Deregulation or Governmental Intervention? A counterfactual perspective on China's electricity market reform

China and World Economy

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 101-120

  Chen, Sumei ^a   He, Lingyun ^a  

^a CHINA AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

China; Computable general equilibrium; Deregulation; Electricity industry; Scenario analysis

Indexed keywords

EID: 84880355379     PISSN: 16712234     EISSN: 1749124X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1749-124X.2013.12030.x     Document Type: Article

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