Regulatory governance and sector performance: Methodology and evaluation for electricity distribution in latin america

Regulation, Deregulation, Reregulation: Institutional Perspectives

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 111-150

  Andres, Luis ^a   Guasch, José Luis ^a,b   Azumendi, Sebastián Lopez ^a  

^a WORLD BANK   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

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