We analyze the effects of electricity market mergers in an environment where firms endogenously choose their level of forward contracts prior to competing in the wholesale market. We apply our model to Alberta's wholesale electricity market. Firms have an incentive to reduce their forward...

Die vorliegende Arbeit trägt zu der Preisfindung von Markt und Bilanz ausgelöstem Contingent Convertible Capital bei. Durch die Evaluation vier ausgewählter Preismodelle in einem theoretischen und empirischen Kontext werden die Grundlagen zu einem allgemein akzeptierten Preisfindungsansatz in...

We investigate the relation between derivatives use and corporations' cost of equity capital. Using a large sample of non-financial firms, we compute and analyze (i) the relative cost of equity of firms that use derivatives and those that do not; and (ii) the change in cost of equity experienced...

In the discussion on the relationship between spot and forward prices in electricity markets, the equilibrium approach has an unambiguous prevalence. It is the relative recency of this market that gives rise to the question of how precisely forward prices converge to the spot prices. We decide...