The European Electricity Market – Does Liberalisation Bring Cheaper and Greener Electricity?
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This paper investigates the impacts of the liberalisation of the European electricity market. We apply a game theoretic modelling framework in order to assess the economic consequences of different market behaviour. It turns out that, because of different developments of European countries, some countries benefit substantially by strategic market behaviour whereas others could also profit from more competition. The effects on the environment are ambiguous.
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تاریخ انتشار 2003