Economies of scale and scope in multi-utilities

Energy Journal

Volumn 29, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 123-143

  Farsi, Mehdi ^a,b   Fetz, Aurelio ^a,b   Filippini, Massimo ^a,b  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LUGANO   (Switzerland)

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EID: 54349087619     PISSN: 01956574     EISSN: None     Source Type: Trade Journal    
DOI: 10.5547/ISSN0195-6574-EJ-Vol29-No4-6     Document Type: Article

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