Network regulation

Oxford Review of Economic Policy

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 248-259

  Cowan, Simon ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CAPITAL; ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT; ECONOMIC PLANNING; ECONOMIC POLICY; PRICE DYNAMICS;

EURASIA; EUROPE; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 33749843061     PISSN: 0266903X     EISSN: 14602121     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oxrep/grj015     Document Type: Article

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