UK utility reforms: Distributional implications and government response

Utility Privatization and Regulation: A Fair Deal for Consumers?

Volumn , Issue , 2003, Pages 101-124

  Price, Catherine Waddams ^a   Young, Alison ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 77950639721     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.4337/9781781951316.00015     Document Type: Chapter

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