Locational price spreads and the pricing of contracts for difference: Evidence from the Nordic market

Energy Economics

Volumn 31, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 257-268

  Marckhoff, Jan ^a   Wimschulte, Jens ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BAMBERG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF REGENSBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Contract for Difference; Electricity; Implied area forward; Risk premium

Indexed keywords

MARKETING;

CONTRACT FOR DIFFERENCE; ELECTRICITY; ELECTRICITY MARKETS; IMPLIED AREA FORWARD; MARKET PARTICIPANTS; RISK PREMIUM; SPOT PRICING; TRANSMISSION CONGESTION;

COSTS;

ELECTRICITY; EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; PRICE DYNAMICS; RISK;

EID: 58649091729     PISSN: 01409883     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.eneco.2008.10.003     Document Type: Article

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