Willingness-to-pay for quality of service: An application to efficiency analysis of the UK electricity distribution utilities

Energy Journal

Volumn 30, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 1-48

  Yu, William ^a   Jamasb, Tooraj ^b   Pollitt, Michael ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 77749279784     PISSN: 01956574     EISSN: None     Source Type: Trade Journal    
DOI: 10.5547/ISSN0195-6574-EJ-Vol30-No4-1     Document Type: Article

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