Bert Willems

Publications


Publications

Arbitrage in Energy Markets: Price Discrimination under Congestion. 2009,
with G. Küpper.
Energy Journal (Accepted)
(Earlier version CentER Discussion Paper Series No. 2007-94, Tilburg University).

Risk management in electricity markets: hedging and market incompleteness, 2009,
with J. Morbée.
Energy Economics (Accepted)
(Earlier version TILEC Discussion Paper No. 2008-031, Tilburg University).

Cournot versus Supply Functions: What does the data tell us?, 2009,
with Rumiantseva I. and Weigt, H.,
Energy Economics, 31(1), pp38-47. Download.
(Earlier version CentER report)

Where the Champsaur Commission has got it wrong. 2009,
with C. Crampes, J.M. Glachant, C. von Hirschhausen, F. Leveque, D. Newberry, I. Perez-Arriaga, P. Ranci, and S. Soft.
The Electricity Journal.

Cross-subsidies in the Electricity Sector, 2008,
with Ehlers, E.,
Competition and Regulation in Network Industries.
9(3), pp201-228.
(Earlier version TILEC Report)

Does More International Transmission Capacity Increase Competition in the Belgian Electricity Market?, 2008,
with Küpper G., Delarue E., Delvaux B., Meeus L., Bekaert D., Proost S., D’haeseleer, W., Deketelaere, K. and Belmans R.
Electricity Journal, 22(1), pp 21-36. Download.

Market power mitigation by regulating contract portfolio risk, 2008,
with de Corte E.,
Energy Policy, 36(10), pp 3787-3796. Download

Network unbundling, ownership structure and oligopolies: A case study for the Belgian electricity market, 2006,
with Pepermans G.,
Competition and Regulation in Network Industries
, 2, pp 231-262
(Earlier version ETE Working Paper 2005-01)

Cournot Equilibrium in Price-capped two-settlement electricity markets, 2005,
with Yao, J., Oren, S. and Adler, I.
Hawaii International conference on System Science (38) 

Modeling Cournot Competition in an Electricity Market with Transmission Constraints, 2002,
The Energy Journal 23(3) Download APPENDIX

Working Papers

Exclusivity contracts as (in)efficient insurance,
with C. Argenton
Tilec Discussion Paper 2009-15, Tilburg University

Physical and Financial Virtual Power Plants, 2005,
CES working paper 0512
, Center For Economic Studies, K.U.Leuven.

Cournot Competition, Financial Option Markets and Efficiency, 2004
CSEM working paper 139, Energy Institute, University of California.

Regulating transmission in a spatial oligopoly: a numerical illustration for Belgium, 2003,
with Pepermans G.
ETE Working Paper 2003-14, Center For Economic Studies, K.U.Leuven.

Work in Progress

Legal aspects of quantifiable risk regulation in liberalized electricity markets,
with E. de Corte

Exclusion through speculation,
with C. Argenton

Market Power and Mergers in the German Electricity Market,
with H. Weigt

Books

Economic Aspects of Climate Change Policy, A European and Belgian Perspective, 2005,
jointly edited with J. Eyckmans and S. Proost, ACCO, Leuven

Chapters in Books

'Climate Change: Challenges for the World', 2005,
with J. Eyckmans, and J.-P. van Yperseele
in Economic Aspects of Climate Change Policy, edited by Willems, B., Eyckmans, J., Proost, S., ACCO, Leuven

Submitted Papers

Will Virtual Divestitures really help? Cournot Competition, Option Markets and Efficiency, 2006, Download Working Paper.

Reports

Green Energy Labelling, 2009, Report for Essent N.V.
Mimeo, Tilburg University

Regional congestion management in the Netherlands, 2009, Report for Essent N.V.
with van Dijk, J.
Mimeo, Tilburg University

The Frontier Shift of Capital Cost, 2009, Report for TenneT B.V.
with van Damme, E.
Tilec Report 2009-01, Tilburg University

Cross-subsidies in the Electricity Sector, 2008, Report for Essent N.V.
with Ehlers, E. Marti Fraga, V.
Tilec Report 2008-01, Tilburg University

The future of the Dutch regulatory framework in energy and telecommunications, 2007,
TILEC Report (not public), Tilburg University

International and Belgian climate change policy questions, 2006 
Final Report of CLIMNEG II project, K.U.Leuven

Opening of the European Market for Electricity, 2002,
with Van Roy, P., Belmans, R., Pepermans, G., Proost, S. and D haeseleer, W.
Energy Institute Report 00-02, EI/St/02.3/FIN, K.U.Leuven

Dissertation

Electricity Networks and Generation Market Power, 2004, PhD dissertation,
Dept. of Economics, K.U.Leuven

Master Paper

Localisation of internal heat sources: A Boundary Elements Method. 1998, with Vermeulen T., Master of Science in Engineering.

Cournot Competition in the Electricity Market with Transmission Constraints, 2000, Master of Science in Economics
ETE Working Paper 2000-04, K.U.Leuven.

     
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