Concentration in the European electricity industry: The internal market as solution?

Energy Policy

Volumn 35, Issue 10, 2007, Pages 5064-5076

  Domanico, Fabio ^a  

^a LUISS UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

Author keywords

Concentration; Interconnection investments; Multimarket contact theory

Indexed keywords

INTERCONNECTION INVESTMENTS; MULTIMARKET CONTACT THEORY;

COMPETITIVE INTELLIGENCE; INVESTMENTS; MARKETING; MERGERS AND ACQUISITIONS; REGULATORY COMPLIANCE; STRATEGIC PLANNING;

ELECTRIC INDUSTRY;

COMPETITIVENESS; ELECTRICITY INDUSTRY; ELECTRICITY SUPPLY; ENERGY MARKET; GAS SUPPLY; INVESTMENT; LIBERALIZATION; REGULATORY FRAMEWORK; STRATEGIC APPROACH;

EURASIA; EUROPE;

EID: 34447550149     PISSN: 03014215     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.enpol.2007.04.014     Document Type: Article

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