louis; Burlig, Fiona - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2021
explanation using novel data from India, home to the world's third-largest electricity sector. In contrast to the developed world …
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Estimating the Impact of Restructuring on Electricity Generation Efficiency : The Case of the Indian Thermal Power Sector
Malik, Kabir - 2011
India. Between 1995 and 2009, 85 percent of coal-based generation capacity owned by state governments was unbundled from …
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The Competitive Effects of Transmission Infrastructure in the Indian Electricity Market
Ryan, Nicholas - 2017
India, seeking to reduce electricity shortages, set up a new power market, in which transmission constraints sharply …
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Testing Limits to Policy Reversal : Evidence from Indian Privatizations
Dastidar, Siddhartha G. - 2007
We examine the effect of regime change on privatization using the 2004 election surprise in India. The pro-reform BJP … slated for definite privatization by the BJP dropped by 3.5 percent relative to private firms. Surprisingly, government …-controlled companies that were only under study for possible privatization fell by 7.5 percent relative to private firms. We interpret this …
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Private Returns to Public Office
Fisman, Raymond - 2012
We study the wealth accumulation of Indian parliamentarians using public disclosures required of all candidates since 2003. Annual asset growth of winners is on average 3 to 6 percentage points higher than runners-up. By performing a within-constituency comparison where both runner-up and winner...
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On the Feasibility, Costs, and Benefits of an Immediate Phasedown of Coal for U.S. Electricity Generation
Holland, Stephen P.; Kotchen, Matthew J.; Mansur, Erin; … - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2024
The phasedown of coal for electricity generation is considered vital to meeting global climate targets. Many countries have pledged to stop using coal, with some as early as 2030. While the United States has no target currently in place, several states do. In this paper, we examine the...
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Regulation of Access, Pricing, and Planning of High Voltage Transmission in the U.S.
De Losa, Joe; Pfeifenberger, Johannes P.; Joskow, Paul L. - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2024
The U.S. regulation of high-voltage transmission is highly complex and, as a result, generally poorly understood. The complexity is created by separate, but overlapping, jurisdictional authorities of the U.S. federal regulators and those of individual states, districts, and territories. While...
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California's Electricity Crisis
Joskow, Paul L. - 2001
This paper discusses the political, regulatory and economic factors that led to California's electricity crisis in 2000 and 2001. It begins with a discussion of the origins of California's electricity restructuring and competition programs. It then discusses the structure of the wholesale and...
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The Impact of Market Rules and Market Structure on the Price Determination Process in the England and Wales Electricity Market
Wolak, Frank A. - 2001
This paper argues that the market rules governing the operation of the England and Wales electricity market in combination with the structure of this market presents the two major generators National Power and PowerGen with opportunities to earn revenues substantially in excess of their costs of...
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