Regulating and deregulating the public utilities 1830-2010

Business History

Volumn 53, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 659-672

  Clifton, Judith ^a   Lanthier, Pierre ^b   Schröter, Harm ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CANTABRIA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC À TROIS RIVIÈRES   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

Author keywords

Economic history; Firms; Market; Regulation; State; Utilities

Indexed keywords

DEREGULATION; ECONOMIC HISTORY; MARKET CONDITIONS; NINETEENTH CENTURY; REGULATORY FRAMEWORK; UTILITY SECTOR;

AUSTRALIA; UNITED STATES; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 80052069974     PISSN: 00076791     EISSN: 17437938     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00076791.2011.599592     Document Type: Article

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