Cost functions and cost efficiency in electricity distribution: A stochastic frontier approach

Bulletin of Economic Research

Volumn 48, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 41-64

  Burns, Philip ^a   Weyman Jones, Thomas G ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COST FRONTIER MODEL; ELECTRICITY DISTRIBUTION; MODELLING APPROACH; OPERATING COST; PRIVATISATION;

UK, ENGLAND; UK, WALES;

EID: 0029822549     PISSN: 03073378     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-8586.1996.tb00623.x     Document Type: Article

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