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Capacity cost structure, welfare and cost recovery: Are transport infrastructures with high fixed costs a handicap? KU Leuven University of Antwerp
In this paper, we consider a region that invests in infrastructure used by both local demand and through traffic. We then compare transport systems that have, for a given capacity, the same total infrastructure cost but vary in the proportion of fixed costs and variable capacity costs. We show that, compared to a benchmark infrastructure which has zero fixed costs, an infrastructure which has (ceteris paribus) a higher share of fixed costs leads ...
Capacity cost structure, welfare and cost recovery: are transport infrastructures with high fixed costs a handicap? University of Antwerp
In this paper, we consider a region that invests in infrastructure used by both local demand and through transport. We then compare transport systems that have, for a given capacity, the same total infrastructure cost but vary in the proportion of fixed costs and variable capacity costs. We show, first, that infrastructure which has (ceteris paribus) a higher share of fixed costs leads to higher welfare for the regional government building it. ...
Process control, energy recovery and cost savings in acetic acid wastewater treatment Ghent University
Cost Recovery of Preventive and Remedial Measures against Environmental Damage from the Polluter through Tort Law: European Spill Over, Troubled National Waters? KU Leuven
When it comes to environmental damage, a basic tenet is that the polluter should pay. Nonetheless, public authorities regularly incur clean-up costs. Environmental damage often transcends the individual polluter, affecting a plurality of personal and/or public goods. Its diffuse extent and complex nature make environmental protection a collective interest. Thus, it comes as no surprise that public authorities can be legally obliged to take ...
Cost recovery in congested electricity networks KU Leuven
Large scale investments in European electricity networks are foreseen in the next decade. Pricing the network at marginal cost will not be sufficient to pay for those investments as the network is a natural monopoly. This paper derives numerically the socially optimal transmission prices for cost recovery, taking into account that electricity networks are often congested, while allowing for market power in generation. The model is illustrated ...