Long-Term Market Competition Analysis for Hydropower Stations using SSDP-Games

The Three Gorges Dam Project (TGDP) on the Yangtze River in Hubei Province is touted as the long term solution to China’s increasing energy and agricultural needs. TGDP, with a 1084 km2 reservoir of 39.3 billion m3 capacity, will be the largest multipurpose water conservancy project ever built in the world. The main structures of the project are dam, hydropower stations and navigation facilities. After studying fifteen alternative sites and approval of Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) in February 1992, the construction of the dam began in 1994 with an expected duration of 17 years. Annual reduction of 40-50 million tons of coal consumption by providing 85 billion kilowatt hours of electricity, protection of 1.6 million hectares of agricultural land from floods and considerable improvement of navigation and tourism sector are the major anticipated benefits of TGDP. However, the proposed benefits put significant pressure on ecological and socio-cultural environment of the TGDP area. Relocation and resettlement of over 1.3 million local populations, inundation of several sites of historical importance, deforestation and loss of biodiversity including several endangered species of flora and fauna across a region of 58,000 km2, increased sedimentation, water pollution and potential earthquake risks are the major adverse consequences of TGDP. Key words: Three Gorges Dam Project (TGDP), environmental impacts, alternatives, resettlement, biodiversity, ecology, China Hydro Nepal: Journal of Water, Energy and Environment Vol. I, Issue No. 1 (2007) pp. 54-56

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Remaking Medicare: The Voucher Myth

International Journal of Health Services ◽

10.2190/8d0t-4xdw-am8t-6wcq ◽

1998 ◽

Vol 28 (1) ◽

pp. 29-46

Author(s):

Jonathan Oberlander

Keyword(s):

Consumer Choice ◽

Baby Boom ◽

Market Competition ◽

The Elderly ◽

Medicare Beneficiaries ◽

Short Term ◽

Medicare Program ◽

The Stability ◽

Voucher System

There is growing enthusiasm for transforming Medicare into a voucher system. Advocates claim vouchers would increase the health care choices available to Medicare beneficiaries, reduce the regulatory burden on the federal government, and promote the benefits of fair market competition. In addition, some analysts contend vouchers are the only feasible solution to Medicare's short-term financing problems and the long-term “crisis” of the retirement of the baby-boom generation. The author argues against these claims. Vouchers would not work as advertised by proponents because of the limitations of risk-adjustment methods and unrealistic assumptions about consumer choice. Moreover, the elderly and disabled Medicare population is ill-suited to cope in a competitive insurance system. Implementation of vouchers would therefore pose a threat to both the health of beneficiaries and the stability of the Medicare program. The implications of this analysis for Medicare reform are discussed.

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Professional Managers and Long-term Investment in State-owned Enterprises

E3S Web of Conferences ◽

10.1051/e3sconf/202021402039 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 214 ◽

pp. 02039

Author(s):

Wu lan ◽

Mao Liqing ◽

Yu Lingli

Keyword(s):

Market Competition ◽

Professional Managers ◽

Professional Manager ◽

Ownership Reform

In the background of mixed ownership reform, the introduction of professional managers in state- owned enterprises is to gradually integrate with the market, participate in market competition, and improve the efficiency of state-owned assets. However, due to the late introduction of China, the professional manager system of state-owned enterprises is constantly developing and improving. The results of this study show that the introduction of professional managers in state-owned enterprises will reduce the long-term investment of enterprises, but it is not significant in the case of the combination of manager and chairman. This paper puts forward a new direction and thinking for the construction of professional manager system.

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ECONOMETRIC METHODOLOGY OF MONOPOLIZATION PROCESS EVALUATION

Business Management and Education ◽

10.3846/bme.2014.04 ◽

2014 ◽

Vol 12 (1) ◽

pp. 47-59

Author(s):

Dmitrijs Skoruks ◽

Maija Šenfelde

Keyword(s):

