Scandinavian Working Papers in Economics

Working Papers in Economics,
University of Gothenburg, Department of Economics

No 327: Market Structure and the Stability and Volatility of Electricity Prices

Mikael Bask () and Anna Widerberg ()
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Mikael Bask: Department of Economics, Stanford University, Postal: Landau Economics Building, 579 Serra Mall, Stanford, CA 94305-6072, U.S.A.
Anna Widerberg: Department of Economics, School of Business, Economics and Law, Göteborg University, Postal: Box 640, SE 40530 GÖTEBORG

Abstract: By using a novel approach in this paper,(lambda,sigma²)-analysis, we have found that electricity prices most of the time have increased in stability and decreased in volatility when the Nordic power market has expanded and the degree of competition has increased. That electricity prices at Nord Pool have been generated by a stochastic dynamic system that most often has become more stable during the step-wise integration of the Nordic power market means that this market is less sensitive to shocks after the integration process than it was before this process. This is good news.

Keywords: Electricity Prices; GARCH Models; Lyapunov Exponents; Market Structure; Reconstructed Dynamics; Stability; Volatility

JEL-codes: C14; C22; D43

40 pages, November 6, 2008

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