This article analyses the origin of the persistently high level of electricity prices that hampered the expansion of electricity consumption during the interwar period in Porto. Initially, the rent-seeking behaviour of both the supply firm and the City Hall at the local level affected the expansion of the local electricity market. During the 1930s, this collusion at municipal level coincided with unpredictable energy policies at state level. This circumstance impeded the indispensable increase of scale and the building of a regional market of electricity in north Portugal. The literature on regulation and institutional analysis has proved very useful. Finally, though equally important, primary sources from company archives and institutional...
The introduction of the electric motor in Portugal is due to foreigner companies such as Siemens, AE...
12 pagesThe aim of the article is to understand how the drivers for investment decisions in the capa...
In the last decade of the 19th and first decades of the 20th century there was a movement of capital...
This article analyses the origin of the persistently high level of electricity prices that hampered...
In the last decades of the nineteenth century, even though the decision to create urban infrastructu...
O objectivo de este trabalho é contribuir para a discussão sobre a intervenção do Governo na formula...
Because the literature of European economic history has paid little attention to traditional electr...
The regulation of the electricity sector, in general and in the particular case of Spain, has been ...
The electricity market in Portugal was recently opened to all consumers. However, it remains highly ...
The aim of this paper is to discover the origins of utility regulation in Spain, and to analyse, fro...
The Portuguese and the Spanish electricity generation systems are analysed in this paper. The Iberia...
This paper explores the evolution of power and water systems in Portugal throughout the period of ur...
Electricity is a fundamental resource of our society, and one we cannot live without. The liberaliza...
UID/HIS/04209/2013The introduction of the electric motor in Portugal is due to foreigner companies s...
This article examines the pricing strategies used by electric utilities in the Madrilanean electrici...
The introduction of the electric motor in Portugal is due to foreigner companies such as Siemens, AE...
12 pagesThe aim of the article is to understand how the drivers for investment decisions in the capa...
In the last decade of the 19th and first decades of the 20th century there was a movement of capital...
This article analyses the origin of the persistently high level of electricity prices that hampered...
In the last decades of the nineteenth century, even though the decision to create urban infrastructu...
O objectivo de este trabalho é contribuir para a discussão sobre a intervenção do Governo na formula...
Because the literature of European economic history has paid little attention to traditional electr...
The regulation of the electricity sector, in general and in the particular case of Spain, has been ...
The electricity market in Portugal was recently opened to all consumers. However, it remains highly ...
The aim of this paper is to discover the origins of utility regulation in Spain, and to analyse, fro...
The Portuguese and the Spanish electricity generation systems are analysed in this paper. The Iberia...
This paper explores the evolution of power and water systems in Portugal throughout the period of ur...
Electricity is a fundamental resource of our society, and one we cannot live without. The liberaliza...
UID/HIS/04209/2013The introduction of the electric motor in Portugal is due to foreigner companies s...
This article examines the pricing strategies used by electric utilities in the Madrilanean electrici...
The introduction of the electric motor in Portugal is due to foreigner companies such as Siemens, AE...
12 pagesThe aim of the article is to understand how the drivers for investment decisions in the capa...
In the last decade of the 19th and first decades of the 20th century there was a movement of capital...