Cartelization in gas markets: Studying the potential for a "Gas OPEC"

Energy Economics

Volumn 34, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 137-152

  Gabriel, S A ^a   Rosendahl, K E ^b   Egging, Ruud ^a   Avetisyan, H G ^a   Siddiqui, S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^b STATISTICS NORWAY   (Norway)

Author keywords

Complementarity model; Energy; Market equilibrium; Natural gas

Indexed keywords

ENERGY; ENERGY EQUILIBRIUM; GAS MARKET; GAS MODELS; MARKET EQUILIBRIA; POSSIBLE FUTURES; TRANSPORT COSTS;

COMMERCE; ELECTRIC POWER GENERATION; FOSSIL FUELS; GAS SUPPLY; NATURAL GAS;

GASES;

ELECTRICITY GENERATION; ENERGY MARKET; GAS SUPPLY; MODELING; NATURAL GAS; OPEC;

EID: 84856054996     PISSN: 01409883     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.eneco.2011.05.014     Document Type: Article

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