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The Effect of Demand Response on Electricity Consumption in Japan

Mizutani, Fumitoshi; Tanaka, Takuro; Nakamura, Eri - Graduate School of Business Administration, Kobe University - 2015

The main purpose of this study is to investigate, by using regressions analysis, the DR effect on households' electricity consumption. We employ three kinds of estimation models: a pooled OLS model, a random effect model, and a fixed effect model. Major results are as follows. First, the DR...

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Abuse of Dominance and Licensing of Intellectual Property

Rey, Patrick; Salant, David - Toulouse School of Economics (TSE) - 2012

We examine the impact of the licensing policies of one or more upstream owners of essential intellectual property (IP hereafter) on the variety offered by a downstream industry, as well as on consumers and social welfare. When an upstream monopoly owner of essential IP increases the number of...

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Freedom to Trade and the Competitive Process

Edlin, Aaron; Farrell, Joseph - National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) - 2011

Although antitrust courts sometimes stress the competitive process, they have not deeply explored what that process is … forming improving coalitions. Much of antitrust can be seen as prohibiting firms' attempts to restrain improving trade between … their rivals and customers. In this way, antitrust protects firms' and customers' freedom to trade to their mutual …

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Vers une nouvelle forme de concurrence dans les marchés de l'électricité ?

Salies, Evens - Centre de recherche en Économie (OFCE), Sciences … - 2011

La loi de nouvelle organisation des marchés de l'électricité s'inscrit dans le prolongement du processus d'ouverture à la concurrence du secteur européen de l'énergie électrique engagé par les États membres de l'Union européenne en 1996. Cette nouvelle loi, qui modifie et complète...

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Russia: Progress in Structural Reform and Framework Conditions

Vaziakova, Yana; Barnard, Geoff; Lysenko, Tatiana - Economics Department, Organisation de Coopération et … - 2011

In the 16 years since the OECD began conducting Economic Surveys of the Russian Federation, a great many policy recommendations relating to structural reform and framework conditions have been made. This paper, expanding on Annex 1.A1 in the 2011 OECD Economic Survey of the Russian Federation,...

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Do Exclusivity Arrangments Harm Consumers?

Chen, Jihui - 2011

This paper explores welfare implications of exclusivity arrangements, e.g. iPhone?s part- nership with wireless carriers. Two ?rms compete in a primary good market, while a monop- olistic ?rm o¤ers a value-adding good. The primary good can be consumed alone, while the value-adding good must be...

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National vs. international welfare effects of horizontal mergers

Hott, Christian - Fakultät Wirtschaftswissenschaften, Technische … - 2001

Empirical evidence suggests that many mergers do not increase profits of the participating firms and decrease welfare. Due to the globalization of markets we should take an international view on mergers and their welfare effects. This paper develops a Bertrand-model of an international...

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Die deutsche Energierechtsnovelle: Über Alleinabnehmer, zugelassene Kunden und die Auswirkungen auf Umweltschutzziele

Kumkar, Lars - Institut für Weltwirtschaft (IfW) - 1997

This paper deals with the German government's proposal to Iiberalize the domestic electricity supply industry. The government bill aims to establish a retail wheeling model in the electricity transmission and distribution System. The Opposition against this model mainly comes from the publicly...

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Zur Politik der US-Federal Energy Regulatory Commission bei der Etablierung eines Common-Carrier-Modells in der Stromübertragung

Kumkar, Lars - Institut für Weltwirtschaft (IfW) - 1996

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Wettbewerb im Stromsektor der USA I: Re-Regulierung der Großhandelsebene

Kumkar, Lars - Institut für Weltwirtschaft (IfW) - 1996

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