Munich Personal RePEc Archive
Is Market-Oriented Reform Producing a
“Two-Track” Europe? Evidence from Electricity and Telecommunications
Clifton, Judith and Díaz-Fuentes, Daniel and Fernández Gutiérrez, Marcos and Revuelta, Julio
Universidad de Cantabria, Spain
2011
Online at https://mpra.ub.uni-muenchen.de/33018/
MPRA Paper No. 33018, posted 27 Aug 2011 14:44 UTC
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