Specification and estimation of the effect of ownership on the economic efficiency of the water utilities

Regional Science and Urban Economics

Volumn 25, Issue 6, 1995, Pages 759-784

  Bhattacharyya, Arunava ^a   Harris, Thomas R ^a   Narayanan, Rangesan ^a   Raffiee, Kambiz ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA   (United States)

Author keywords

Cost efficiency; Heteroskedasticity; Morishima elasticity of substitution; Shadow elasticity of substitution; Stochastic frontier; Water utility

Indexed keywords

COST FUNCTION; ECONOMIC EVALUATION; FIRM CHARACTERISTICS; OWNERSHIP STRUCTURE; STOCHASTIC APPROACH; WATER ECONOMICS; WATER UTILITY;

EID: 0029474341     PISSN: 01660462     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0166-0462(95)02107-8     Document Type: Article

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