Modeling electricity markets as two-stage capacity constrained price competition games under uncertainty

2010 7th International Conference on the European Energy Market, EEM 2010

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages

  Sakellaris, Kostis ^a,b  

^a Regulatory Authority for Energy   (Greece)

^b ATHENS UNIVERSITY OF ECONOMICS AND BUSINESS   (Greece)

Author keywords

Capacity constraints; Electricity markets; Endogenous capacity; Regulatory policy; Strategic behaviour

Indexed keywords

CAPACITY CONSTRAINTS; ELECTRICITY MARKETS; ENDOGENOUS CAPACITY; REGULATORY POLICIES; STRATEGIC BEHAVIOUR;

COMPETITION; COSTS; ECONOMICS; ELECTRICITY; GAME THEORY; INDUSTRY; INVESTMENTS; PROFITABILITY;

COMMERCE;

EID: 77957783915     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/EEM.2010.5558755     Document Type: Conference Paper

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