Regulatory practice and politics: Lessons from independent regulation in Indian electricity

Utilities Policy

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 321-331

  Dubash, Navroz K ^a   Rao, D Narasimha ^b  

^a JAWAHARLAL NEHRU UNIVERSITY   (India)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Electricity; India; Regulation

Indexed keywords

ELECTRICITY INDUSTRY; INDUSTRIAL REGULATION; POLITICS; REGULATORY APPROACH; STAKEHOLDER;

ASIA; EURASIA; INDIA; SOUTH ASIA;

EID: 54049101206     PISSN: 09571787     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jup.2007.11.008     Document Type: Article

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