Legal unbundling can be a golden mean between vertical integration and ownership separation

International Journal of Industrial Organization

Volumn 29, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 576-588

  Höffler, Felix ^a   Kranz, Sebastian ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLOGNE   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Investments; Network industries; Ownership; Regulation; Sabotage; Vertical relations

Indexed keywords

NETWORK INDUSTRIES; OWNERSHIP; REGULATION; SABOTAGE; VERTICAL RELATIONS;

COST REDUCTION; INDUSTRY; PROFITABILITY;

INVESTMENTS;

EID: 79955061253     PISSN: 01677187     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijindorg.2011.01.001     Document Type: Article

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