Market power in the England And Wales wholesale electricity market 1995-2000

Economic Journal

Volumn 117, Issue 520, 2007, Pages 654-685

  Sweeting, Andrew ^a  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTRICITY SUPPLY; ENERGY MARKET; OLIGOPOLY;

ENGLAND; EURASIA; EUROPE; UNITED KINGDOM; WALES; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 34250025319     PISSN: 00130133     EISSN: 14680297     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-0297.2007.02045.x     Document Type: Article

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