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Location Room BZ E3.20 | Universitätsplatz 1 - piazza Università, 1
Bozen
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Departments ECO Faculty

Contact Sonia Candura
Sonia.Candura@unibz.it

08 Oct 2026 12:30-13:30

Nonparametric tests for perfect competition: Theory application to the wholesale electricity market

Research Seminar by Thomas Tangerås: Nonparametric tests for perfect competition. New nonparametric methods to assess competition, applied to wholesale electricity markets

Event type Hybrid Event

Location Room BZ E3.20 | Universitätsplatz 1 - piazza Università, 1
Bozen
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Departments ECO Faculty

Contact Sonia Candura
Sonia.Candura@unibz.it

This paper develops a simple non-parametric test for perfect competition in markets for homogenous goods. The method only requires data on prices and some aggregate of output. We then generalize the method to account for variable capacity and intertemporal production decisions. We apply the method to the Nordic wholesale electricity market. Main results show that the data are approximately rationalizable by perfect competition in bidding zones with low ownership concentration of generation assets, but not in bidding zones characterized by high ownership concentration.

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