This paper investigates users' preferences to elicit their willingness to pay for the introduction of electric boats in the Regional Park of Trasimeno Lake, a protected area in Italy, in order to reduce CO2 emissions, were 263 respondents participated. We examine the impact of uncertainty on...

It is well known that EU Directive 2009/72/CE imposes to the European Countries environmental and energy targets. The Italian goal is to attain a 17% share in electricity production from renewable sources by 2020. To make investment in renewables attractive, market prices must be profitable and...

Liberalization in the electricity markets has been characterized by oligopoly conditions and exercise of market power, largely studied in the empirical literature on the supply side. This paper provides a new contribution to the literature on the electricity market presenting a theoretical and...