Electricity pricing and market power-evidence from Germany

European Transactions on Electrical Power

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 591-611

  Janssen, M ^a   Wobben, M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MÜNSTER   (Germany)

Author keywords

Electricity pricing; Forward markets; Market power; Spot markets

Indexed keywords

ANALYTICAL MODEL; DAY-AHEAD ELECTRICITY MARKET; DRIVEN DIFFUSION; ELECTRICITY PRICES; ELECTRICITY PRICING; EMISSION ALLOWANCES; FORWARD MARKETS; FUEL COST; GENERATION COST; GERMAN MARKETS; GERMANY; HARD COAL; LIBERALIZED ELECTRICITY MARKET; MARGINAL COSTS; MARKET POWER; MODEL-BASED; PERFECT COMPETITION; POTENTIAL MARKETS; POWER PRICE; REGRESSION MODEL; SPOT MARKETS; TIME-DEPENDENT;

COMPETITION; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; COSTS; ECONOMICS; ELECTRICITY; GAS INDUSTRY; LEAKAGE (FLUID); MAXIMUM LIKELIHOOD; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

COMMERCE;

EID: 67651180990     PISSN: 1430144X     EISSN: 15463109     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/etep.348     Document Type: Article

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