Nach dem Willen der Bundesregierung soll der Anteil der regenerativen Energien an der Stromerzeugung vergrößert werden. Wie sind die Chancen der grünen Energiequellen nach der Liberalisierung des deutschen Strommarktes? Muss die Energie- und Umweltpolitik stärker an den Markt angepasst werden?

A new microeconomic model is presented that aims at a description of the long-term unit sales and price evolution of homogeneous non-durable goods in polypoly markets. It merges the product lifecycle approach with the price dispersion dynamics of homogeneous goods. The model predicts a minimum...

This paper is offering a presentation of the energy market in Romania by analyzing its characteristics before and after the fall of communism. Becoming a member of the European Union brought many challenges for our country on different levels, the restructuring of the energy market being one of...

In this paper we have analyzed the specific characteristics of the energy markets in general and the products transacted, in particular. Due to its unique features, electricity, one of the most important products for the economic development of a country, has brought challenges to the...

The research includes an analysis of the evolution of fundamental scientific theories regarding security. Based on the systematization of modern definitions the author suggests applying the institutional-transformational approach in order to comprehension the term “economic security of energy...

In this paper, a cooperation model between a generating company and several marketers is presented. The model considers two cooperation schemes. The first finds the optimal decision for the generating company and the group of marketers in terms of maximization of their profits, based on bi-level...

We investigate the impact of competition policy enforcement on the functioning of European energy markets while accounting for sectoral regulation. For this purpose, we compile a novel dataset on the European Commission's (EC) and EU member states' competition policy decisions in energy markets...