Do regulation and ownership drive the efficiency of electricity distribution? Evidence from Latin America

Economics Letters

Volumn 86, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 253-257

  Estache, Antonio ^a   Rossi, Martín A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LIBRE DE BRUXELLES   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Labor productivity; Ownership; Price cap; Rate of return regulation

Indexed keywords

EID: 12144284255     PISSN: 01651765     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.econlet.2004.07.016     Document Type: Article

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