European electricity market reforms: The "Visible hand" of public coordination

Economics of Energy and Environmental Policy

Volumn 2, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 107-124

  Finon, Dominique ^a   Roques, Fabien ^a  

^a CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

Capacity mechanism; Electricity markets; Long term contracts; Renewables policies

Indexed keywords

EID: 85015800890     PISSN: 21605882     EISSN: 21605890     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5547/2160-5890.2.2.6     Document Type: Article

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