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Mats Nilsson

Researcher at Vattenfall

Publications -  25
Citations -  243

Mats Nilsson is an academic researcher from Vattenfall. The author has contributed to research in topics: Electricity market & Oligopoly. The author has an hindex of 8, co-authored 25 publications receiving 236 citations. Previous affiliations of Mats Nilsson include Luleå University of Technology & Swedish Competition Authority.

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Using the market at a cost: How the introduction of green certificates in Sweden led to market inefficiencies

TL;DR: In this article, the authors examined the transaction costs in the Swedish electricity retail market arising as a result of the implementation of a green certificate system and highlighted the costs of implementing new policy and the necessity of a careful regulatory design.
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A note on inter-country differences in waste paper recovery and utilization

TL;DR: In this article, the authors identify and analyze the most important determinants of inter-country differences in waste paper rates and find evidence that rich countries tend to recover relatively more waste paper than low-income countries, reflecting the higher demand for waste management and environmental policies in more developed economies.
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What do economic simulations tell us? Recent mergers in the iron ore industry

TL;DR: In this article, the authors investigated the European Commission's decision to allow a merger between two Brazilian iron ore mining companies, CVRD and Caemi, using data on the Direct Reduced Iron pellet market.
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Electric power oligopoly and suspicious minds : a critique of a recently approved merger

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors discuss the welfare effects of a proposed merger in the Swedish electric power market, using firm level data on power capacity, and calculate the unilateral effects of the merger on the welfare effect for society.
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Red light for Green Paper : The EU policy on energy efficiency

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors examine the role the EU Commission suggest that energy efficiency and policies supporting energy efficiency, takes and qualitatively elaborated upon in the light of the goal of a common European electricity market, and suggest that the rationales for the energy efficiency measures are weak, and that the suggested goals of increased competitiveness, environmental targets, and security of supply are best reached with the direct measures especially designed for each goal.