Natural Gas and National Policy : A linear programming model of North American natural gas flows / Leonard Waverman.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Waverman, Leonard, author.

Series:

Heritage

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Gas industry--North America.

Gas industry.

Natural gas--North America.

Natural gas.

North America.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (122 pages)

Place of Publication:

Toronto : University of Toronto Press, [2019]

Language Note:

In English.

Summary:

The book should be of great interest to teachers of programming, economists, people in government, and individuals concerned about the effects of a continental energy policy.

Contents:

Cover; TABLES; FIGURES; PREFACE; INTRODUCTION; 1 THE GROWTH OF REGULATION; 1 Introduction; 2 The original need for regulation; 3 Canada

provincial regulation; 4 Canada

federal regulation; 5 United States

states regulation; 6 United States

federal jurisdiction; 7 Summary; 2 THE MODEL; 1 Introduction; 2 Cost minimization as the appropriate objective; 3 The cost function; 4 Transportation cost; 5 The model; 3 DATA; 1 Supply; 2 Demand; 3 Field prices; 4 The transportation cost function; 5 Assumptions limitations of the model format

4 RESULTS OF THE FREE TRADE MODEL, 1966 DATA, AND DEVELOPMENT OF THE CONSTRAINED MODEL1 Free trade solutions; 2 A comparison between the free trade and the actual flows; 3 A Canadian east-west pipeline

the constrained solutions; 4 Summary; 5 THE DUAL; 1 Model; 2 Duality theorem; 3 The changes in the dual variables from the free trade to the constrained solution; 4 Benefits to producers; 6 THE TARIFF; 1 Summary; 2 The model for tariff simulations; 3 The three-cent tariff; 4 The prohibitive tariff in 1966; 5 The four-cent tariff; 6 The five-cent tariff; 7 The nine-cent tariff

8 The ten-cent tariff9 The eleven-and-a-half-cent tariff; 10 Summary of tariff changes; 11 Government revenue; 12 1956, tariffs, and the building of the Canadian east-west pipeline; 13 Balance of payments; 14 An export tax; 7 SENSITIVITY OF THE RESULTS

ALTERNATIVE DATA; 1 Introduction; 2 Changes in cost data; 3 Demand and supply; 4 Summary; CONCLUSIONS; REFERENCES

Notes:

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 25. Sep 2019)

ISBN:

1-4875-8482-2

OCLC:

1121055562