1. Limit pricing and entry game of renewable energy firms into the energy sector.
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Semmler, Willi, Di Bartolomeo, Giovanni, Minooei Fard, Behnaz, and Braga, Joao Paulo
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RENEWABLE energy sources , *ENERGY industries , *FOSSIL fuels , *TIME-based pricing , *PUBLIC support - Abstract
• In the energy sector prevail fossil fuel incumbents that might inhibit renewable energy entrants. • Our paper provides a game-theoretic stylization of competition between those two types of firms, while incumbents set prices the entrants respond with quantity adjustments. • Solutions are obtained through a Non-linear Model Predictive Control algorithm. • In contrast to previous studies, in this proposed model, both firms are strategically interacting. • Results highlight the importance of the initial cash-flow levels and fiscal subsidies for fringe firms' performances. Governments attempt to provide the energy sector with incentives to replace old technologies with new renewable energy ones as the most effective way to combat climate change. Yet, in the energy sector prevail fossil fuel incumbents that might inhibit renewable energy entrants. Our paper provides a game-theoretic stylization of competition between those two types of firms. Incumbents set prices, and entrants respond with quantity adjustments. In the context of a dynamic limit pricing model, we study the entry dynamics in a market in which the dominant firms (fossil fuel energy suppliers) face the entry of a group of competitive fringe firms (renewable energy suppliers) when the dominant firms have easier access to financial markets but, the fringe firms fund their expansion with internal finance. We also investigate the effect of the public support for renewable energy firms through subsidies. Our model is built on Judd and Peterson (1986, JET), but our solutions are obtained through a non-linear model predictive control (NMPC) algorithm. By this technique, we can predict the outcome of the competition between incumbents and entrants and the impact of financial and fiscal policies considering moving-horizon strategies. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2022
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