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Reorganization of Domestic Gas Market as a Factor of Russian Gas Companies’ International Competitiveness

https://doi.org/10.38050/01300105201823

Abstract

The paper considers one of the measures proposed by the Federal Antimonopoly Service (FAS) to deregulate domestic gas market: abolition of lower boundary of gas prices for wholesale buyers, where two conditions inherent in gas market still remain: vertical structure of monopolist and the one export channel for pipeline gas. The author analyses the impact of proposed reforms on independent Russian gas companies competitiveness. The purpose is to provide domestic gas market reformation qualitative analysis and quantitative assessment of independent gas producers impact. As a result, the most likely implications of reforms are theoretically determined and quantitative assessment of their impact on the independent producer is provided.

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A. S. Talipova
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Russian Federation


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Talipova A.S. Reorganization of Domestic Gas Market as a Factor of Russian Gas Companies’ International Competitiveness. Moscow University Economics Bulletin. 2018;(2):34-58. (In Russ.) https://doi.org/10.38050/01300105201823

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