Is anything naturally a monopoly?

The end of a Natural Monopoly: Deregulation and Competition in the Electric Power Industry

Volumn 7, Issue , 2003, Pages 9-35

  Grossman, Peter Z ^a  

^a BUTLER UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 84905538216     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.4324/9780203484166     Document Type: Chapter

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