Electricity regulation

Regulation and Economics

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages 377-405

  de Hauteclocque, Adrien ^a   Perez, Yannick ^b  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITÉ PARIS SACLAY   (France)

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EID: 84881916843     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.4337/9781782540465.00017     Document Type: Chapter

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