Policy changes and the dynamics of capacity expansion in the Swiss electricity market

Energy Policy

Volumn 37, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 1983-1998

  Ochoa, Patricia ^a   van Ackere, Ann ^b  

^a LONDON BUSINESS SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LAUSANNE   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Capacity expansion; Electricity markets policy; Emergent liberalisation

Indexed keywords

DYNAMICS; INTERNATIONAL TRADE; MARKETING; RISK PERCEPTION;

CAPACITY EXPANSION; ELECTRICITY EXCHANGES; ELECTRICITY MARKETS POLICY; EMERGENT LIBERALISATION; LOWER COSTS; MARKET RESPONSE; POLICY CHANGES; PRICE VOLATILITIES; SOCIO-ECONOMIC; SYSTEM DYNAMICS; SYSTEM DYNAMICS MODELS; UTILITY COMPANIES;

ELECTRICITY;

ELECTRICITY GENERATION; ELECTRICITY SUPPLY; ENERGY MARKET; ENERGY POLICY; LIBERALIZATION; POLICY REFORM;

CENTRAL EUROPE; EURASIA; EUROPE; SWITZERLAND;

EID: 63249103906     PISSN: 03014215     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.enpol.2009.01.044     Document Type: Article

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