In the first chapter, I examine a variety of the factors that affect the price and demand of natural gas. Prior natural gas price research approaches utilized well-defined time series models. I have taken these historical approaches and explored an alternative approach to estimating the model- defined equilibrium market [...]

Much of the interest in tying arrangements comes from the prominent place that tying law has in antitrust law. Tying arrangements have long been suspect in antitrust courts due to the intuitive potential that they seem to have for foreclosure. For decades, ties have been challenged on some version [...]

This paper analyzes the strategies and decisions of major oil companies’ on selecting regasification terminal sites for importing liquefied natural gas (LNG) along North American coastlines and delivery of regasified gas into regional domestic markets. Each participating firm’s decision is extensive and complex, involving multi-years of capital and human [...]

Academic researches and industry white papers together host a wealth of knowledge on forecasting energy prices, including natural gas prices. Most of the recorded methods share two features: first, employed a time series approach, predicting price as a function of its own lagged variables. However, the time series approaches [...]