Post-neoliberal electricity market 're-reforms' in Argentina: Diverging from market prescriptions?

Energy Policy

Volumn 38, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 1168-1176

  Haselip, James ^a   Potter, Clive ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

^b IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Argentina; Electricity; Privatisation

Indexed keywords

ARGENTINA; CONSUMER PRICES; ECONOMIC CRISIS; ELECTRICITY INDUSTRY; ELECTRICITY MARKET; INSTITUTIONAL CHANGE; LESS DEVELOPED COUNTRIES; MARKET MODEL; NATIONAL CURRENCY;

ELECTRICITY; INVESTMENTS; PRIVATIZATION;

COMMERCE;

DEVELOPING WORLD; ECONOMIC CONDITIONS; ELECTRICITY SUPPLY; ENERGY POLICY; INSTITUTIONAL REFORM; INVESTMENT; NEOLIBERALISM; PRICE DYNAMICS; PRIVATIZATION; REFORM PROCESS;

ARGENTINA;

EID: 72249112753     PISSN: 03014215     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.enpol.2009.11.007     Document Type: Article

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