Price Discrimination, Regulation and Entry in the UK Residential Electricity Market

Otero, Jesus and Waddams Price, Catherine (2001) Price Discrimination, Regulation and Entry in the UK Residential Electricity Market. Bulletin of Economic Research, 53 (3). pp. 161-175. ISSN 0307-3378

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Abstract

The residential electricity market in Great Britain has recently been opened to competition and is served by 14 regional incumbents, and up to 15 entrants in each area. This study finds that the incumbents’ regulated prices are discriminatory between consumers using different payment methods, and that firms are practising third-degree price discrimination between areas. The authors discuss the implications for regulatory policy both in the UK and in other countries where electricity markets are being deregulated.

Item Type: Article
Faculty \ School: Faculty of Social Sciences
Faculty of Social Sciences > Norwich Business School
UEA Research Groups: Faculty of Social Sciences > Research Groups > Responsible Business Regulation Group
Faculty of Social Sciences > Research Centres > Centre for Competition Policy
Depositing User: Vishal Gautam
Date Deposited: 01 Jul 2001
Last Modified: 22 Apr 2023 23:46
URI: https://ueaeprints.uea.ac.uk/id/eprint/16733
DOI: 10.1111/1467-8586.00127

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