Forecasting Italian electricity zonal prices with exogenous variables

Energy Economics

Volumn 34, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 2228-2239

  Gianfreda, Angelica ^a   Grossi, Luigi ^b  

^a EUROPEAN UNIVERSITY INSTITUTE   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VERONA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Congestions; Electricity prices; Forecasting; Fractional integration; Market power; Production technologies

Indexed keywords

CONGESTIONS; ELECTRICITY PRICES; FRACTIONAL INTEGRATION; MARKET POWER; PRODUCTION TECHNOLOGY;

COMMERCE; COSTS; ECONOMICS; ELECTRICITY; FORECASTING; PLANNING; POWER PLANTS; PRODUCTION CONTROL;

DEREGULATION;

ELECTRICITY SUPPLY; ENERGY MARKET; ENERGY POLICY; FORECASTING METHOD; INVESTMENT; PRICE DYNAMICS; PRICING POLICY;

EID: 84867714048     PISSN: 01409883     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.eneco.2012.06.024     Document Type: Article

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