A Look Upstream: Electricity Market Restructuring, Risk, Procurement Contracts and Efficiency

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Di Maria, Corrado ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3048-0506, Lange, Ian A. and Lazarova, Emiliya ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3048-0506 (2014) A Look Upstream: Electricity Market Restructuring, Risk, Procurement Contracts and Efficiency.

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Abstract

This paper analyzes theoretically and empirically how upstream markets are affected by deregulation downstream. Deregulation tends to increase the level of uncertainty in the upstream market. Our theoretical analysis predicts that deregulated firms respond to this increase in uncertainty by writing more rigid contracts with their suppliers. Using the restructuring of the electricity market in the U.S. as our case study, we find support for our theoretical predictions. Furthermore, we investigate the impact this change in procurement contracts has on efficiency. Focusing on coal mines, we find that those selling coal to plants in restructured markets are significantly more productive than their counterparts working with regulated plants. On the other hand, we also find that transaction costs may have increased as a consequence of deregulation.

Item Type: Article
Uncontrolled Keywords: energy policy,electricity market restructuring,deregulation,procurement contracts,risk,efficiency,sdg 7 - affordable and clean energy ,/dk/atira/pure/sustainabledevelopmentgoals/affordable_and_clean_energy
Faculty \ School: Faculty of Social Sciences > School of Economics
UEA Research Groups: Faculty of Social Sciences > Research Groups > Environment, Resources and Conflict
Faculty of Social Sciences > Research Groups > Economic Theory
Faculty of Social Sciences > Research Groups > Applied Econometrics And Finance
Faculty of Science > Research Centres > Centre for Social and Economic Research on the Global Environment (CSERGE)
University of East Anglia Schools > Faculty of Science > Tyndall Centre for Climate Change Research
Faculty of Science > Research Centres > Tyndall Centre for Climate Change Research
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Date Deposited: 31 Oct 2016 17:00
Last Modified: 25 Jul 2023 23:51
URI: https://ueaeprints.uea.ac.uk/id/eprint/61189
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