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Can Structural Models be Useful to Understand the Electricity Wholesale Markets? An Application to Spain

In: Recent Advances in the Analysis of Competition Policy and Regulation

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  • Vítor Marques
  • Adelino Fortunato
  • Isabel Soares

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Bringing scholars and policymakers to the frontiers of research and addressing the critical issues of the day, the book presents original important new theoretical and empirical results. The distinguished contributors include: P. Agrel, K. Alexander, J. Crémer, X. Dassiou, G. Deltas, F. Etro, L. Filistrucchi, P. Fotis, M. Gilli, J. Harrington Jr, T. Huertas, M. Ivaldi, B. Jullien, V. Marques, M. Peitz, Y. Spiegel, E. Tarrantino and G. Wood.

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  • Vítor Marques & Adelino Fortunato & Isabel Soares, 2012. "Can Structural Models be Useful to Understand the Electricity Wholesale Markets? An Application to Spain," Chapters, in: Joseph E. Harrington Jr & Yannis Katsoulacos (ed.), Recent Advances in the Analysis of Competition Policy and Regulation, chapter 15, Edward Elgar Publishing.
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