Natural Gas and National Policy : A linear programming model of North American natural gas flows

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The book should be of great interest to teachers of programming, economists, people in government, and individuals concerned about the effects of a continental energy policy.

Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Waverman, Leonard
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: [Buffalo] University of Toronto Press [1973]
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Temas:
Natural gas.
Gas industry.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > Industries > Energy.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > Industries > Natural Resource Extraction.
Gaz naturel > Amerique du Nord.
Gaz > Industrie > Amerique du Nord.
Natural gas > North America.
Gas industry > North America.
North America.
Electronic books.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Cover; TABLES; FIGURES; PREFACE; INTRODUCTION; 1 THE GROWTH OF REGULATION; 1 Introduction; 2 The original need for regulation; 3 Canada
  • provincial regulation; 4 Canada
  • federal regulation; 5 United States
  • states regulation; 6 United States
  • federal jurisdiction; 7 Summary; 2 THE MODEL; 1 Introduction; 2 Cost minimization as the appropriate objective; 3 The cost function; 4 Transportation cost; 5 The model; 3 DATA; 1 Supply; 2 Demand; 3 Field prices; 4 The transportation cost function; 5 Assumptions limitations of the model format
  • 4 RESULTS OF THE FREE TRADE MODEL, 1966 DATA, AND DEVELOPMENT OF THE CONSTRAINED MODEL1 Free trade solutions; 2 A comparison between the free trade and the actual flows; 3 A Canadian east-west pipeline
  • the constrained solutions; 4 Summary; 5 THE DUAL; 1 Model; 2 Duality theorem; 3 The changes in the dual variables from the free trade to the constrained solution; 4 Benefits to producers; 6 THE TARIFF; 1 Summary; 2 The model for tariff simulations; 3 The three-cent tariff; 4 The prohibitive tariff in 1966; 5 The four-cent tariff; 6 The five-cent tariff; 7 The nine-cent tariff
  • 8 The ten-cent tariff9 The eleven-and-a-half-cent tariff; 10 Summary of tariff changes; 11 Government revenue; 12 1956, tariffs, and the building of the Canadian east-west pipeline; 13 Balance of payments; 14 An export tax; 7 SENSITIVITY OF THE RESULTS
  • ALTERNATIVE DATA; 1 Introduction; 2 Changes in cost data; 3 Demand and supply; 4 Summary; CONCLUSIONS; REFERENCES

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