This paper empirically assesses the relative role of health plan prices, service quality and optional benefits in the … prices for almost all German health plans. Mixed logit models incorporate a total of 1,700 health plan choices with more than … 50 choice sets for each individual. The findings suggest that, compared to prices, health plan service quality and …

This paper empirically assesses the relative role of health plan prices, service quality and optional benefits in the … prices for almost all German health plans. Mixed logit models incorporate a total of 1,700 health plan choices with more than … 50 choice sets for each individual. The findings suggest that, compared to prices, health plan service quality and …

We develop a game-theoretic electricity market model that allows analyzing strategic electricity storage in an … storage operation. We find that introducing storage generally smoothes conventional generation patterns and market prices and … increases consumer rent and overall welfare. In contrast, electricity producers generally suffer from storage. We also find that …

We analyze the current regulatory regime for electricity transmission in Germany, which combines network planning with …

The German decision to finally phase-out nuclear electricity has led to a debate on its effects on electricity prices …, emission prices in the European emission trading system, as well as on international electricity trade. We investigate these … phase-out on electricity and emission prices. Under a tight system, however, investments in conventional generation are …