A modified Cournot model of the natural gas market in the European Union: Mixed-motives delegation in a politicized environment

Energy Policy

Volumn 41, Issue , 2012, Pages 280-285

  Jansen, Thijs ^a   van Lier, Arie ^b,d   van Witteloostuijn, Arjen ^b,c,d   Boon von Ochssée, Tim ^e  

^a MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ANTWERP   (Belgium)

^d TILBURG UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^e Energy Economist at ABN AMRO Bank   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Cournot duopoly; Natural gas market; Nonprofit incentives

Indexed keywords

COURNOT DUOPOLY; COURNOT MODEL; EUROPEAN GAS MARKETS; EUROPEAN UNION; GAZPROM; MARKET POWER; MODELING TOOL; NATURAL GAS MARKET; NATURAL GAS MARKETS; NONPROFIT INCENTIVES; SONATRACH; STATOIL;

NATURAL GAS; PROFITABILITY;

COMMERCE;

ENERGY MARKET; EUROPEAN UNION; GAS INDUSTRY; GEOPOLITICS; INCENTIVE; NATURAL GAS; NUMERICAL MODEL;

EID: 84855936046     PISSN: 03014215     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.enpol.2011.10.047     Document Type: Article

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