Non-parametric production analysis in non-competitive environments

International Journal of Production Economics

Volumn 80, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 279-294

  Cherchye, Laurens ^a   Kuosmanen, Timo ^b   Post, Thierry ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^b WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c ERASMUS UNIVERSITY ROTTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Data envelopment analysis; Electricity distribution sector; Endogenous prices; Non parametric production analysis

Indexed keywords

COMPETITION; ECONOMICS; ELECTRIC POWER DISTRIBUTION; MATHEMATICAL PROGRAMMING; TECHNOLOGY;

DATA ENVELOPMENT ANALYSIS;

PRODUCTION CONTROL;

EID: 0037065219     PISSN: 09255273     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0925-5273(02)00261-X     Document Type: Article

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