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The estimation of the employment effects of offshore safety and environmental regulation is often highly speculative and based on questionable assumptions. Nevertheless, it is still highly publicized and used as a basis for policy statements in support or, or in opposition to, proposed...
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coal- and gas-fired electricity generation in an international emissions trading scheme. In the basic policy scenario …, electricity markets are national and one country bans coal while the emissions cap remains unchanged. The allocative displacement …We investigate the displacement effects of unilateral phase-out-of-coal policies in a stylized two-country model with …
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The harmonization and integration of separate national energy markets to an interconnected internal European market is a top priority of the European Commission. However, as energy policy largely remains subject to national sovereignty, a higher degree of integration can cause unilateral...
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subsidized entry of wind power in the Nordic electricity market. A relatively small-scale entry of renewables leads to a large … the total electricity market expenditures. The subsidies generate net gains to consumers. We develop an approach to …
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In the 1990s and early 2000s, a series of state and federal initiatives restructured electric markets. In many areas of the country generation was unbundled from transmission and distribution and competitive markets for energy generation were established. A decade has now passed since many of...
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restructuring in the electricity generation industry. As numerous industries and economies have undergone this sort of transition to … tighter regulation. Using data from the electricity industry, this analysis considers the total effect of restructuring on one …
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supply and demand. So far, the German energy policy has taken a clear stand against regional pricing and favors the status …Requirements for the electricity network in Germany increased in recent years due to the energy transition. The … market into multiple bidding zones with deviating electricity prices. Expectations for such a design include incentives for …
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We investigate the displacement effects of phase-out-of-coal policies in a stylized model of electricity generation and … electricity, some emissions as well as some coal-based electricity ‘leak’ into other countries and the aggregate welfare of the … generate electricity from coal. When electricity is traded, that combined policy prevents the leakage of emissions and coal …
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Competition in public utility sectors has been encouraged in recent years throughout Europe. In this paper we try and analyse the welfare effects of these reforms in Italy, with particular attention to water and energy goods. The first step is to introduce a sensible measure of affordability of...
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, petroleum products, natural gas, electricity and renewable power in China, and provides some analysis of these energy price … pace and scale of the reform differ across energy types. This article discusses the evolution of price reforms for coal …
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