We investigate the optimal investment decision in renewables under market demand
uncertainty, in the context of the Italian strategy for renewable deployment under the EU …

Agricultural subsidies play an essential role in agricultural and rural development in many
developed economies. Countries have implemented agricultural subsidy policies with a …

Subsidies initially installed to stimulate green capacity investments tend to be withdrawn
after some time. This paper analyzes the effect on investment of this phenomenon in a …

An important development in the real options theory is the notion that an investment decision
is not only about timing but also about size. This plays for instance a crucial role when the …

The regulation of electricity distribution networks faces new challenges, as consumer
preferences for network services change, distributed energy resources are connected in …

Regulation is one of the tools used by governments to control monopolistic behaviour in the
provision of public services such as electricity, transport or water. Technological and …

This article considers a sequential investment project which starts with a product innovation
phase, and subsequently, once R&D is completed, a production phase. The investment …

We develop a model that reveals the preservation value of maintaining connectivity within a
socio-ecological system (SES). By means of a multiplex network, built from the layers …

Private companies (PCs) in restructured electricity industries determine facility investment
timing and sizing. Such decisions maximize the PC's expected profit (rather than social …

We propose a difference-in-differences approach to estimating the impact of incentives on
cost reduction in the context of German electricity networks. When subject to a lower …