We use cooperative game theory to analyze how the architecture of the pipelinenetwork determines the power structure in the supply chain for Russian gas. If theassessment is narrowly focussed on the abilities to obstruct °ows in the existingsystem, the main transit countries Belarus and Ukraine...

This paper illustrates a methodology for analyzing bargaining games on network markets, by means of numerical models that can be calibrated with real data. Economic incentives to join or to expand a network depend on how the network surplus is being distributed, which in turn depends on a...

This paper illustrates a methodology for analyzing bargaining games on network markets, by means of numerical models that can be calibrated with real data. Economic incentives to join or to expand a network depend on how the network surplus is being distributed, which in turn depends on a...