The effect of counter-trading on competition in electricity markets

Energy Policy

Volumn 39, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 1764-1773

  Dijk, Justin ^a   Willems, Bert ^b  

^a VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b TILBURG UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Congestion management; Counter trading; Market power

Indexed keywords

COMPETITION IN ELECTRICITY MARKETS; COMPETITIVE ELECTRICITY MARKETS; COMPETITIVE MARKETS; COMPETITIVE PRICES; CONGESTION COSTS; CONGESTION MANAGEMENT; COUNTER-TRADING; ENTRY AND EXIT; INVESTMENT COSTS; LONG TERM; MARKET POWER; NODAL PRICING; POTENTIAL BENEFITS; PRICE-COST MARGIN; PRODUCTION COST; SOCIAL BENEFITS;

COMPETITION; COSTS; ECONOMICS; TRAFFIC CONGESTION;

COMMERCE;

COMMODITY PRICE; COMPETITION (ECONOMICS); ELECTRICITY SUPPLY; INVESTMENT; TRADE; WELFARE IMPACT;

EID: 79952072188     PISSN: 03014215     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.enpol.2011.01.008     Document Type: Article

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