Market power in the Spanish electricity auction

Journal of Regulatory Economics

Volumn 37, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 42-69

  Ciarreta, Aitor ^a   Espinosa, María Paz ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE BASQUE COUNTRY UPV EHU   (Spain)

Author keywords

Electricity market; Market power

Indexed keywords

EID: 72249094552     PISSN: 0922680X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11149-009-9102-7     Document Type: Article

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