this paper represents a complete survey on generation companies’ (gencos’) optimal bidding strategy problem in restructured power markets. in this regard after an introduction to competitive electricity markets, concept of optimal bidding strategy is presented. considering large amount of works accomplished in this area a novel classification is implemented in order to categorize the existing d...

This paper presents a simple theoretical modei of the spot and futures markets for a storable commodity. We focus our attention in particular on the classical futures markets, those for harvested storable commodities. For these commodities which include grains such as wheat, corn, and soybeans, while there is active trading on the spot and futures markets at each instant, the output of the prod...

The commodity markets have been bidding for acreage due to bio-fuels creating new markets for corn and soybeans. This demand-driven market may continue to provide marketing opportunities for 2008-2010. Currently, the major decision facing producers is determining the enterprise mix for 2008. This memo compares the Returns over Variable Costs for corn and cotton and analyzes the break-even yield...

The aim of this research is to identify the key elements in the success of business models for companies producing open source software. We have defined a new framework that can be used to evaluate existing and new business models in this area. Based on our analysis, we have identified two classes of business models for open source which in our opinion have the potential for success: Commodity ...

The commodity markets have been bidding for acreage due to bio-fuels creating new markets for corn and soybeans. This demand-driven market may continue to provide marketing opportunities for 2008-2010. Currently, the major decision facing producers is determining the enterprise mix for 2008. This memo compares the Returns over Variable Costs for corn and peanuts and analyzes the break-even yiel...

We examine the energy-food nexus using dependence-switching copula model. Specifically, we look at dependence for four distinct market states, such as, increasing oil–increasing commodity, declining oil–declining as well commodity markets. Our results support argument that crash of oil markets and agricultural commodities happen same time, especially during crisis period. However, is not true t...

futures contract is one of the most important derivatives that is used in financial markets in all over the world to buy or sell an asset or commodity in the future. pricing of this tool depends on expected price of asset or commodity at the maturity date. according to this, theoretical futures pricing models try to find this expected price in order to use in the futures contract. so in this ar...

a r t i c l e i n f o JEL classifications: G34 L71 M20 Keywords: Takeovers Mergers & acquisitions Oil and gas industry Oil reserves Energy Can broad factors such as natural resources endowment and global commodity markets influence corporate takeovers? This paper theorizes that managers are motivated in mergers and acquisitions to purchase energy reserves and to time the commodity market in the...