Firm's profitability and regulation in water and network industries: An empirical analysis
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Water utilities; Network industries; Regulation; Profitability; ROE; Net margin;All these keywords.
JEL classification:
- D2 - Microeconomics - - Production and Organizations
- L9 - Industrial Organization - - Industry Studies: Transportation and Utilities
- C23 - Mathematical and Quantitative Methods - - Single Equation Models; Single Variables - - - Models with Panel Data; Spatio-temporal Models
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