Price cap regulation, profitability and returns to investors in the UK regulated industries

Utilities Policy

Volumn 6, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 303-315

  Parker, David ^a,b  

^a ASTON UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b Ctr the Stud of Regulated Indust   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Privatisation; Profits; Regulation

Indexed keywords

PRICE REGULATION; PRIVATISATION; SERVICE SECTOR; UTILITY SECTOR;

UK;

EID: 0031392799     PISSN: 09571787     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0957-1787(97)00027-1     Document Type: Article

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