Monopoly regulation when customers need to make sunk investments: evidence from the Swedish district heating sector
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Keywords
Forward-looking customers; Pricing behaviour; Regulation; District heating; Sweden;All these keywords.
JEL classification:
- D42 - Microeconomics - - Market Structure, Pricing, and Design - - - Monopoly
- L51 - Industrial Organization - - Regulation and Industrial Policy - - - Economics of Regulation
- L52 - Industrial Organization - - Regulation and Industrial Policy - - - Industrial Policy; Sectoral Planning Methods
- L97 - Industrial Organization - - Industry Studies: Transportation and Utilities - - - Utilities: General
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