A network game analysis of strategic interactions in the international trade of Russian natural gas through Ukraine and Belarus

Energy Economics

Volumn 43, Issue , 2014, Pages 89-101

  Nagayama, Daisuke ^a   Horita, Masahide ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

Allocation; Bargaining power; Flexible network; Natural gas transport; Network Game

Indexed keywords

COSTS; GAME THEORY; GASES; INTERNATIONAL TRADE; NATURAL GAS; NATURAL GAS PIPELINES;

ALLOCATION; BARGAINING POWER; FLEXIBLE NETWORKS; NATURAL GAS TRANSPORT; NETWORK GAME;

NATURAL GAS TRANSPORTATION;

BARGAINING; ENERGY RESOURCE; INTERNATIONAL TRADE; NATURAL GAS; NETWORK ANALYSIS; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; STRATEGIC APPROACH;

BELARUS; RUSSIAN FEDERATION; UKRAINE; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 84896054909     PISSN: 01409883     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.eneco.2014.02.010     Document Type: Article

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