Structural change in the Australian electricity industry during the 1990s and the effect on household income distribution: A macro-micro approach

Economic Modelling

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 564-575

  Verikios, George ^a   Zhang, Xiao guang ^b  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b Productivity Commission   (Australia)

Author keywords

Computable general equilibrium; Electricity; Household income distribution; Microeconomic reform

Indexed keywords

EID: 84876316545     PISSN: 02649993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.econmod.2013.03.004     Document Type: Article

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