Costs, technology and ownership of gas distribution in Italy

Managerial and Decision Economics

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 71-81

  Fabbri, Paola ^a   Fraquelli, Giovanni ^b   Giandrone, Roberto ^c  

^a Department for Development and Cohesion Policy   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TURIN   (Italy)

^c CNR   (Italy)

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EID: 1542520191     PISSN: 01436570     EISSN: 10991468     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/1099-1468(200003)21:2<71::AID-MDE972>3.0.CO;2-Y     Document Type: Article

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