Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/74408 
Year of Publication: 
2013
Series/Report no.: 
EWI Working Paper No. 13/05
Publisher: 
Institute of Energy Economics at the University of Cologne (EWI), Köln
Abstract: 
We study two electricity markets connected by a fixed amount of crossborder capacity. The total amount of capacity is known to all electricity traders and allocated via an auction. The capacity allocated to each bidder in the auction remains private information. We assume that traders are faced with a demand function reflecting the relationship between electricity transmitted between the markets and the spot price difference. Therefore, traders act like Bayesian-Cournot oligopolists in exercising their transmission rights when presented with incomplete information about the competitors’ capacities. Our analysis breaks down the welfare effect into three different components: Cournot behavior, capacity constraints, and incomplete information. We find that social welfare increases with the level of information with which traders are endowed.
Subjects: 
Cournot Oligopoly
incomplete information
capacity constraints
electricity markets
interconnector
cross-border trade
JEL: 
C72
D43
L13
L94
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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