Why has the Nordic electricity market worked so well?

Utilities Policy

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 148-157

  Amundsen, Eirik S ^a,b   Bergman, Lars ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^c STOCKHOLM SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (Sweden)

Author keywords

California electricity market; Market power; Nordic electricity market; Supply shock

Indexed keywords

DEREGULATION; ELECTRICITY INDUSTRY; ENERGY MARKET; ENERGY POLICY;

EID: 33746658157     PISSN: 09571787     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jup.2006.01.001     Document Type: Article

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