The financial and operational impacts of FERC Order 636 on the interstate natural gas pipeline industry

Journal of Regulatory Economics

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 243-270

  Finnoff, David ^a   Cramer, Curtis ^b   Shaffer, Sherrill ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL FLORIDA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WYOMING   (United States)

Author keywords

Expense preference; Gas pipeline; Regulation

Indexed keywords

EID: 4043119137     PISSN: 0922680X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/B:REGE.0000017749.84344.62     Document Type: Article

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