Yardstick and Incentive Issues in UK Electricity Distribution Price Controls

Fiscal Studies

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 233-247

  Weyman Jones, Thomas ^a  

^a LOUGHBOROUGH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 0347867269     PISSN: 01435671     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1475-5890.2001.tb00041.x     Document Type: Article

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