Modeling economies of scale: The case of US electric power companies

Energy Economics

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 225-237

  Hisnanick, John J ^a   Kymn, Kern O ^b  

^a DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS   (United States)

^b WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Economies of scale; Electricity

Indexed keywords

ECONOMIES OF SCALE; NEOCLASSICAL PRODUCTION FUNCTION SPECIFICATIONS;

DATA REDUCTION; INDUSTRIAL ECONOMICS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS;

ELECTRIC INDUSTRY;

ECONOMY OF SCALE; ELECTRICITY INDUSTRY; MODELING; POWER GENERATION;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 0032802878     PISSN: 01409883     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0140-9883(98)00019-X     Document Type: Article

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