The 3 Rs: Regulation, risk and responsibility in British utilities since 1945

Business History

Volumn 53, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 747-760

  Chick, Martin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Austrian economics; Privatization; Regulation; Responsibility; Risk

Indexed keywords

ECONOMIC HISTORY; GOVERNMENT; INDUSTRIAL HISTORY; INDUSTRIAL INVESTMENT; INDUSTRIAL REGULATION; LIBERALIZATION; PRIVATIZATION; RISK ASSESSMENT; UTILITY SECTOR;

UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 80052057319     PISSN: 00076791     EISSN: 17437938     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00076791.2011.599593     Document Type: Article

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