Vertically integrated firms' investments in electricity generating capacities

B-Tier
Journal: International Journal of Industrial Organization
Year: 2009
Volume: 27
Issue: 4
Pages: 544-551

Score contribution per author:

2.011 = (α=2.01 / 1 authors) × 1.0x B-tier

α: calibrated so average coauthorship-adjusted count equals average raw count

Abstract

We compare investments in generating capacities of an integrated monopolist with the aggregate investments of two vertically integrated competing firms. The firms invest in their capacity and fix the retail price while electricity demand is uncertain. The wholesale price is determined in a unit price auction where the firms know the level of demand when they bid their capacities. Total capacities can be larger or smaller with a duopoly than with a monopoly. If the two firms select the Pareto dominant equilibrium, then the retail price is always higher and the social welfare lower in the duopoly case.

Technical Details

RePEc Handle
repec:eee:indorg:v:27:y:2009:i:4:p:544-551
Journal Field
Industrial Organization
Author Count
1
Added to Database
2026-01-24