Long-term energy supply contracts in European competition policy: Fuzzy not crazy

Energy Policy

Volumn 37, Issue 12, 2009, Pages 5399-5407

  Hauteclocque, Adrien de ^a   Glachant, Jean Michel ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b EUROPEAN UNIVERSITY INSTITUTE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Competition policy; European union; Long term contracts

Indexed keywords

COMPETITION POLICY; COMPETITIVE EFFECTS; CONSUMER WELFARES; ECONOMIC APPROACH; ENERGY SECTOR; ENERGY SUPPLIES; EUROPEAN COMMISSION; EUROPEAN UNION; LONG TERM; LONG-TERM CONTRACTS; NATIONAL COMPETITION AUTHORITIES; POSITIVE EFFECTS; POTENTIAL EFFICIENCY; PROCEDURAL ASPECTS; SUPPLY CONTRACTS;

COST REDUCTION; ENERGY POLICY; INVESTMENTS;

COMPETITION;

COMPETITION POLICY; ENERGY MARKET; ENERGY PLANNING; ENERGY POLICY; EUROPEAN UNION; IMPLEMENTATION PROCESS;

EID: 71549148029     PISSN: 03014215     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.enpol.2009.07.054     Document Type: Article

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