On the effects of the financialization of private utilities: lessons from the UK water sector
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regulation; corporate finance; water and sewerage; public utilities;JEL classification:
- C23 - Mathematical and Quantitative Methods - - Single Equation Models; Single Variables - - - Models with Panel Data; Spatio-temporal Models
- C51 - Mathematical and Quantitative Methods - - Econometric Modeling - - - Model Construction and Estimation
- G32 - Financial Economics - - Corporate Finance and Governance - - - Financing Policy; Financial Risk and Risk Management; Capital and Ownership Structure; Value of Firms; Goodwill
- G38 - Financial Economics - - Corporate Finance and Governance - - - Government Policy and Regulation
- L50 - Industrial Organization - - Regulation and Industrial Policy - - - General
- L51 - Industrial Organization - - Regulation and Industrial Policy - - - Economics of Regulation
- L95 - Industrial Organization - - Industry Studies: Transportation and Utilities - - - Gas Utilities; Pipelines; Water Utilities
- L97 - Industrial Organization - - Industry Studies: Transportation and Utilities - - - Utilities: General
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This paper has been announced in the following NEP Reports:- NEP-EUR-2019-12-23 (Microeconomic European Issues)
- NEP-ORE-2019-12-23 (Operations Research)
- NEP-PAY-2019-12-23 (Payment Systems & Financial Technology)
- NEP-REG-2019-12-23 (Regulation)
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