Energy Efficiency: Efficiency or Monopsony?
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- Timothy J. Brennan, 2009. "Energy Efficiency: Efficiency or Monopsony?," UMBC Economics Department Working Papers 09-110, UMBC Department of Economics, revised 01 May 2009.
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Keywords
energy efficiency; monopsony; consumer welfare; total welfare; electricity;All these keywords.
JEL classification:
- L51 - Industrial Organization - - Regulation and Industrial Policy - - - Economics of Regulation
- L94 - Industrial Organization - - Industry Studies: Transportation and Utilities - - - Electric Utilities
- L12 - Industrial Organization - - Market Structure, Firm Strategy, and Market Performance - - - Monopoly; Monopolization Strategies
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This paper has been announced in the following NEP Reports:- NEP-ENE-2009-12-19 (Energy Economics)
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