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performance ; information ; transparency ; regulation …
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We study the regulation of a monopolistic firm that provides a non-marketed output based on multiple substitutable … costs. For this novel setting, we investigate the theoretically optimal Bayesian regulation mechanism. We find that the … non-Bayesian regulation can indeed get close to the second best of the Bayesian menu of contracts regulation. …
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A cooperative game theoretic framework is introduced to study the behavior of cooperating and competing electrical energy providers considering price-preference rational consumers. We analyze the interactions of generators in an idealized environment described by a DC load flow model where the...
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regulation and trade under imperfect competition. Ulph's model focused on the effectiveness of harmonisation policies against … issues rests in their importance for the environmental regulation of the European electricity sector, where imperfect …
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We argue that information asymmetries between regulators and firms increase the administrative decision costs of initiating new policies due to the costs of satisfying evidentiary or “burden of proof” requirements. We further contend that regulators with better information about regulated...
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principles and design practices borrowed directly from economic regulation of public utilities and against the backdrop of the …
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. Recognising that regulation is itself costly, and that market contracting, ownership and regulation are partly substitutable forms … contracting, ownership and regulation than does state ownership. Regulation of customer-owned distribution (and transmission) is … ownership has evolved as an effective substitute for regulation. Policy implications are drawn …
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This paper is an empirical investigation of how traders react to public news in a market where there are lots of non-scheduled announcements, often arriving simultaneously. Using detailed trade information from the Nordic intra-day electricity market and GARCH models, this paper examines market...
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In this paper, we present a straightforward economic model that explains the incentives to manipulate nodal energy prices in a “Day 2” RTO market. The model distinguishes between legitimate market participation that increases overall market efficiency and manipulative behavior that distorts...
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