Assessing the impact of regulatory reforms on China's electricity generation industry

Energy Policy

Volumn 37, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 712-720

  Du, Limin ^a   Mao, Jie ^b   Shi, Jinchuan ^c  

^a XIAMEN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b Tsinghua University   (China)

^c ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Differences in Differences; Electricity restructuring; Production efficiency

Indexed keywords

DEREGULATION; DISTRIBUTED PARAMETER NETWORKS; DISTRIBUTION OF GOODS; ELECTRICITY; EMPLOYMENT; PLANNING;

CENTRAL PLANNING SYSTEMS; DIFFERENCES-IN-DIFFERENCES; EFFICIENCY GAINS; EFFICIENCY IMPROVEMENTS; ELECTRICITY GENERATIONS; ELECTRICITY INDUSTRIES; ELECTRICITY REFORMS; ELECTRICITY RESTRUCTURING; ELECTRICITY UTILITIES; ENTERPRISE SYSTEMS; IMPROVING POWERS; PRODUCTION EFFICIENCY; REGULATORY REFORMS; SURVEY DATUMS; TRANSMISSION AND DISTRIBUTIONS;

ELECTRIC GENERATORS;

ECONOMETRICS; ELECTRICITY GENERATION; ELECTRICITY INDUSTRY; ENERGY EFFICIENCY; ENERGY POLICY; PRODUCTION SYSTEM;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST;

EID: 58149109007     PISSN: 03014215     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.enpol.2008.09.083     Document Type: Article

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