Competition and Public Service Obligations: Regulatory Rules and Industries Games

Annals of Public and Cooperative Economics

Volumn 70, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 25-48

  Defeuilley, Christophe ^a  

^a Centre International de Recherche sur lEnvironnement et le Developpement   (France)

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EID: 11144253837     PISSN: 13704788     EISSN: 14678292     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1467-8292.00098     Document Type: Article

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