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Competition with forward contracts: a laboratory analysis motivated by electricity market design

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Jordi Brandts
Paul Pezanis-Christou
Arthur Schram

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We use experiments to study the efficiency effects of adding the possibility of forward contracting to a spot market. We focus on the strategic implications of a forward market and consider both quantity and supply function competition. In both cases we compare the effect of adding a contract market to the introduction of an additional competitor. We find that, as theory suggests, for both types of competition the introduction of a forward market significantly lowers prices. The combination of supply function competition with a forward market leads to high efficiency levels. Copyright 2008 The Author(s). Journal compilation Royal Economic Society 2008.

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Volume (Year): 118 (2008)
Issue (Month): 525 (01)
Pages: 192-214
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