Several interconnected power systems worldwide have largely thermal and hydro production along with carbon cap-and-trade (C&T) systems and variable renewable energy sources (VRES). C&T policies increase VRES generation, and socially optimal storage deployment could integrate VRES output....

Subsidies induce a market inefficiency by creating a deadweight loss, since supply and demand are out of equilibrium. In 2016, electricity subsidies were the largest component of the total global energy subsides, with an estimated 128 billion USD out of 287 billion USD. Electricity generation is...

Chapter 1. A Lanchester-Type Dynamic Game of Advertising and Pricing -- Chapter 2. On the Modelling of Price Effects in the Diffusion of Optional Contingent Products -- Chapter 3. The effects of consumer rebates in a competitive distribution channel -- Chapter 4. On the coordination of static...