Holmberg, P. and Philpott, A.

Supply function equilibria in transportation networks

CWPE1421

Abstract: Transport constraints limit competition and arbitrageurs' possibilities of exploiting price differences between commodities in neighbouring markets. We analyze a transportation network where oligopoly producers compete with supply functions under uncertain demand, as in wholesale electricity markets. For symmetric networks with a radial structure, we show that existence of symmetric supply function equilibria (SFE) is ensured if demand shocks are sufficiently evenly distributed. We can explicitly solve for them for uniform multi-dimensional nodal demand shocks.

Keywords: Spatial competition, Multi-unit auction, Supply Function Equilibrium, Trading network, Transmission network, Wholesale electricity markets

JEL Codes: D43 D44 C72 L91

PDF: https://www.econ.cam.ac.uk/research-files/repec/cam/pdf/cwpe1421.pdf

EPRG Paper Link: 1401

Open Access Link: https://doi.org/10.17863/CAM.5860

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