The Political Economy of Pipelines: A Century of Comparative Institutional Development

by Jeff D. Makholm

With global demand for energy poised to increase by more than half in the next three decades, the supply of safe, reliable, and reasonably priced gas and oil will continue to be of fundamental importance to modern economies. Central to this supply are the pipelines that transport this energy. And while the fundamental economics of the major pipeline networks are the same, the differences in their ownership, commercial development, and operation can...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0226502104
• ISBN13: 9780226502106
• Release Date: April 2012
• Publisher: University of Chicago Press
• Length: 288 Pages
• Weight: 1.20 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.3" x 9.1"