This paper investigates the time-varying effects of partisan conflict (PC) and trade policy uncertainty (TPU) on the energy market from January 2000 to July 2021 by employing a time-varying parameter vector autoregressive model with stochastic volatility. The results show that the pass-through...

Introduction: 1 Financial Aspects in Energy: The European Perspective -- Markets: 2 The Development of Energy Markets in Europe -- 3 Renewables in the Energy Market -- 4 The CO2 -Trading Market in Europe -- Prices: 5 Market Efficiency in a Changing Energy Environment -- 6 The Price Forming...

Competition in network industries faces particular problems which are analyzed from both a theoretical and policy perspective. Issues of vertical integration, deregulation and privatization are covered. While competition and privatization are rapidly unfolding in telecommunications in Western...