A natural monopoly in natural gas transmission

Energy Economics

Volumn 25, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 473-485

  Gordon, D V ^a   Gunsch, K ^a   Pawluk, C V ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Natural gas transportation; Natural monopoly; Subadditivity

Indexed keywords

COMPETITION; COSTS; INDUSTRIAL ECONOMICS; NATURAL GAS TRANSPORTATION;

COST SAVINGS;

ELECTRIC INDUSTRY;

COMPETITION (ECONOMICS); MONOPOLY; NATURAL GAS; TRANSPORTATION;

EID: 0141671723     PISSN: 01409883     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0140-9883(03)00057-4     Document Type: Article

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