This paper shows that generators exercised increasing market power in the England and Wales wholesale electricity market in the second half of the 1990s despite declining market concentration. It examines whether this was consistent with static, non-cooperative oligopoly models, which are widely...

We discuss the strategic behavior of agents on a financial market in the presence of a central bank which is borrowing and lending money.

Electricity markets in the United States presently employ an auction mechanism to determine the dispatch of power generation units. In this market design, generators submit bid prices to a regulation agency for review, and the regulator conducts an auction selection in such a way that satisfies...

In this paper, we study the local dial-up Internet access market using a game theoretic model. Inparticular, we consider the Nash equilibrium of the service providers and examine their behavioron investment and output level. We calibrate this model to fit the industry structure and datafound in...

With the rise of the internet and mobile telephony, many agree that Mobile-Business is the logical next step in the Electronic-Business revolution. Investigation of mobile electronic marketing is essential to ensure both consumers and organisations gain true value from the adoption and...

Purpose – Most of the growth in casino expansion for the foreseeable future will take place in Asia. Western casino operators appreciate the immense opportunities afforded by the Asian markets, but judging by their performance abroad some have not adapted in ways necessary to survive and...

Paper prepared for presentation at the First Symposium on Horticulture in Europe(SHE), 17th to 20th February 2008 at Vienna/Austria held under the aegis of ALVA,APH, BNL-SHS, DGG, GSHS, IOH, INRA, NJF, PSHS, SECH, SOI and theInternational Society for Horticultural Science

Paper prepared for presentation at the 7th Industrieforum PelletsStuttgart (Germany), 10th October 2007

This paper looks at the under-researched area of assessing organisational green performance and its drivers from the consumer’s point of view. Drawing on the green literature, a model is advanced in which certain environmental attitudes held by consumers drive or restrain the performance...