Independent regulatory agencies: A theoretical review with reference to electricity and water in India

Economic and Political Weekly

Volumn 43, Issue 40, 2008, Pages 43-54

  Dubash, Navroz K ^a  

^a JAWAHARLAL NEHRU UNIVERSITY   (India)

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