Market Definition: An Analytical Overview

Market liquidity risk : an overview

Valuing Companies—an Overview of Analytical Approaches

This technical note was prepared by Robert S. Harris. This technical note was written as a basis for class discussion rather than to illustrate effective or ineffective handling of an administrative situation. Support for this work came from funds provided the Darden Foundation and the TVA. Copyright  1997 by the University of Virginia Darden School Foundation, Charlottesville, VA. All rights ...

An overview of the Portuguese electricity market

The electricity market in Portugal was recently opened to all consumers. However, it remains highly concentrated in terms of control of production and supply and the long-term power purchase arrangements still coexist with free market. This paper discusses the electricity market restructuring process in Portugal, presenting its main marks over the past years and the present situation. The evolu...

Tantalum Market and Resources: An Overview

Recent interest in tantalum is due to increases in spot prices for tantalum raw materials which during 2000 reached US$145 to 175/lb of contained Ta2O5 (Platt’s Metals Week) and as much as US$ 350 /lb which was the bid rate for the Oct 2000 Davis Langdon Australia (DLA) Tender. As a result, exploration companies targeted a variety of pegmatites, specialty granites, alkaline complexes and carbon...

Market Power: a Dynamic Definition

Market power refers to conditions where the providers of a service can consistently charge prices above those that would be established by a competitive market. There are many well known definitions of market power, including indices intended to quantify the degree of market concentration of energy supplies. Unfortunately, market power considerations within electric power markets require the co...