Vertical structures in the global liquefied natural gas market [Elektronische Ressource] : empirical analyses based on recent developments in transaction cost economics / Sophia Rüster

Vertical Structures in the Global Liquefied Natural Gas Market: Empirical Analyses Based on Recent Developments in Transaction Cost Economics Dissertation zur Erlangung des akademischen Grades Doctor rerum politicarum (Dr. rer. pol.) vorgelegt an der Fakultät Wirtschaftswissenschaften der Technischen Universität Dresden im Januar 2010 von Dipl.-Wi.-Ing. Sophia Rüster (geboren am 12. September 1982 in Eisenach) verteidigt am 25. Juni 2010 Betreuender Hochschullehrer (1. Gutachter): 2. Gutachter: Prof. Dr. C. von Hirschhausen Prof. Dr. M. Lehmann-Waffenschmidt Technische Universität Dresden Technische Universität Dresden Lehrstuhl für Energiewirtschaft Professur für Managerial Economics Acknowledgements I am especially grateful to my supervisor, Prof. Christian von Hirschhausen, for giving me the opportunity to work on this dissertation at the Chair of Energy Economics and Public Sector Management at Dresden University of Technology, for his collaboration, helpful comments and suggestions, and for having been thrown in at the deep end several times. The last years have been full of great experiences and new knowledge does not confine itself only to transaction cost economics and the economics of natural gas markets. I would like to thank Prof. Stéphane Saussier, from whom I learned much about theories of the firm and empirical work and who always was available for comprehensive discussions.