Price cap regulation and the ratchet effect: A generalized index approach

Journal of Productivity Analysis

Volumn 32, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 191-201

  Bottasso, Anna ^a   Conti, Maurizio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GENOA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Incentives; Price cap; Ratchet effect; Regulation; Technical change

Indexed keywords

EID: 70350369955     PISSN: 0895562X     EISSN: 15730441     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11123-009-0140-z     Document Type: Article

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