Does privatization matter? Liberalization and regulation: The case of european electricity

Public Management Review

Volumn 4, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 231-256

  Genoud, Christophe ^a   Varone, Frédéric ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LAUSANNE   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITÉ CATHOLIQUE DE LOUVAIN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Electricity; Liberalization; Network industries privatization; Regulation

Indexed keywords

EID: 84937378521     PISSN: 14719037     EISSN: 14719045     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14616670210130543     Document Type: Article

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