Regulation and systematic risk in the electric utility industry: A test of the buffering hypothesis

Financial Review

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 163-184

  Davidson, Wallace N ^a   Rangan, Nanda ^b   Rosenstein, Stuart ^c  

^a SOUTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b OHIO UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c CLEMSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 0042276015     PISSN: 07328516     EISSN: 15406288     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-6288.1997.tb00420.x     Document Type: Article

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