. Alternatively, if the forecasts are at risk of being biased or out of tune with the market, then one certainly would not want to use …. Accordingly, assuming that long-term price stability is valued, the most appropriate way to compare the levelized cost of these …

The purpose of this study is to examine competition in the electric power industry from an industrial organization … varieties of electric power competition, organized along two dimensions: producer competition and consumer competition. Chapters … 5 and 6 identify the issues raised by competition along the two dimensions. These issues include efficiency, equity …

The purpose of this study is to examine competition in the electric power industry from an ``industrial organization … varieties of electric power competition, organized along two dimensions: producer competition and consumer competition. Chapters … 5 and 6 identify the issues raised by competition along the two dimensions. These issues include efficiency, equity …

We investigate the effects of market power, banking and bank-environment activities on profitability and stability … (risk and returns) for a total of 1929 banks in 40 emerging and advanced economies over the sample period of 1999-2008. The … in the emerging banking sector; and iv) higher interest rate spreads increase profitability and stability for both types …

We investigate the effects of market power, banking and bank-environment activities on profitability and stability … (risk and returns) for a total of 1929 banks in 40 emerging and advanced economies over the sample period of 1999-2008. The … in the emerging banking sector; and iv) higher interest rate spreads increase profitability and stability for both types …

Keynesian models, is still an important risk to be considered in the context of the open economy New Keynesian functional … qualified by the increased risk of bifurcation boundaries crossing the confidence regions and policy design needs to take into …

In today s world, supply chains are facing market dynamics dominated by strong global competition, high labor costs … risk, raise the cost of capital, and lower profits. To reduce these negative impacts, modern enterprise managers must be … development of a methodology that, based on the concepts of asymptotic stability and accumulated deviations from equilibrium (ADE …

. Renewable energy (RE) technologies can directly hedge natural gas price risk by reducing the need to purchase variable … addition to its direct contribution to price stability, an increasing number of studies show that renewable energy deployment …

This report compiles 3-D finite element analyses performed to evaluate the stability of Strategic Petroleum Reserve … enlarged cavern diameters and smaller pillars reduce underground stability. Advances in geomechanics modeling enable the …