Methods and trends of performance benchmarking in UK utility regulation

Utilities Policy

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 166-174

  Dassler, Thoralf ^a   Parker, David ^b   Saal, David S ^c  

^a QUEEN MARGARET UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b CRANFIELD UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c ASTON UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Benchmarking; UK; Utility regulation; Yardstick competition

Indexed keywords

COMPETITION POLICY; INDUSTRIAL PERFORMANCE; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; PRIVATIZATION;

EURASIA; EUROPE; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 33746656361     PISSN: 09571787     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jup.2006.04.001     Document Type: Article

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