Browsing Master in Economics: Empirical Applications and Policies by Author "Pizarro-Irizar, Cristina"
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A discriminatory auction for the day-ahead electricity market: its effect on windfall profits
Díez Ormazabal, Aitor (2022-07-29)The main goal of the present Master Thesis is to analyze the Spanish elec- tricity day-ahead market from the design perspective, which like most European countries follows a uniform auction. Indeed, the price is set by the ... -
An Analysis of the Tourism Demand in the Dominican Republic From 2001 to 2021
Reyes Pérez, Stephanie (2022)In this study, we estimate the tourism demand elasticities model by income and prices in the Dominican Republic from the top ten leading countries in tourism, from the first quarter of 2001 to the last quarter of 2021. The ... -
Electricity Price Forecasting using Sale and Purchase Curves: The X-Model Evidence for Spain
Rey Colorado, Jorge (2022)In this Master Thesis, we implement in the Spanish electricity market the X-Model proposed by Ziel and Steinert (2016), combining the insights of market structure models with econometric techniques. Instead of directly ... -
Gender gap in the energy sector. Evidence from Spain
Ewa Mlodawska, Agata (2021)The energy transition is at the heart of the current energy debate and its social dimension is becoming more relevant in the latest policy developments. This Master Thesis aims to develop the research on one of the ... -
Green jobs in the Spanish renewable energy sectors: an input-output approach
Montilla Colás, Julen (2020)After the Paris agreement, the transition to a low carbon economy is at the heart of the debate of the European energy and climate policy. One of the central targets of this transformation proposes changes in the energy ... -
Impact of the phase out of French nuclear plants on the Spanish electricity market
Vera Vera, Cynthia Gabriela (2020)One of the key elements in the transition to low carbon economies is the phase-out of fossil-fuel based technologies. Nuclear power, despite not being a high emitting source, is one of the technologies at the heart of the ... -
The Fiscal Implications of Energy Transition in the Transport Sector: A Case Study of the Basque Country
Urrutia Torrealdai, Nerea (2023)This Master Thesis analyses the socioeconomic and fiscal challenges that arise from the transition towards a climate-neutral economy by 2050 in the Basque Country. The research focuses on the gradual elimination of fossil ... -
The relation between electricity and natural gas spot prices in Spain: cointegration and volatility spill-over analysis
González Sánchez, Luis María (2021)The relation between electricity and natural gas prices got increased attention recently, after their joint rise in many European countries. The present Master Thesis explains the theoretical relation between both markets ... -
Who bears the risk? Analyzing the strategic interaction between regulators and investors when setting incentives for renewable electricity
Alcorta Iglesias, Peio (2020)Energy policies for promoting investment in renewable energy sources have become crucial for deploying different green energy technologies. Depending on their design, the conventional incentive systems assign the risk ...