This paper analyzes the role of private storage in a market for a commodity (e.g. natural gas) whose supply is subject to the threat of an irreversible disruption. We focus on the medium term in which seasonality of demand and exhaustibility can be neglected. We characterize the price and...

We propose a model of seasonal gas markets which is flexible enough to include supply and demand shocks while also considering exhaustibility. The relative performances of alternative policies based on price caps and associated measures or tariffs are discussed. We illustrate with structural...

This paper analyzes the role of storage for economies facing the risk of a gas supply disruption. We characterize the optimal/competitive transitory dynamics (accumulation, drainage and target stock). We partially relax the irreversibility hypothesis, by extending the model in two directions:...