Cooperation among liquefied natural gas suppliers: Is rationalization the sole objective?

Energy Economics

Volumn 32, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 933-947

  Massol, Olivier ^a,b   Tchung Ming, Stéphane ^a,c  

^a IFP ENERGIES NOUVELLES   (France)

^b CITY UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIV MONTPELLIER   (France)

Author keywords

Cooperative game theory; Linear programming problem; Liquefied natural gas

Indexed keywords

COOPERATIVE GAME THEORY; COOPERATIVE STRATEGY; COORDINATION COSTS; ECONOMIC STUDY; LINEAR PROGRAMMING PROBLEM; LOW LEVEL; MARKET POWER; MONOTONICITY; NUMERICAL RESULTS; PER CAPITA; RELATIVE COMPLEXITY; SHAPLEY VALUE; TRANSPORTATION MODEL;

GAME THEORY; GAS FUEL PURIFICATION; GASES; LINEARIZATION; NUMERICAL ANALYSIS; OPTIMIZATION; STRATEGIC PLANNING; WAGES;

LIQUEFIED NATURAL GAS;

COMMODITY PRICE; ENERGY POLICY; EXPORT; GAME THEORY; GAS SUPPLY; IMPLEMENTATION PROCESS; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; LINEAR PROGRAMING; LIQUEFIED NATURAL GAS; MARKET CONDITIONS;

EID: 77953363632     PISSN: 01409883     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.eneco.2010.02.008     Document Type: Article

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