Capture or contract? The early years of electric utility regulation

Journal of Regulatory Economics

Volumn 42, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 225-241

  Lyon, Thomas P ^a   Wilson, Nathan ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b FEDERAL TRADE COMMISSION   (United States)

Author keywords

Electric utilities; Regulatory capture; Transaction cost economics

Indexed keywords

EID: 84867330012     PISSN: 0922680X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11149-012-9200-9     Document Type: Article

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