Electricity Prices during the Energy Crisis in Germany: The Role of Market Power
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Keywords
Energy Economics; Market Power; Energy Crisis; Electricity Prices; Cournot Competition;All these keywords.
JEL classification:
- Q41 - Agricultural and Natural Resource Economics; Environmental and Ecological Economics - - Energy - - - Demand and Supply; Prices
- Q43 - Agricultural and Natural Resource Economics; Environmental and Ecological Economics - - Energy - - - Energy and the Macroeconomy
- L13 - Industrial Organization - - Market Structure, Firm Strategy, and Market Performance - - - Oligopoly and Other Imperfect Markets
- D43 - Microeconomics - - Market Structure, Pricing, and Design - - - Oligopoly and Other Forms of Market Imperfection
- L94 - Industrial Organization - - Industry Studies: Transportation and Utilities - - - Electric Utilities
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This paper has been announced in the following NEP Reports:- NEP-COM-2024-12-30 (Industrial Competition)
- NEP-ENE-2024-12-30 (Energy Economics)
- NEP-GTH-2024-12-30 (Game Theory)
- NEP-IND-2024-12-30 (Industrial Organization)
- NEP-REG-2024-12-30 (Regulation)
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