Improving financial performance with hedging via forwards for electric power generation companies

Engineering Economist

Volumn 55, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 246-267

  Wang, Chung Hsiao ^a   Min, K Jo ^b  

^a EON Kernkraft GmbH   (Germany)

^b Iowa State University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANALYTICAL RESULTS; COMPETITIVE MARKETS; ELECTRIC POWER; FINANCIAL PERFORMANCE; FORWARD PRICE; GEOMETRIC BROWNIAN MOTION; PHYSICAL POWER; RISK EXPOSURE; ROBUST DECISIONS; SIMULATION APPROACH;

BROWNIAN MOVEMENT; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DECISION MAKING; ELECTRIC POWER GENERATION; RISK MANAGEMENT;

ELECTRIC GENERATORS;

EID: 77956546408     PISSN: 0013791X     EISSN: 15472701     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/0013791X.2010.504290     Document Type: Article

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