Market restructuring, competition and the efficiency of electricity generation: Plant-level evidence from the United States 1996 to 2006

Energy Journal

Volumn 34, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 1-31

  Craig, J Dean ^a   Savage, Scott J ^b  

^a SWEET BRIAR COLLEGE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

Competition; Efficiency; Electricity generation

Indexed keywords

EID: 84873618405     PISSN: 01956574     EISSN: None     Source Type: Trade Journal    
DOI: 10.5547/01956574.34.1.1     Document Type: Article

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