This paper analyzes the pro-competitive effects of financial long-term contracts in oligopolistic electricity markets. This is done in a model that incorporates the main features of the industry: non-storable production, ...

Freedom of contract allow the parties to design the legal instruments that will govern their business relationship. They may employ the usual contractual types provided by law but also can create tailor made solutions for ...

This study explores the instability created by contradictory court decisions related with contract breaches. Forward marketing contracts represent an important source of resources to finance Brazilian agriculture, however ...

In rat isolated right atria, beating spontaneously at 30°C, harmaline 8.3 × 10-5 M slowed atrial rate and enhanced force of contraction. The velocity of development of tension (dT/dt) increased and time to peak tension was ...

Combining social network analysis (SNA) and data envelopment analysis (DEA) techniques is a recent and relevant trend in the literature. However, although other works have integrated these techniques, none have done so in ...

Contracts have proved to be an effective mechanism that helps developers in identifying those modules of a program that violate the contracts of the functions and objects they use. In recent years, sessions have established ...

How the phenomenon is explained that many works start with one price and end with another? Can the initial price of a construction contract definitely be fixed and unchanged? The objective of this article is to explain the ...