Pitfalls in restructuring the electricity industry

German Economic Review

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 81-101

  Meran, Georg ^a   Schwarze, Reimund ^b  

^a TECHNISCHE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

^b DIW BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Electricity industry; Monopsony; Price discrimination; Vertical integration

Indexed keywords

COMPETITION (ECONOMICS); DEREGULATION; ELECTRICITY INDUSTRY; INDUSTRIAL POLICY; INDUSTRIAL RESTRUCTURING; PRICING POLICY;

EID: 1342308588     PISSN: 14656485     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1465-6485.2004.00095.x     Document Type: Article

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