Are targets for renewable portfolio standards too low? the impact of market structure on energy policy

European Journal of Operational Research

Volumn 250, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 328-341

  Siddiqui, Afzal S ^a,b   Tanaka, Makoto ^c   Chen, Yihsu ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c NATIONAL GRADUATE INSTITUTE FOR POLICY STUDIES   (Japan)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Bi level modelling; Market power; OR in environment and climate change; Renewable portfolio standards

Indexed keywords

COMMERCE; COMPETITION; DEREGULATION; DISPENSERS; ENERGY POLICY; GAS EMISSIONS; GREENHOUSE GASES; RENEWABLE ENERGY RESOURCES;

CONSUMER SURPLUS; ELECTRICITY INDUSTRY; MARKET POWER; MARKET STRUCTURES; NON-RENEWABLE ENERGY; PERFECT COMPETITION; RENEWABLE ENERGIES; RENEWABLE PORTFOLIO STANDARD;

CLIMATE CHANGE;

EID: 84947304111     PISSN: 03772217     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejor.2015.10.063     Document Type: Article

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