Divorce comes at a price: An ex ante welfare analysis of ownership unbundling of the distribution and commercial companies in the Dutch energy sector

Energy Policy

Volumn 37, Issue 12, 2009, Pages 5449-5458

  de Nooij, Michiel ^a   Baarsma, Barbara ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Cost benefit analysis; Electricity; Unbundling

Indexed keywords

DISTRIBUTION COMPANIES; ELECTRICITY SECTOR; ENERGY SECTOR; EUROPEAN COMMISSION; EUROPEAN UNION; FAIR NETWORKS; INFRASTRUCTURE INVESTMENT; ONE STEP; SECURITY OF SUPPLY; TRANSMISSION NETWORKS; TRANSMISSION SYSTEM OPERATORS; VALUE CHAINS; WELFARE ANALYSIS;

COST EFFECTIVENESS; COSTS; ELECTRIC POWER TRANSMISSION NETWORKS; INVESTMENTS;

COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS;

COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; ELECTRICITY GENERATION; ELECTRICITY INDUSTRY; ENERGY PLANNING; EUROPEAN UNION; INDUSTRIAL COMPETITION;

EID: 71549139392     PISSN: 03014215     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.enpol.2009.08.004     Document Type: Article

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