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Changing times: Incentive regulation, corporate reorganisations, and productivity in Great Britain’s gas networks

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  • Victor Ajayi & Michael G. Pollitt, 2022. "Changing times: Incentive regulation, corporate reorganisations, and productivity in Great Britain’s gas networks," Working Papers EPRG2214, Energy Policy Research Group, Cambridge Judge Business School, University of Cambridge.
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    Keywords

    Total factor productivity; incentive regulation; corporate reorganisations; gas networks; data envelopment analysis;
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    JEL classification:

    • C23 - Mathematical and Quantitative Methods - - Single Equation Models; Single Variables - - - Models with Panel Data; Spatio-temporal Models
    • D24 - Microeconomics - - Production and Organizations - - - Production; Cost; Capital; Capital, Total Factor, and Multifactor Productivity; Capacity
    • L51 - Industrial Organization - - Regulation and Industrial Policy - - - Economics of Regulation
    • L94 - Industrial Organization - - Industry Studies: Transportation and Utilities - - - Electric Utilities

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