Decomposing changes in competition in the Dutch electricity market through the residual supply index

Machiel Mulder and Lambert Schoonbeek

Energy Economics, 2013, vol. 39, issue C, 100-107

Abstract: We propose to assess the influence of a number of events on the degree of competition in the Dutch electricity wholesale market over the period 2006–2011 through a decomposition method based on the residual supply index. We distinguish regulatory market-integration events, firm-level events and changes in the level of residual demand. We conclude that market-integration measures to improve competition have been effective, but that changes in residual demand appear to have been equally important. Firm-level events have only had a minor impact on the intensity of competition.

Keywords: Electricity market; Competition; Regulation; Residual supply index (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: L1 Q4 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2013
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DOI: 10.1016/j.eneco.2013.04.006

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