Do elected public utility commissioners behave more politically than appointed ones?

Journal of Regulatory Economics

Volumn 33, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 318-337

  Quast, Troy ^a  

^a SAM HOUSTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Public utility commissioners; Telecommunications; Unbundled network elements

Indexed keywords

EID: 43349086587     PISSN: 0922680X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11149-007-9050-z     Document Type: Article

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