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Russian gas exchange: A new indicator of market efficiency and competition or the instrument of monopolist?

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  • Talipova, Aminam
  • Parsegov, Sergei G.
  • Tukpetov, Pavel

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Russian government sanctioned the first gas trade at the Saint-Petersburg International Mercantile Exchange (SPIMEX) in 2012 as a part of the gas industry national strategy.

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  • Talipova, Aminam & Parsegov, Sergei G. & Tukpetov, Pavel, 2019. "Russian gas exchange: A new indicator of market efficiency and competition or the instrument of monopolist?," Energy Policy, Elsevier, vol. 135(C).
    • Handle: RePEc:eee:enepol:v:135:y:2019:i:c:s0301421519305993
    DOI: 10.1016/j.enpol.2019.111012
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    Russian gas market; Market efficiency; Price regulation; Fama theory; SPIMEX gas exchange; Regression model;
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    • K21 - Law and Economics - - Regulation and Business Law - - - Antitrust Law
    • L43 - Industrial Organization - - Antitrust Issues and Policies - - - Legal Monopolies and Regulation or Deregulation
    • B23 - Schools of Economic Thought and Methodology - - History of Economic Thought since 1925 - - - Econometrics; Quantitative and Mathematical Studies

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