Complementary bidding mechanisms and startup costs in electricity markets

Review of Economic Studies

Volumn 81, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 1708-1742

  Reguant, Mar ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Auctions with complementarities; Electricity markets; Market power; Startup costs

Indexed keywords

COST ANALYSIS; DEMAND ANALYSIS; ELECTRICITY GENERATION; ENERGY MARKET; MACROECONOMICS; PRICE DYNAMICS;

EID: 84928563342     PISSN: 00346527     EISSN: 1467937X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/restud/rdu022     Document Type: Article

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