Incentive regulation of prices when costs are sunk

Journal of Regulatory Economics

Volumn 29, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 239-264

  Evans, Lewis ^a   Guthrie, Graeme ^a  

^a VICTORIA UNIVERSITY OF WELLINGTON   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Economies of scale; Incentive regulation; Sunk costs; Uncertainty

Indexed keywords

EID: 33645966224     PISSN: 0922680X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11149-006-7398-0     Document Type: Article

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