Regulatory intervention on the dynamic European gas market-neoclassical economics or transaction cost economics?

Energy Policy

Volumn 37, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 3250-3258

  Spanjer, Aldo R ^a  

^a LEIDEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

European gas regulation; Neoclassical economics; Transaction cost economics

Indexed keywords

EMPIRICAL RESEARCH; EUROPEAN GAS MARKETS; EUROPEAN GAS REGULATION; GAS MARKET; GAS REGULATIONS; MARKET EXCHANGE; NEOCLASSICAL ECONOMICS; PERFECT COMPETITION; POLICY MAKERS; REGULATORY INTERVENTIONS; THEORETICAL APPROACH; TRANSACTION COST; TRANSACTION COST ECONOMICS;

COMMERCE; COMPETITION; COSTS; GASES;

LAWS AND LEGISLATION;

EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; ENERGY MARKET; GAS PRODUCTION; GAS SUPPLY; POLICY MAKING; REGULATORY APPROACH; TRANSACTION COST;

EURASIA; EUROPE;

EID: 65749096435     PISSN: 03014215     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.enpol.2009.04.021     Document Type: Article

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