Standing in the way by standing in the middle: The case of state-owned natural gas intermediaries in Bulgaria

Geoforum

Volumn 54, Issue , 2014, Pages 120-131

  Hiteva, Ralitsa Petrova ^a   Maltby, Tomas ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SUSSEX   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bulgarian energy policy; Bulgartransgaz; EU energy market liberalisation; EU energy policy; Natural gas intermediaries; Overgas

Indexed keywords

ENERGY MARKET; ENERGY POLICY; EUROPEAN UNION; GAS PIPELINE; LIBERALIZATION; NATURAL GAS; POLICY DEVELOPMENT; POLICY IMPLEMENTATION; REGULATORY FRAMEWORK;

BULGARIA;

EID: 84900540218     PISSN: 00167185     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.geoforum.2014.04.006     Document Type: Article

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