Energy and Environment Archives - IREF Europe https://en.irefeurope.org/tag/energy-and-environment/ Independent research and policy analysis on fiscal, monetary, and regulatory issues in Europe Tue, 14 Mar 2023 11:21:56 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.1 https://en.irefeurope.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/3/2026/04/IREF-LinkedIn-Profile-DarkBlue-scaled.png Energy and Environment Archives - IREF Europe https://en.irefeurope.org/tag/energy-and-environment/ 32 32 EU Energy Markets: Are there any market failures out there to be fixed? https://en.irefeurope.org/meetings-and-seminars/article/eu-energy-markets-are-there-any-market-failures-out-there-to-be-fixed/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=eu-energy-markets-are-there-any-market-failures-out-there-to-be-fixed https://en.irefeurope.org/meetings-and-seminars/article/eu-energy-markets-are-there-any-market-failures-out-there-to-be-fixed/#respond Tue, 14 Mar 2023 11:21:56 +0000 https://en.irefeurope.org/?p=34903 This important topic will be discussed in a talk by the IREF scholar Patricia Commun. Register here for an insightful discussion. The event will take place at the Anglo-American University…

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]]> https://en.irefeurope.org/meetings-and-seminars/article/eu-energy-markets-are-there-any-market-failures-out-there-to-be-fixed/feed/ 0 Growth of the World Population: Good News for Humans and the Planet https://en.irefeurope.org/publications/online-articles/article/growth-of-the-world-population-good-news-for-humans-and-the-planet/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=growth-of-the-world-population-good-news-for-humans-and-the-planet https://en.irefeurope.org/publications/online-articles/article/growth-of-the-world-population-good-news-for-humans-and-the-planet/#respond Thu, 06 Sep 2018 16:29:29 +0000 https://en.irefeurope.org/publications/online-articles/article-growth-of-the-world-population-good-news-for-humans-and-the-planet/ The extent of the climate change is significantly affected by the size of the world population. A larger population increases the use of resources and more greenhouse gases are emitted.…

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]]> https://en.irefeurope.org/publications/online-articles/article/growth-of-the-world-population-good-news-for-humans-and-the-planet/feed/ 0 Regulatory Capture in European Evidence-Based Policy Making https://en.irefeurope.org/publications/online-articles/article/regulatory-capture-in-european-evidence-based-policy-making/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=regulatory-capture-in-european-evidence-based-policy-making https://en.irefeurope.org/publications/online-articles/article/regulatory-capture-in-european-evidence-based-policy-making/#respond Sun, 19 Nov 2017 23:08:09 +0000 https://en.irefeurope.org/publications/online-articles/regulatory-capture-in-european-evidence-based-policy-making/ The European Commission has made a commitment to evidence-based policy making when designing regulations to improve Europe’s environmental conditions. The stated objective is that “Commission initiatives and proposals for EU…

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]]> https://en.irefeurope.org/publications/online-articles/article/regulatory-capture-in-european-evidence-based-policy-making/feed/ 0 Rockets and Feathers in the UK Energy Market: Cartel or Competition? https://en.irefeurope.org/publications/online-articles/article/rockets-and-feathers-in-the-uk-energy-market-cartel-or-competition/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=rockets-and-feathers-in-the-uk-energy-market-cartel-or-competition https://en.irefeurope.org/publications/online-articles/article/rockets-and-feathers-in-the-uk-energy-market-cartel-or-competition/#respond Thu, 17 Aug 2017 09:30:40 +0000 https://en.irefeurope.org/publications/online-articles/rockets-and-feathers-in-the-uk-energy-market-cartel-or-competition/ In many markets, there is a common phenomenon that, for a given change in costs, prices tend to rise more quickly when costs increase than they fall when costs decrease. As evident in some recent price rises in the UK energy market, this "rockets and feathers" pricing pattern is often claimed as evidence of collusion and followed by calls for greater regulation. However, there are other more competitive explanations and so care is needed when considering a potential remedy.

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