Reforming the power sector in transition: Do institutions matter?

Energy Economics

Volumn 34, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 1675-1682

  Nepal, Rabindra ^a   Jamasb, Tooraj ^a  

^a HERIOT WATT UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Institutions; Power sector; Reforms; Transition economies

Indexed keywords

FIXED EFFECTS; INSTITUTIONAL REFORMS; POWER SECTOR; POWER SECTOR REFORM; REFORMS; TRANSITION ECONOMY;

DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; SOCIETIES AND INSTITUTIONS;

ECONOMICS;

DEVELOPING WORLD; ELECTRICITY INDUSTRY; INSTITUTIONAL REFORM; MACROECONOMICS; TRANSITIONAL ECONOMY;

EID: 84864799162     PISSN: 01409883     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.eneco.2012.02.002     Document Type: Article

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