abstract: the main goal of this paper is to modeling of producers’ strategic suggestions for each electricity manufacturer in an oligopolistic structure. according to the proposed structure of the electricity market modeling; this paper uses a dynamic model based on cournot equilibrium. due to the large volume of required information, the implementation of the model is limited to a regional ele...

This study investigates whether discount rate changes serve as an informative signal for investors to enter or exit the stock market. Based on the signal, a market timing strategy is formulated and its performance relative to a passive buy-and-hold strategy is tested with several performance evaluation methods. Empirical evidence derived from data of seven developed countries over more than 29 ...

A computer simulation study is conducted to explore the interaction of alternative segmentation strategies and the competitiveness of the market environment, a goal that can neither be tackled by purely analytic approaches as there is neither sufficient and undistorted real market data available to deduct findings in an empirical manner. The fundamental idea of the simulation is to increase com...

August 17, 2000 Abstract. A research agenda is presented that focuses on the use of market principles and institutions as a micro...nance development strategy. The strategy is based on the central idea that a poverty reduction strategy can be based on the creation of employment opportunities in microand small sized enterprises (MSE) for which it is necessary to facilitate the access to credit t...

A computer simulation study is conducted to explore the interaction of alternative segmentation strategies and the competitiveness of the market environment, a goal that can neither be tackled by purely analytic approaches nor is sufficient and undistorted real market data available to deduct findings in an empirical manner. The fundamental idea of the simulation is to increase competition in t...