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  1. Garbage can theory and Australia's National Electricity Market: Decarbonisation in a hostile policy environment

    Article • Energy Policy, September 2018, Elsevier

    Professor Paul Simshauser

  2. Climate change policy discontinuity and its effects on Australia's national electricity market

    Article • Australian Journal of Public Administration, July 2018, Wiley

    Professor Paul Simshauser

  3. Monopoly regulation, discontinuity & stranded assets

    Article • Energy Economics, August 2017, Elsevier

    Professor Paul Simshauser

  4. Price discrimination in Australia's retail electricity markets: An analysis of Victoria & Southeast Queensland

    Article • Energy Economics, February 2017, Elsevier

    Professor Paul Simshauser

  5. On the Inequity of Flat-rate Electricity Tariffs

    Article • The Energy Journal, July 2016, International Association for Energy Economics (IAEE)

    Professor Paul Simshauser

  6. Project financings of infrastructure with a credot wrap

    Article • Journal of Financial Economic Policy, May 2016, Emerald

    Professor Paul Simshauser

  7. Distribution network prices and solar PV: Resolving rate instability and wealth transfers through demand tariffs

    Article • Energy Economics, February 2016, Elsevier

    Professor Paul Simshauser

  8. Vertical integration in energy-only electricity markets

    Article • Economic Analysis and Policy, December 2015, Elsevier

    Professor Paul Simshauser

  9. Australia's coal seam gas boom and the LNG entry result

    Article • Australian Journal of Agricultural and Resource Economics, May 2015, Wiley

    Professor Paul Simshauser

  10. The Australian east coast gas supply cliff

    Article • Economic Analysis and Policy, March 2015, Elsevier

    Professor Paul Simshauser

  11. From First Place to Last: The National Electricity Market's Policy-Induced ‘Energy Market Death Spiral’

    Article • Australian Economic Review, December 2014, Wiley

    Professor Paul Simshauser

  12. When Does Electricity Price Cap Regulation Become Distortionary?

    Article • Australian Economic Review, September 2014, Wiley

    Professor Paul Simshauser

  13. Metering and the principal–agent problem in restructured energy markets

    Article • Economic Analysis and Policy, July 2014, Elsevier

    Professor Paul Simshauser

  14. The cost of capital for power generation in atypical capital market conditions

    Article • Economic Analysis and Policy, July 2014, Elsevier

    Professor Paul Simshauser

  15. What is normal profit for power generation?

    Article • Journal of Financial Economic Policy, May 2014, Emerald

    Professor Paul Simshauser

  16. The Consequences of Retail Electricity Price Rises: Rethinking Customer Hardship

    Article • Australian Economic Review, February 2014, Wiley

    Professor Paul Simshauser

  17. From Throughput to Access Fees

    Article • January 2014, Elsevier

    Professor Paul Simshauser

  18. The Outlook for Residential Electricity Prices in Australia's National Electricity Market in 2020

    Article • The Electricity Journal, May 2013, Elsevier

    Professor Paul Simshauser

  19. Is the Merchant Power Producer a broken model?☆☆The views expressed in this paper are those of the authors and any errors or omissions remain the responsibility of the authors.

    Article • Energy Policy, February 2013, Elsevier

    Professor Paul Simshauser

  20. Queensland Solar Feed-In Tariffs and the Merit-Order Effect: Economic Benefit, or Regressive Taxation and Wealth Transfers?

