Pipeline congestion and basis differentials

Journal of Regulatory Economics

Volumn 46, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 261-291

  Oliver, Matthew E ^a   Mason, Charles F ^b,c   Finnoff, David ^b  

^a GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WYOMING   (United States)

^c LONDON SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Congestion; Natural gas pipelines; Secondary markets; Spot prices; Storage

Indexed keywords

EID: 84912012115     PISSN: 0922680X     EISSN: 15730468     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11149-014-9256-9     Document Type: Article

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