Regulating-for-Welfare: A Comparative Study of "Regulatory Welfare Regimes" in the Israeli, British, and Swedish Electricity Sectors

Law and Policy

Volumn 33, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 116-148

  Haber, Hanan ^a  

^a HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

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EID: 78650067178     PISSN: 02658240     EISSN: 14679930     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9930.2010.00332.x     Document Type: Article

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