Klimaneutralität in Europa gegen Mitte des Jahrhunderts erfordert die Ablösung fossiler Energieträger durch die direkte oder indirekte Nutzung regenerativ erzeugten Stroms in den Sektoren Wärme und Mobilität sowie der Industrie. Die direkte Elektrifizierung und der indirekte Weg über...

We analyze a market game where firms choose capacities under uncertainty about future market conditions and make output choices after uncertainty has unraveled. We show existence and uniqueness of equilibrium under imperfect competition and establish that capacity choices by strategic firms are...

We analyze the effect of price caps on equilibrium production and welfare in oligopoly under demand uncertainty. We find that high price caps always increase production and welfare as compared to the situation without price cap. Price caps close to marginal cost may lead to zero production,...