Implications of ownership, regulation, and market structure for performance: Evidence from the U.S. Electric utility industry before and after the new deal

Review of Economics and Statistics

Volumn 79, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 279-288

  Emmons III, William M ^a  

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EID: 0038873550     PISSN: 00346535     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1162/003465397556638     Document Type: Article

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