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19 - Competition Policy, Monopolies and the Role of the State in Promoting Green Electricity

from Part IV - Levelling the Playing Field: Regulatory Challenges

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 June 2017

Thomas Cottier
Affiliation:
Universität Bern, Switzerland
Ilaria Espa
Affiliation:
Universität Bern, Switzerland
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International Trade in Sustainable Electricity
Regulatory Challenges in International Economic Law
, pp. 390 - 416
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2017

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