Assessing the degree of spot market integration for U.S. natural gas: Evidence from daily price data

Journal of Regulatory Economics

Volumn 29, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 195-210

  Cuddington, John T ^a   Wang, Zhongmin ^b,c  

^a Department of Metallurgical and Materials Engineering   (United States)

^b NORTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Law of one price; Market integration; Natural gas market

Indexed keywords

EID: 33644947392     PISSN: 0922680X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11149-006-6035-2     Document Type: Article

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