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This paper assesses Brazil’s regulatory framework and agencies for several network industries (electricity, oil and gas …. Implementation will be the ultimate test of reform in this area. In natural gas, the dominance of Petrobras, the national oil company … end, recent initiatives include a new regulatory model for the electricity sector, and new draft legislation on the role …
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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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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...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012159292
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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of the electricity market in the US as our case study, we find support for our theoretical predictions. Furthermore, we … investigate the impact this change in procurement contracts has on efficiency. Focusing on coal mines, we find that those selling … coal to plants in restructured markets are significantly more productive than their counterparts working with regulated …
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major impediment to higher RES penetration often lies in the historically grown structures of a country’s electricity sector … both reliable and affordable electricity. However, this focus on only two of the three horns of the energy trilemma, namely …-in into a fossil fuel future. In the last decades, several other countries have successfully restructured their electricity …
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major impediment to higher RES penetration often lies in the historically grown structures of a country's electricity sector … both reliable and affordable electricity. However, this focus on only two of the three horns of the energy trilemma, namely …-in into a fossil fuel future. In the last decades, several other countries have successfully restructured their electricity …
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, Switzerland) and/or Eicke Bluhme-Werri (AxPo Holding AG, Switzerland) -- 1.6.1. Coal and oil-based generation -- 1.6.2. Gas …Introduction -- 1. Part 1: Economics of energy production and distribution -- 1.1. Economics of oil and gas production … - Nadine Bret-Rouzeaut (SciencesPo, France) -- 1.2. Economics of oil tanker transportation -- 1.3. Economics of gas …
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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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