Measuring Welfare in Restructured Electricity Markets

By Erin T. Mansur. Review of Economics and Statistics, 2008

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Modeling Strategic Electricity Storage: The Case of Pumped Hydro Storage in Germany (2011, unknown): “Mansur (2008) develops an alternative econometric approach which accounts for intertemporal production constraints like start-up costs.”
When Does Regulation Distort Costs? Lessons from Fuel Procurement in U.S. Electricity Generation (2015, unknown): “…in the wake of the California electricity crisis (Borenstein, Bushnell, and Wolak 2002; Borenstein 2002; Bushnell, Mansur, and Savaria 2008; Mansur 2001, 2008), and adjustments have been made 6 Borenstein, Bushnell, and Wolak (2002) find that the price of electricity would have tripled…”
Pass-Through of Emissions Costs in Electricity Markets (2014, unknown): “For instance, firms might find it optimal to bid below marginal costs to avoid switching off their plants (Mansur, 2008; Bushnell et al., 2008).”
The U.S. Electricity Industry After 20 Years of Restructuring (2015, methodology): “As one examines recent data on retail rates, it is clear that many of the conditions of 2007 have since dramatically reversed. Table 1 summarizes the average retail rates in states considered “restructured” according to two alternative measures against those that remained under traditional regulatio”