Title: Liberalisation of the Energy Market: A Favourable Supply-side Shock for the UK Economy?
Abstract:Privatisation was clearly the most significant change in Britain’s industrial policy since nationalisation. The privatisation and liberalising moves of the late 1980s had a big impact on the energy in...Privatisation was clearly the most significant change in Britain’s industrial policy since nationalisation. The privatisation and liberalising moves of the late 1980s had a big impact on the energy industries since they included two large energy utilities. But how important were the change in the energy industries in the context of the UK economy? Is their impact likely to be significant to spill over into a favourable effect on Britain’s economic performance? In discussing this issue, I begin with the situation which existed before liberalisation so we can appreciate the scale of the potential gains. Then I discuss the extent to which the liberalisation took place. Finally, I consider the impact of liberalisation.Read More
Publication Year: 1994
Publication Date: 1994-06-01
Language: en
Type: preprint
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