Pricing behaviour under competition in the UK electricity supply industry

Oxford Economic Papers

Volumn 62, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 478-503

  Giulietti, Monica ^a   Otero, Jesus ^b   Waterson, Michael ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSIDAD DEL ROSARIO   (Colombia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPETITIVENESS; ECONOMETRICS; ELECTRICITY INDUSTRY; ELECTRICITY SUPPLY; INDUSTRIAL COMPETITION; PERSISTENCE; PRICE DETERMINATION; PRICE DYNAMICS;

UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 77954362198     PISSN: 00307653     EISSN: 14643812     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oep/gpp029     Document Type: Article

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