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Thank you to everyone who joined our housewarming and partner reception last Friday and made it a very festive evening. We were very happy to see so many clients, business partners, and friends of the house.

Danish consumers benefit from low prices, good service, and a large choice of suppliers and products when purchasing electricity. That is the main conclusion from our new analysis of the competition on the Danish retail electricity market, released by The Danish Energy Association today.

Our analysis also shows low switching in the market. This is not surprising as prices are generally quite low and hence consumers have very low incentive to switch.

The key to enhance competition in the future lies in implementing a new market model, implying that all consumers, regardless of choice of supplier, will only receive one bill; and in increasing the transparency on the new price portal which is under development.  

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For further information, please contact Henrik B. Okholm

Energy efficient renovation of buildings pays off. Our comprehensive analysis of the Danish housing market shows that homes with better energy efficiency ratings are sold at higher prices compared to similar houses with lower ratings.

The results are based on extensive econometric studies, including 365,000 house sales observations as well as an innovative experimental approach using behavioral economic tools.

Yesterday, Sigurd Næss-Schmidt presented the results at a conference hosted by the Danish Energy Agency on how to implement efficient energy renovations.

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For further information, please contact Martin Bo Hansen

Today, the Danish Government presented their initiative ‘Growth and development in Denmark’ – including a distinct initiative for the aviation sector.

Earlier this year, Copenhagen Economics assessed the economic contribution of aviation in Denmark and we identified current and future challenges facing the industry.

We concluded that the sector supports a GDP contribution of as much as 100 billion DKK yearly and around 150,000 jobs. However, with the right set of growth supporting initiatives, this contribution can increase by 8 billion DKK and support a further 16,000 jobs.

Download the full report at Danish Aviation’s website

Read the Government’s growth intiative

For further information, please contact Partner Martin Hvidt Thelle

Today, two of our Competition experts, Karl Lundvall and Cecilia Gustafsson, present an independent study regarding the competitive impact of four online services recently launched by the Swedish public service broadcaster (SVT).

The study is commissioned by the Swedish Media Publishers’ Association and is published today.

The assessment of the services follows the principles laid out by the European Commission in the so-called public value test. Our study concludes that two out of four services would not pass the test, including the SVT news app.

The purpose of the public value test is to guarantee compliance with the state aid rules and to preserve diversity on media markets. Services that do not represent sufficient public value and that distorts competition in market are not compatible with the common market and should therefore not be launched.

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Read more about the conference

For further information, please contact Karl Lundvall