Regulatory governance in Brazilian infrastructure industries

Quarterly Review of Economics and Finance

Volumn 48, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 202-216

  Correa, Paulo ^a   Melo, Marcus ^a   Mueller, Bernardo ^a   Pereira, Carlos ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF PERNAMBUCO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Brazil; Governance; Infrastructure; Regulation

Indexed keywords

EID: 41649084760     PISSN: 10629769     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.qref.2006.12.006     Document Type: Article

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