Does Liberalisation cause more Electricity Blackouts? Evidence from a Global Study of Newspaper Reports
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- William Yu & Michael G. Pollitt, 2009. "Does Liberalisation cause more electricity blackouts? Evidence from a global study of newspaper reports," Working Papers EPRG 0902, Energy Policy Research Group, Cambridge Judge Business School, University of Cambridge.
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Keywords
power outage; electricity blackouts; liberalisation;All these keywords.
JEL classification:
- L15 - Industrial Organization - - Market Structure, Firm Strategy, and Market Performance - - - Information and Product Quality
- L51 - Industrial Organization - - Regulation and Industrial Policy - - - Economics of Regulation
- L94 - Industrial Organization - - Industry Studies: Transportation and Utilities - - - Electric Utilities
NEP fields
This paper has been announced in the following NEP Reports:- NEP-EFF-2009-03-14 (Efficiency & Productivity)
- NEP-ENE-2009-03-14 (Energy Economics)
- NEP-SEA-2009-03-14 (South East Asia)
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