Less Pain at the Pump? The Effects of Regulatory Interventions in Retail Gasoline Markets
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- Dewenter, Ralf & Heimeshoff, Ulrich, 2012. "Less pain at the pump? The effects of regulatory interventions in retail gasoline markets," DICE Discussion Papers 51, Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf, Düsseldorf Institute for Competition Economics (DICE).
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regulation; fuel price; Austria; Australia;All these keywords.
JEL classification:
- K2 - Law and Economics - - Regulation and Business Law
- K23 - Law and Economics - - Regulation and Business Law - - - Regulated Industries and Administrative Law
- L5 - Industrial Organization - - Regulation and Industrial Policy
- L51 - Industrial Organization - - Regulation and Industrial Policy - - - Economics of Regulation
- L71 - Industrial Organization - - Industry Studies: Primary Products and Construction - - - Mining, Extraction, and Refining: Hydrocarbon Fuels
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