Malmquist indices of productivity change in the UK gas industry before and after privatization

Applied Economics

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 29-39

  Price, Catherine Waddams ^a   Weyman Jones, Thomas ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

^b LOUGHBOROUGH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPARATIVE STUDIES; FRONTIER ANALYSIS; GAS INDUSTRY; MALMQUIST INDEX; NATURAL GAS; PRIVATISATION; PRODUCTIVITY CHANGE; REGULATORY CHANGE; TECHNOLOGICAL EFFICIENCY;

UK;

EID: 0029752395     PISSN: 00036846     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00036849600000004     Document Type: Article

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