Product market competition and upstream innovation: Evidence from the U.S. electricity market deregulation

Review of Economics and Statistics

Volumn 95, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 237-254

  Sanyal, Paroma ^a   Ghosh, Suman ^b  

^a FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION   (United States)

^b FLORIDA ATLANTIC UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 84886038972     PISSN: 00346535     EISSN: 15309142     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1162/REST_a_00255     Document Type: Article

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