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Instrument Choice and Cost Uncertainty in the Electricity Market

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  • Elisabetta Cornago
  • Renaud Foucart

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  • Elisabetta Cornago & Renaud Foucart, 2014. "Instrument Choice and Cost Uncertainty in the Electricity Market," Working Papers ECARES ECARES 2014-13, ULB -- Universite Libre de Bruxelles.
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    Keywords

    prices vs. quantities; renewable energy sources; electricity;
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    JEL classification:

    • D62 - Microeconomics - - Welfare Economics - - - Externalities
    • H23 - Public Economics - - Taxation, Subsidies, and Revenue - - - Externalities; Redistributive Effects; Environmental Taxes and Subsidies
    • Q42 - Agricultural and Natural Resource Economics; Environmental and Ecological Economics - - Energy - - - Alternative Energy Sources
    • Q48 - Agricultural and Natural Resource Economics; Environmental and Ecological Economics - - Energy - - - Government Policy

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