The paper surveys the literature and publicly available information on market power monitoring in electricity wholesale markets. After briefly reviewing definitions, strategies and methods of mitigating market power we examine the various methods of detecting market power that have been employed...

The Federal government has agreed in the coalition agreement 2009 on the objective "to limit global warming at two Degree Celsius and to maintain Germany's leadership role in climate protection." To achieve this objective the German CO2 emissions are to be reduced by 2020 at 40 percent relative...

Average market prices for intermittent generation technologies are lower than for conventional generation. This has a technical reason but can be exaggerated in the presence of market power. When there is much wind smaller amounts of conventional generation technologies are required, and prices...

Learning by doing methodology attributes cost reductions of a technology to cumulative investment and experience. This paper argues that in addition market growth rates must also be considered. Historically growth rates have been limited in most sectors, thus allowing for feedback in the...

Peering decisions between Internet Service Providers (ISPs) contain substantial non-measurable aspects requiring trust and informal cooperation among peering partners. We study whether virtual districts are observed between Internet peers. Our empirical analysis of the bilateral peering...