A retrospective evaluation of the GDF/Suez merger: Effects on gas hub prices
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- Elena Argentesi & Albert Banal-Estanol & Jo Seldeslachts & Meagan Andrews, 2017. "A Retrospective Evaluation of the GDF/Suez Merger: Effects on Gas Hub Prices," Discussion Papers of DIW Berlin 1664, DIW Berlin, German Institute for Economic Research.
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Mergers; Ex-post Evaluation; Gas sector; Hub prices;All these keywords.
JEL classification:
- L4 - Industrial Organization - - Antitrust Issues and Policies
- Q4 - Agricultural and Natural Resource Economics; Environmental and Ecological Economics - - Energy
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This paper has been announced in the following NEP Reports:- NEP-COM-2017-05-28 (Industrial Competition)
- NEP-ENE-2017-05-28 (Energy Economics)
- NEP-REG-2017-05-28 (Regulation)
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