TY - BOOK AU - Chaton,Corinne AU - Gasmi,Farid AU - Guillerminet,Marie-Laure AU - Oviedo,Juan D. TI - Gas Release as a Short Term Instrument to Foster Competition PY - 2008///. N1 - 50 N2 - This paper develops a simple model for examining the gas-release programs as the unique tool to improve the performance of imperfectly competitive natural gas markets. We study the “artificial” duopoly effect created by first the incumbent and then by a regulator who introduces a gas-release program under both a partial and a global budget-balance constraint imposed on the incumbent. Calibration and simulation techniques are used to compare these scenarios under different assumptions on the way regulation is conducted. Classification JEL: L51, L95 UR - https://shs.cairn.info/journal-revue-economique-2008-3-page-475?lang=en&redirect-ssocas=7080 ER -