Time-of-use pricing and electricity demand response: Evidence from a sample of Italian industrial customers

International Journal of Applied Management Science

Volumn 1, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 21-40

  Abrate, Graziano ^a,b  

^a Hermes Research Centre (Collegio Carlo Alberto)   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EASTERN PIEDMONT   (Italy)

Author keywords

Elasticity of substitution; Electricity market; Retail competition; Time of use pricing

Indexed keywords

EID: 83655178525     PISSN: 17558913     EISSN: 17558921     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1504/IJAMS.2008.020037     Document Type: Review

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