    Article • Economic Analysis and Policy, December 2012, Elsevier

    Professor Paul Simshauser

  21. The Political Economy of Regulating Retail Electricity Price Caps in a Rising Cost Environment

    Article • The Electricity Journal, November 2012, Elsevier

    Professor Paul Simshauser

  22. Dynamic Pricing and the Peak Electricity Load Problem

    Article • Australian Economic Review, August 2012, Wiley

    Professor Paul Simshauser

  23. The second‐round effects of carbon taxes on power project finance

    Article • Journal of Financial Economic Policy, May 2012, Emerald

    Professor Paul Simshauser

  24. Dividend Policy, Energy Utilities and the Investment Megacycle

    Article • The Electricity Journal, May 2012, Elsevier

    Professor Paul Simshauser

  25. Delayed Carbon Policy Certainty and Electricity Prices in Australia: A Concise Summary of Subsequent Research*

    Article • Economic Papers A journal of applied economics and policy, February 2012, Wiley

    Professor Paul Simshauser

  26. The Hidden Costs of Wind Generation in a Thermal Power System: What Cost?

    Article • Australian Economic Review, September 2011, Wiley

    Professor Paul Simshauser

  27. Australian Residential Solar Feed-in Tariffs: Industry Stimulus or Regressive form of Taxation?

    Article • Economic Analysis and Policy, September 2011, Elsevier

    Professor Paul Simshauser

  28. The Boomerang Paradox, Part II: Policy Prescriptions for Reducing Fuel Poverty in Australia

    Article • The Electricity Journal, March 2011, Elsevier

    Professor Paul Simshauser

  29. The Boomerang Paradox, Part I: How a Nation's Wealth Is Creating Fuel Poverty

    Article • The Electricity Journal, January 2011, Elsevier

    Professor Paul Simshauser

  30. Delayed Carbon Policy Certainty and Electricity Prices in Australia*

    Article • Economic Papers A journal of applied economics and policy, December 2010, Wiley

    Professor Paul Simshauser

  31. Vertical integration, credit ratings and retail price settings in energy-only markets: Navigating the Resource Adequacy problem

    Article • Energy Policy, November 2010, Elsevier

    Professor Paul Simshauser

  32. The Entry Cost Shock and the Re-rating of Power Prices in New South Wales, Australia

    Article • Australian Economic Review, June 2010, Wiley

    Professor Paul Simshauser

  33. Resource Adequacy, Capital Adequacy and Investment Uncertainty in the Australian Power Market

    Article • The Electricity Journal, January 2010, Elsevier

    Professor Paul Simshauser

  34. THE WESTERN AUSTRALIAN POWER DILEMMA*

    Article • Australian Economic Papers, December 2009, Wiley

    Professor Paul Simshauser

  35. Emissions Trading, Wealth Transfers and the Wounded Bull Scenario in Power Generation

    Article • Australian Economic Review, March 2009, Wiley

    Professor Paul Simshauser

  36. On Emissions Trading, Toxic Debt and the Australian Power Market

    Article • The Electricity Journal, March 2009, Elsevier

    Professor Paul Simshauser

  37. The Dynamic Efficiency Gains from Introducing Capacity Payments in the National Electricity Market

    Article • Australian Economic Review, December 2008, Wiley

    Professor Paul Simshauser

  38. On Emission Permit Auction vs. Allocation and the Structural Adjustment of Incumbent Power Generators in Australia

    Article • The Electricity Journal, December 2008, Elsevier

    Professor Paul Simshauser

  39. The Outlook for the Economic and Environmental Performance of Australia's National Electricity Market in 2030

    Article • The Electricity Journal, July 2007, Elsevier

    Professor Paul Simshauser

  40. The Emergence of Structural Faults on the Supply Side in Deregulated 'Energy Only' Electricity Markets

    Article • Australian Economic Review, June 2006, Wiley

    Professor Paul Simshauser

  41. The Gains From the Microeconomic Reform of the Power Generation Industry in East-Coast Australia

    Article • Economic Analysis and Policy, March 2005, Elsevier

    Professor Paul Simshauser

  42. Reducing Greenhouse Gas Emissions in the Queensland Electricity Supply Industry: Gas and Carbon Tax Scenarios

    Article • Australian Economic Review, September 2004, Wiley

    Professor Paul Simshauser

  43. Excess Entry in the Deregulated Queensland Power Market

    Article • Economic Analysis and Policy, March 2001, Elsevier

    Professor Paul Simshauser