The struggle for natural monopoly reform in Russia

Post-Soviet Geography and Economics

Volumn 38, Issue 7, 1997, Pages 396-429

  Slay, Ben ^a   Capelik, Vladimir ^b  

^a MIDDLEBURY COLLEGE   (United States)

^b Russ Fed State Anlimonopoly Comm   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INDUSTRIAL STRUCTURE; MONOPOLY REFORM; NATURAL MONOPOLY;

EID: 0031433905     PISSN: 10889388     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10889388.1997.10641055     Document Type: Article

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