Estimating multiproduct costs when some outputs are not produced

Empirical Economics

Volumn 28, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 753-765

  Weninger, Quinn ^a  

^a IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Translog multiproduct cost function

Indexed keywords

COST; ESTIMATION METHOD; RAILWAY;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 0242381344     PISSN: 03777332     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00181-003-0157-5     Document Type: Article

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