Essays about: "futures mechanism"

Showing result 6 - 9 of 9 essays containing the words futures mechanism.

  1. 6. Is opacity-induced minor metal market volatility a threat to promising green technologies? : A study of the tellurium market

    University essay from Nationalekonomiska institutionen

    Author : Fredrik Söderqvist; [2013]
    Keywords : Tellurium; Minor Metal; Market Volatility; Market Transparency; Molybdenum; Market Efficiency; REACH; SVAR; Quantitative Analysis; London Metal Exchange;

    Abstract : Tellurium is one of the rarest metals in the earth’s crust. Increased demand for cadmium telluride photovoltaic cells along with an opaque pricing and quantity-reporting system, have recently caused high price volatility and a speculative bubble in the tellurium market, resulting in overstocking and depressed prices. READ MORE

  3. 7. Convergence of day-ahead and future prices in the context of European power market coupling: Historical analysis of spot and future electricity prices in Germany, France, Netherlands and Belgium

    University essay from KTH/Elektriska energisystem

    Author : Ludovic Autran; [2012]
    Keywords : ;

    Abstract : Since November 2010, the French, Belgian, German and Dutch electricity markets are sharing a common mechanism for Day Ahead price formation called “Market Coupling”. This implicit auctioning system for cross border flows management is part of a regional market integration policy which constitutes an intermediary step toward fully integrated European markets. READ MORE

  4. 8. Financial application of genetic programming

    University essay from Institutionen för datavetenskap

    Author : Magnus Johansson; [2009]
    Keywords : Genetisk programmering;

    Abstract : With the increasing speeds of modern processors the possibility of using genetic programming for problems with a huge amount of data has become feasible. One area where people over the course of time have been interested in looking for pattern is in the financial markets. READ MORE

  5. 9. Clean Energy Scenario for Nepal

    University essay from KTH/Industriell ekologi

    Author : Pushkar K Srivastav; [2008]
    Keywords : ;

    Abstract : The focus of this study was to develop energy futures under different growthconditions in Nepal for 2050 and describes how the sustainable energy supply can bemade by using backcasting method to develop scenarios.The major distinguishingcharacteristic of backcasting analysis is a concern, not with what futures are likely tohappen, but with how desirable futures can be attained. READ MORE