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An Overview of the Gas Market in Romania in the Context of the Liberalization Process

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  • Alexandra Catalina NEDELCU

    (Bucharest University of Economic Studies)

  • Mihail BUSU

    (Bucharest University of Economic Studies)

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Romania has the largest natural gas market in Central Europe, and it is known as the first country to use natural gas for industrial purposes. The natural gas market reached high records in the early 1980s because of the implementation of government policies aimed at removing import dependence. The enforcement of these policies led to an intensive exploitation of domestic resources, resulting in a decline in domestic production. In the context of radical structural and institutional reforms that characterized the Romanian economy after 1989 and aimed at decentralizing services to increase their quality and efficiency, the Romanian energy market was gradually opened to competition, as an integral part of the concept of liberalization of the national economy and free movement of goods and services. In this paper, the authors are making an analysis of the gas market in Romania, from the perspective of the liberalization process.

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  • Alexandra Catalina NEDELCU & Mihail BUSU, 2022. "An Overview of the Gas Market in Romania in the Context of the Liberalization Process," REVISTA DE MANAGEMENT COMPARAT INTERNATIONAL/REVIEW OF INTERNATIONAL COMPARATIVE MANAGEMENT, Faculty of Management, Academy of Economic Studies, Bucharest, Romania, vol. 23(2), pages 231-241, May.
    • Handle: RePEc:rom:rmcimn:v:23:y:2022:i:2:p:231-241
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    Keywords

    Gas Market; liberalization process; final consumers; regulation; competition;
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    JEL classification:

    • D47 - Microeconomics - - Market Structure, Pricing, and Design - - - Market Design
    • F12 - International Economics - - Trade - - - Models of Trade with Imperfect Competition and Scale Economies; Fragmentation
    • L95 - Industrial Organization - - Industry Studies: Transportation and Utilities - - - Gas Utilities; Pipelines; Water Utilities

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