Market power and the power market: Multi-unit bidding and (in)efficiency in electricity auctions

International Tax and Public Finance

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 377-401

  Parisio, Lucia ^a   Bosco, Bruno ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MILANO BICOCCA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Auctions; Electricity; Pool markets

Indexed keywords

EID: 4043135853     PISSN: 09275940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1024602609265     Document Type: Conference Paper

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