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Utility Entry into Telecommunications : Exactly How Serious are We?

Spiwak, Lawrence J. - 2004

This Paper explores asks a very fundamental question: If meaningful, facilities-based competition and "de-regulation …" for telecommunications and information services (and, a fortiori, competition and de-regulation for electricity as well …

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The Role of Carbon Capture and Storage in Greenhouse Gas Emissions Reduction Models : A Parametric Study for the U.S. Power Sector

Bistline, John E.; Rai, Varun - 2014

This paper analyzes the potential contribution of carbon capture and storage (CCS) technologies to greenhouse gas emissions reductions in the U.S. electricity sector. Focusing on capture systems for coal-fired power plants until 2030, a sensitivity analysis of key CCS parameters is performed to...

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Carbon Capture and Storage at Scale : Lessons from the Growth of Analogous Energy Technologies

Rai, Varun; Victor, David G.; Thurber, Mark C. - 2012

Carbon capture and storage (CCS) is a promising technology that might allow for significant reductions in CO2 emissions. But at present CCS is very expensive and its performance is highly uncertain at the scale of commercial power plants. Such challenges to deployment, though, are not new to...

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The Economics of Solar Electricity

Baker, Erin; Fowlie, Meredith; Lemoine, Derek; … - In: Annual Review of Resource Economics 5 (2013) 1, pp. 387-426

The benefits and costs of increasing solar electricity generation depend on the scale of the increase and on the time frame over which it occurs. Short-run analyses focus on the cost-effectiveness of incremental increases in solar capacity, holding the rest of the power system fixed. Solar’s...

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Product Market Competition and Economic Performance in the United States

Suppanz, Hannes; Wise, Michael; Kiley, Michael - Economics Department, Organisation de Coopération et … - 2004

Regulatory reform efforts in a broad range of industries have resulted in increased importance of competitive forces as a means to allocate resources and improve economic efficiency. A number of indicators suggest that such forces have been stronger in the United States than in most other OECD...

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Enabling diffusion: How complementary inputs moderate the response to environmental policy

Fabrizio, Kira R.; Hawn, Olga - In: Research Policy 42 (2013) 5, pp. 1099-1111

While policies encouraging diffusion of new technologies provide incentives for adopting the focal good, they typically ignore the ecosystem of complementary goods and services. Based on existing literature on indirect network effects, we argue that when there is less availability of...

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Asbestos, leaded petrol, and other aberrations : comparing countries' regulatory responses to disapproved products and technologies

Coad, Alexander; Biggi, Gianluca; Giuliani, Elisa - 2019

Industrial innovation churns out increasingly unnatural products and technologies amid scientific uncertainty about … important indicator for evaluating the performance of an innovation system. Using a unique hand-collected dataset, we explore …

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Energy Systems Integration: Implications for public policy

Cambini, Carlo; Congiu, Raffaele; Jamasb, Tooraj; … - 2020

Energy Systems Integration (ESI) is an emerging paradigm and at the centre of the EU energy debate. ESI takes a holistic view of the electricity, gas and heat sectors to deliver a clean, reliable and affordable energy system. By identifying and exploiting the synergies within and between the...

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Product Market Competition and Upstream Innovation : Theory and Evidence from the US Electricity Market Deregulation

Sanyal, Paroma - 2015

This paper studies the innovation response of upstream technology suppliers when their downstream technology buyers … transition from regulation to product market competition. First, we develop a theoretical framework that models this particular … for innovation, we identify two channels through which the effects of deregulation are transmitted to innovation: (a) the …

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Boosting Productivity in Australia

Koutsogeorgopoulou, Vassiliki; Barbiero, Omar - Economics Department, Organisation de Coopération et … - 2013

rate of vocational students, and enhancing the level of collaboration among the key innovation players are priorities. The … des élèves en filière professionnelle et le renforcement du niveau de collaboration entre les principaux acteurs de l’innovation …

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