Tacit collusion in the frequently repeated multi-unit uniform price auction for wholesale electricity in England and Wales

European Journal of Law and Economics

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 257-273

  Macatangay, Rafael Emmanuel A ^a,b  

^a LCG Consulting   (United States)

^b Center for Research and Communication Foundation Inc   (Philippines)

Author keywords

Bid inter dependence; Dynamic tacit collusion; Seemingly unrelated regression (SUR); Static market power; Wholesale electricity auction

Indexed keywords

EID: 19144371067     PISSN: 09291261     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1014730803412     Document Type: Article

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