Public interest versus regulatory capture in the Swedish electricity market
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- Russell Smyth & Magnus Söderberg, 2010. "Public interest versus regulatory capture in the Swedish electricity market," Post-Print hal-00841950, HAL.
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Keywords
Electricity; Public interest; Regulatory capture; D73; K23; L97;All these keywords.
JEL classification:
- D73 - Microeconomics - - Analysis of Collective Decision-Making - - - Bureaucracy; Administrative Processes in Public Organizations; Corruption
- K23 - Law and Economics - - Regulation and Business Law - - - Regulated Industries and Administrative Law
- L97 - Industrial Organization - - Industry Studies: Transportation and Utilities - - - Utilities: General
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