The use of a variable cost function in the regulation of the Italian water industry

Utilities Policy

Volumn 10, Issue 3-4, 2001, Pages 181-187

  Antonioli, B ^a,b   Filippini, M ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LUGANO   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FERRARA   (Italy)

^c ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Variable cost function; Water distribution companies; Yardstick regulation

Indexed keywords

TARIFF STRUCTURE; WATER ECONOMICS; WATER INDUSTRY; WATER SUPPLY;

ITALY;

EID: 0035470683     PISSN: 09571787     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0957-1787(02)00065-6     Document Type: Article

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