Competition and contracts in the Nordic residential electricity markets

Utilities Policy

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 135-147

  Littlechild, Stephen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Electricity; Nordic countries; Regulation; Retail competition

Indexed keywords

ELECTRICITY INDUSTRY; ELECTRICITY SUPPLY; INDUSTRIAL COMPETITION; INDUSTRIAL REGULATION; RETAILING;

EURASIA; EUROPE; NORTHERN EUROPE;

EID: 33746708799     PISSN: 09571787     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jup.2006.03.003     Document Type: Article

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