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In many parts of the world buyers and sellers now trade electrical energy in liberalized markets. These markets have partially replaced cost-based regulation and government ownership.
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Bushnell, J., Wolfram, C. (2018). Electricity Markets. In: The New Palgrave Dictionary of Economics. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1057/978-1-349-95189-5_2683
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