Se ha dicho repetidamente que el abastecimiento eléctrico durante los próximos dos años será precario. En este trabajo construimos tres indicadores que permiten cuantificar el riesgo de déficit: (a) la probabilidad con que ocurrirá un déficit durante cada mes de los próximos dos años...

Este trabajo estima el costo social de eliminar los déficit de abastecimiento eléctrico en el SIC instalando capacidad adicional permanente. Utilizamos el modelo Omsic, lo que permite estudiar el efecto de la capacidad adicional sobre el uso del agua embalsada y el plan de obras. El costo de...

There are many industries in which potentially competitive segments require services provided by natural monopoly bottlenecks (essential facilities). Since it is difficult to regulate these facilities, developing countries are using Demsetz auctions, where the facility is awarded to the firm...

In many circumstances, a principal, who wants prices to be as low as possible, must contract with agents who would like to charge the monopoly price. This paper compares a Demsetz auction, which awards an exclusive contract to the agent bidding the lowest price (competition for the field) with...

In this paper we show that fixed-term contracts, which are commonly used to franchise highways, do not allocate demand risk optimally. We characterize the optimal risk-sharing contract and show that it can be implemented with a fairly straightforward mechanisma least-present-value-of-revenue...

A large literature asserts that standard essential patents (SEPs) allow their owners to “hold up” innovation by charging fees that exceed their incremental contribution to a final product. We evaluate two central, interrelated predictions of this SEP hold-up hypothesis: (1) SEP-reliant...

This paper reviews the Latin American experience with highway privatization during the last decade. Based on evidence from Argentina, Colombia and Chile, we find that private financing of new highways freed up fewer public resources than expected because public funds were often diverted to bail...

This paper compares the cost of electricity generation with a coal fired plant and a wind mill in Chile’s Central Interconnected System. To the standard costs of coal generation (capital investment and fuel) we add local and global environmental externalities. The environmental cost of...

While some countries have unbundled distribution and retailing, skeptics argue that the physical attributes of electricity make retailers redundant. Instead, it is claimed that passive pass through of wholesale prices plus regulated charges for transmission and distribution suffice for customers...