Process Evaluation ◽

Market Competition ◽

Main Question ◽

Unified Framework ◽

Competition Analysis ◽

The Public ◽

Private And Public ◽

Econometric Methodology ◽

Regulatory Functions ◽

Further Development

The research “Econometric Methodology of Monopolization Process Evaluation” gives a perspective description of monopolization process’ nature, occurrence source, development procedure and internal conjuncture specifics, as well as providing an example of modern econometrical method application within a unified framework of market competition analysis for the purpose of conducting a quantitative competition evaluation on an industry level for practical use in both private and public sectors. The main question of the aforementioned research is the definition and quantitative analysis of monopolization effects in modern day globalized markets, while constructing an empirical model of the econometric analysis, based on the use of international historical experience of monopoly formations standings, with the goal of introducing a further development scheme for the use of both econometrical and statistical instruments in line with the forecasting and business research need of enterprises and regulatory functions of the public sector. The current research uses a vast variety of monopolization evaluation ratios and their econometrical updates on companies that are involved in the study procedure in order to detect and scallar measure their market monopolizing potential, based on the implemented acquired market positions, turnover shares and competition policies.

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Product Boundaries of the Software Market Within the Context of Competition Policy

Moscow University Economics Bulletin ◽

10.38050/01300105201663 ◽

2016 ◽

Vol 2016 (6) ◽

pp. 39-56

Author(s):

Andrey Shastitko ◽

Alexandr Kurdin ◽

Anastasiya Morosanova

Keyword(s):

Competition Policy ◽

Network Effects ◽

Legal Status ◽

Market Competition ◽

Product Market ◽

Intellectual Activity ◽

Legal Cases ◽

Competition Analysis ◽

Software Market ◽

The Difference

The article analyses the main features of the intellectual activity results market through the lens of the product boundaries definition. Frequently the pirated copy is not considered as a substitute for original products in legal cases. However, unlicensed computer programs should be included in the product market boundaries regardless of its legal status if the consumer considers them as substitutes. The difference between these types of products (original and pirated) are hidden not in transformation but in transaction characteristics. It is also important to take into consideration the possible complementarity between pirated and original products expressed in the information and network effects. In order to assess the buyers’ choice it is necessary to adjust the methods evaluating product market boundaries prescribed by «The Procedure of market competition analysis» of the Russia’s Federal Antimonopoly Service.

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Distributed Parallel Stochastic Dynamic Programming Algorithm Based on MPI and Multithread for Long-Term Optimal Operation of Cascaded Hydropower Stations

Computer Science and Technology ◽

10.1142/9789813146426_0091 ◽

2016 ◽

Author(s):

Dong-qing ZHOU ◽

Shi-yu PENG ◽

Kang-li SUN ◽

Xiu-feng LI ◽

Chun-tian CHENG

Keyword(s):

Dynamic Programming ◽

Stochastic Dynamic Programming ◽

Dynamic Programming Algorithm ◽

Optimal Operation ◽

Programming Algorithm ◽

Stochastic Dynamic ◽

Hydropower Stations

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THE ANALYSIS OF BOT STRATEGIES BASED ON GAME THEORY – CASE STUDY ON TAIWAN'S HIGH SPEED RAILWAY PROJECT

Journal of Civil Engineering and Management ◽

10.3846/13923730.2012.723329 ◽

2012 ◽

Vol 18 (5) ◽

pp. 662-674 ◽

Cited By ~ 14

Author(s):

Tien-Chien Chen ◽

Yu-Cheng Lin ◽

Lung-Chuang Wang

Keyword(s):

Game Theory ◽

High Speed ◽

Market Competition ◽

Theory Model ◽

Competition And Cooperation ◽

Financial Difficulties ◽

The Game Theory ◽

The Government ◽

High Speed Railroad

Uncertainty in a contract for some BOT (Build-Operate-Transfer) projects may allow an opportunistic developer to take advantage of information asymmetrical factors, long-term external changes, and agency dilemma to request renegotiation and to alter the contact after it has been awarded. Such requests often entrap the government in hold-up problems and result in improper payments to the developers and may even create general public dissatisfaction with a project. In this paper, the Game Theory model is used to analyze the Taiwan High Speed Railroad project to examine how developers implement different strategies at the various stages of a project to alter the contract's conditions in order to continually creating competitive advantage after they have been awarded the contract. This project developer is now facing serious financial difficulties. In this study, the financial information on the Taiwan High Speed Railroad operations was used as the foundation for conducting a simulation to calculate the project's value after this project began operation. The results will serve as reference to the best decision-making strategy for renegotiating costs in competition and cooperation so that a developer can select the optimum project offering the maximum reward. Also, the result will be offered to industries involved in market competition or act as an approach to establish future BOT policies on renegotiation.

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