Evaluating the Impact of Divestitures on Competition: Evidence from Alberta's Wholesale Electricity Market
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- Brown, David P. & Eckert, Andrew & Shaffer, Blake, 2023. "Evaluating the impact of divestitures on competition: Evidence from Alberta’s wholesale electricity market," International Journal of Industrial Organization, Elsevier, vol. 89(C).
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Keywords
Electricity; Market Power; Competition Policy; Divestitures;All these keywords.
JEL classification:
- D43 - Microeconomics - - Market Structure, Pricing, and Design - - - Oligopoly and Other Forms of Market Imperfection
- L13 - Industrial Organization - - Market Structure, Firm Strategy, and Market Performance - - - Oligopoly and Other Imperfect Markets
- L50 - Industrial Organization - - Regulation and Industrial Policy - - - General
- L94 - Industrial Organization - - Industry Studies: Transportation and Utilities - - - Electric Utilities
- Q40 - Agricultural and Natural Resource Economics; Environmental and Ecological Economics - - Energy - - - General
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This paper has been announced in the following NEP Reports:- NEP-COM-2023-02-13 (Industrial Competition)
- NEP-ENE-2023-02-13 (Energy Economics)
- NEP-IND-2023-02-13 (Industrial Organization)
- NEP-REG-2023-02-13 (Regulation)
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