Beyond economics for guiding large public policy issues: Lessons from the Bell System divestiture and the California electricity crisis

Decision Support Systems

Volumn 48, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 457-469

  Sueyoshi, Toshiyuki ^a,b  

^a NEW MEXICO INSTITUTE OF MINING AND TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b NATIONAL CHENG KUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Agent based approach; Electricity; Public policy

Indexed keywords

AGENT-BASED APPROACH; BELL SYSTEMS; CALIFORNIA; CALIFORNIA ELECTRICITY CRISIS; DIFFERENCE POINTS; ECONOMIC STUDY; ENERGY UTILITIES; FUEL PRICES; MARKET POWER; MULTIPLE DISCIPLINES; POLICY DECISIONS; POLICY IMPLICATIONS; PRICE HIKE; PRICE INCREASE; WHOLESALE ELECTRICITY;

COSTS;

PUBLIC POLICY;

EID: 72249084916     PISSN: 01679236     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.dss.2009.06.005     Document Type: Article

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