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Efficiency and marginal cost pricing in dynamic competitive markets with friction

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    (Department of Economics, University of Illinois)

  • Meyn, Sean P.

    (Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Illinois)

Abstract

This paper examines a dynamic general equilibrium model with supply friction. With or without friction, the competitive equilibrium is efficient. Without friction, the market price is completely determined by the marginal production cost. If friction is present, no matter how small, then the market price fluctuates between zero and the "choke-up" price, without any tendency to converge to the marginal production cost, exhibiting considerable volatility. The distribution of the gains from trading in an efficient allocation may be skewed in favor of the supplier, although every player in the market is a price taker.

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  • , & Meyn, Sean P., 2010. "Efficiency and marginal cost pricing in dynamic competitive markets with friction," Theoretical Economics, Econometric Society, vol. 5(2), May.
    • Handle: RePEc:the:publsh:324
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    1. Arnaud Z. Dragicevic, 2019. "Market Coordination Under Non-Equilibrium Dynamics," Networks and Spatial Economics, Springer, vol. 19(3), pages 697-715, September.
    2. Nibedita, Barsha & Irfan, Mohd, 2022. "Analyzing the asymmetric impacts of renewables on wholesale electricity price: Empirical evidence from the Indian electricity market," Renewable Energy, Elsevier, vol. 194(C), pages 538-551.
    3. Tsitsiklis, John N. & Xu, Yunjian, 2015. "Pricing of fluctuations in electricity markets," European Journal of Operational Research, Elsevier, vol. 246(1), pages 199-208.
    4. Szabó, Dávid Zoltán & Duck, Peter & Johnson, Paul, 2020. "Optimal trading of imbalance options for power systems using an energy storage device," European Journal of Operational Research, Elsevier, vol. 285(1), pages 3-22.
    5. Mardavij Roozbehani & Munther A Dahleh & Sanjoy K Mitter, 2011. "Volatility of Power Grids under Real-Time Pricing," Papers 1106.1401, arXiv.org.

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    Keywords

    Dynamic general equilibrium model with supply friction; choke-up price; marginal production cost; welfare theorems;
    All these keywords.

    JEL classification:

    • D41 - Microeconomics - - Market Structure, Pricing, and Design - - - Perfect Competition
    • D51 - Microeconomics - - General Equilibrium and Disequilibrium - - - Exchange and Production Economies

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