This study evaluates the achievement of the desired outcomes of the competition policies contained in the Electric …-2005) toward the start of competition in the generation sector. There was a slight downtrend in the real price of electricity after …

analysis to investment decisions of strategic firms that anticipate competition on many consecutive spot markets with … fluctuating (and possibly uncertain) demand. We study how the degree of spot market competition affects investment incentives and …

Elektrizitätswirtschaft in Norwegen, Schweden und Finnland skizziert. Dabei wird insbesondere der Frage nachgegangen, inwieweit im Bereich des …This paper deals with the electricity reforms (1990-1996) in three Scandinavian Couiitries: Norway, Sweden and Finland … decides whether competition between different trade institutions, e.g. between electricity exchanges and bilateral contracts …

In this paper we explore the link between the intensity of product market competition and inflation rates across EU … over time and as alternative proxies of competition we use the level of mark-up, profit margin, the profit rate and a … survey based “intensity of competition” variable. Results for both aggregate and sectoral panels show that the extent of …

find that domestic competition does not seem to explain an excess or shortage of price changes at the sectoral level …