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Lumpy investment in regulated natural gas pipelines: an application of the theory of the second best
(Centro de Investigación y Docencia Económicas, División de Economía, 2008)
We address investment in regulated natural gas pipelines when investment is lumpy and the demand for gas is stochastic. This is a problem that can be solved in theory as a dynamic program, but a practical solution depends ...
The political economy of solar energy
(Centro de Investigación y Docencia Económicas, División de Economía, 2006)
At the present time, solar power is not a competitive fuel for supplying electricity to the grid in the United States. However, an economic model developed by the U.S. National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) forecasts ...
Quasi-rents and pricing gas in Mexico
(Centro de Investigación y Docencia Económicas, División de Economía, 2008)
In 1997, the Comisión Reguladora de Energía of Mexico implemented a netback rule for linking the Mexican natural gas price to the Texas price. At the time, the Texas price reflected a reasonably competitive market. Since ...