Experimental analysis of the efficiency of uniform-price versus discriminatory auctions in the England and Wales electricity market

Journal of Economic Dynamics and Control

Volumn 25, Issue 3-4, 2001, Pages 561-592

  Bower, John ^a   Bunn, Derek ^a  

^a LONDON BUSINESS SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Agent based computational economics; Auction design; C63; C7; D43; D44; Electricity markets; L94; Market power

Indexed keywords

EID: 0001208816     PISSN: 01651889     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0165-1889(00)00036-1     Document Type: Article

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