The political economy of telecoms and electricity internationalization in the single market

Journal of European Public Policy

Volumn 17, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 988-1006

  Clifton, Judith ^a   Díaz Fuentes, Daniel ^a   Revuelta, Julio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CANTABRIA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Electricity; European union; Internationalization; Liberalization; Political economy; Telecommunications

Indexed keywords

EID: 77956830781     PISSN: 13501763     EISSN: 14664429     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13501763.2010.499229     Document Type: Article

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