«Would you say that the price you pay for electricity is fair?» Consumers' satisfaction and utility reforms in the EU15

Energy Economics

Volumn 33, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 178-187

  Fiorio, Carlo V ^a   Florio, Massimo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

Author keywords

Consumers' satisfaction; Electricity prices; Liberalisation; Privatisation; Vertical disintegration

Indexed keywords

CONSUMERS' SATISFACTION; ELECTRICITY PRICES; LIBERALISATION; PRIVATISATION; VERTICAL DISINTEGRATION;

PRIVATIZATION;

COSTS;

CONSUMPTION BEHAVIOR; ELECTRICITY INDUSTRY; ELECTRICITY SUPPLY; ENERGY MARKET; EUROPEAN UNION; LIBERALIZATION; PRIVATIZATION;

EID: 79151470979     PISSN: 01409883     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.eneco.2010.05.006     Document Type: Article

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