The restructuring and privatisation of Britain's CEGB - Was it worth it?

Journal of Industrial Economics

Volumn 45, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 269-303

  Newbery, David M ^a   Pollitt, Michael G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 0031519897     PISSN: 00221821     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1467-6451.00049     Document Type: Article

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