Determinants of contract duration: Further evidence from coal-fired power plants

Review of Industrial Organization

Volumn 34, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 217-229

  Kozhevnikova, Maria ^a   Lange, Ian ^b  

^a CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF STIRLING   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Coal; Contract duration; Regulation; Transaction costs

Indexed keywords

ALTERNATIVE ENERGY; COAL INDUSTRY; COAL-FIRED POWER PLANT; ELECTRICITY GENERATION; REGULATORY FRAMEWORK; TRANSACTION COST;

EID: 68349148349     PISSN: 0889938X     EISSN: 15737160     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11151-009-9206-3     Document Type: Article

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