Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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5078271 | International Journal of Industrial Organization | 2011 | 17 Pages |
Abstract
The impact of reduced scarcity prices in the long run still is only incompletely explored. We thus analyze investment of firms in base load and peak load technologies in a market with fluctuating demand under imperfect competition. We show that an appropriately chosen limitation of scarcity prices is not only beneficial in the short run but also in the long run. It leads to a strict increase of investment in peak load technologies, leaving investment in base load technologies unchanged. Furthermore, we characterize the optimal limit on scarcity prices.
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Authors
Gregor Zöttl,