The political economy of energy regulation in OECD countries

Energy Economics

Volumn 33, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 816-825

  Chang, Chun Ping ^a   Berdiev, Aziz N ^b  

^a SHIH CHIEN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b BRYANT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Energy regulation; Globalization; Government ideology; Political economy

Indexed keywords

ELECTRICITY INDUSTRY; ELECTRICITY SECTOR; ENERGY REGULATION; GAS SECTOR; GLOBALIZATION; GOVERNMENT IDEOLOGY; LEAST SQUARE; OECD COUNTRIES; POLITICAL CONSTRAINTS; POLITICAL ECONOMY; POLITICAL FACTORS; VARIABLE MODEL;

ASSOCIATED GAS; DEREGULATION; ELECTRIC INDUSTRY; ELECTRICITY; ENERGY POLICY; GAS INDUSTRY; GASES;

PUBLIC POLICY;

DEREGULATION; ECONOMIC INTEGRATION; ELECTRICITY INDUSTRY; ENERGY POLICY; GAS INDUSTRY; GLOBALIZATION; INSTITUTIONAL FRAMEWORK; OECD; POLITICAL ECONOMY; POLITICAL IDEOLOGY; POLITICAL INTEGRATION; REGULATORY FRAMEWORK; STATE ROLE;

EID: 80052149671     PISSN: 01409883     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.eneco.2011.06.001     Document Type: Article

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