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This paper contributes to the ongoing discussion on price formation in electricity markets. For this, we conduct an … analysis of the German electricity wholesale spot market which is located at the European Energy Exchange (EEX). Our dataset …
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We consider the effects of vertical integration on the performance of long-term and spot markets when spot prices are uncertain and agents are risk averse. We find that vertical integration impairs market performance by increasing the gap between contract and (expected) spot prices. This holds...
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Die Wirkungen von Stoffströmen sind abhängig von der umgesetzten Menge und denspezifischen Auswirkungen pro Mengeneinheit. Die Menge der Extraktion an Primärmaterialaus der Umwelt kann als vorsorgeorientierter Indikator für ein unspezifisches Umweltbelastungspotential herangezogen werden....
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to produce electricity today can alternatively be used tomorrow. The analysis of the operation of hydropower is therefore … water allocation and development of the electricity price over time. Graphical illustrations are provided in the two- period … water is to be used, the strategy of a monopolist is to redistribute the use of water for electricity production over …
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Power market integration is analyzed in a two countries model with nationally regulated firms and costly public funds. If generation costs between the two countries are too similar negative business-stealing outweighs efficiency gains so that following integration welfare decreases in both...
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Upstream producers that possess market power, sell forwards with a lengthy duration to regional electricity companies … (REC). As part of the liberalization of the electricity market, RECs have been privatized and exposed to a possible …
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Building on a model of the interaction of risk-averse frms that compete in forward and spot markets, we develop an empirical strategy to test whether oligopolistic frms use forward contracts for strategic motives, for risk-hedging, or for both. An increase in the number of players weakens the...
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The unparalleled surge of the crude oil price after 2003 has triggered a heated scientific and public debate about its ultimate causes. Unexpected demand growth particularly from emerging economies appears to be the most prominently supported reason among academics. We study the price dynamics...
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Starting with the liberalization of electricity trading, this market grew rapidly over the last decade. However, while … is that the spot price process of electricity is still puzzling researchers and practitioners. In this paper, we propose … correlation structures of electricity price spikes. Furthermore, all model parameters can easily be estimated with help of …
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). Taking into account the repeated nature of electricity markets, we check the robustness of the argument that the access to … respect to the finite horizon assumption. This paper proposes a model of the electricity market where firms sign long …
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