Suárez, Carlos2021-03-142021-03-142021https://hdl.handle.net/2445/175070In this paper I undertake a policy evaluation of the impact of the switch from public to private management of electricity generation units on their price bidding strategies. I draw on information about the bidding strategies of units in the Colombian electricity market to perform a double difference analysis. The evidence observed is coherent with theoretical behavioral predictions for profit maximizing agents facing short positions in forward contracts.59 p.application/pdfengcc-by-nc-nd, (c) Suárez, 2021http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/es/Indústries elèctriquesOligopolisPrivatitzacióElectric industriesOligopoliesPrivatizationinfo:eu-repo/semantics/workingPaperinfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess