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The economics of nuclear power.

Horst, Ronald L.

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The economics of nuclear power.

Record Type:	Electronic resources : Monograph/item
Title/Author:	The economics of nuclear power./
Author:	Horst, Ronald L.
Published:	Ann Arbor : ProQuest Dissertations & Theses, : 2006,
Description:	368 p.
Notes:	Source: Dissertation Abstracts International, Volume: 67-11, Section: A, page: 4270.
Contained By:	Dissertation Abstracts International67-11A.
Subject:	Economics. -
Online resource:	http://pqdd.sinica.edu.tw/twdaoapp/servlet/advanced?query=3241525
ISBN:	9780542962325

The economics of nuclear power.
Horst, Ronald L.

The economics of nuclear power. - Ann Arbor : ProQuest Dissertations & Theses, 2006 - 368 p.

Source: Dissertation Abstracts International, Volume: 67-11, Section: A, page: 4270.

Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Maryland, College Park, 2006.

We extend economic analysis of the nuclear power industry by developing and employing three tools. They are (1) compilation and unification of operating and accounting data sets for plants and sites, (2) an abstract industry model with major economic agents and features, and (3) a model of nuclear power plant operators.

ISBN: 9780542962325Subjects--Topical Terms:

517137
Economics.

The economics of nuclear power.
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520 $a We build a matched data set to combine dissimilar but mutually dependant bodies of information. We match detailed information on the activities and conditions of individual plants to slightly more aggregated financial data. Others have exploited the data separately, but we extend the sets and pool available data sets. The data reveal dramatic changes in the industry over the past thirty years. The 1980s proved unprofitable for the industry. This is evident both in the cost data and in the operator activity data. Productivity then improved dramatically while cost growth stabilized to the point of industry profitability. Relative electricity prices may be rising after nearly two decades of decline. Such demand side trends, together with supply side improvements, suggest a healthy industry.
520 $a Our microeconomic model of nuclear power plant operators employs a forward-looking component to capture the information set available to decision makers and to model the decision-making process. Our model includes features often overlooked elsewhere, including electricity price equations and liability. Failure to account for changes in electricity price trends perhaps misled earlier scholars, and they attributed to other causes the effects on profits of changing price structures. The model includes potential losses resulting from catastrophic nuclear accidents. Applications include historical simulations and forecasts.
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