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dc.contributor.authorNEWBERY, David
dc.date.accessioned2009-02-13T10:38:30Z
dc.date.available2009-02-13T10:38:30Z
dc.date.issued2009
dc.identifier.issn1028-3625
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/1814/10620
dc.description.abstractThe traditional measure of market power is the HHI, which gives implausible results given the low elasticity of demand in electricity spot markets, unless it is adapted to take account of contracting. In its place the Residual Supply Index has been proposed as a more suitable index to measure potential market power in electricity markets, notably in California and more recently in the EU Sector Inquiry. The paper investigates its value in identifying the ability of firms to raise prices in an electricity market with contracts and capacity constraints and find that it is most useful for the case of a single dominant supplier, or with a natural extension, for the case of a symmetric oligoply. Estimates from the Sector Inquiry seem to fit this case better than might be expected, but suggests an alternative defintion of the RSI defined over flexible output that should give a more reliable relationship.en
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dc.language.isoenen
dc.relation.ispartofseriesEUI RSCASen
dc.relation.ispartofseries2009/03en
dc.relation.ispartofseriesLoyola de Palacio Programme on Energy Policyen
dc.rightsinfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess
dc.subjectResidual Supply Indexen
dc.subjectCournot equilibriumen
dc.subjectLerner Indexen
dc.subjectelectricity marketsen
dc.subjectmarket poweren
dc.titlePredicting Market Power in Wholesale Electricity Marketsen
dc.typeWorking Paperen
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