Electricity distribution in the UK and Japan: A comparative efficiency analysis 1985-1998

Energy Journal

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 23-47

  Hattori, Toru ^a   Jamasb, Tooraj ^b   Pollitt, Michael ^c  

^a CRIEPJ   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BENCHMARKING; ELECTRIC POWER DISTRIBUTION; ENERGY EFFICIENCY; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PRODUCTIVITY;

DATA ENVELOPMENT ANALYSIS; ELECTRICITY DISTRIBUTION SYSTEMS; STOCHASTIC FRONTIER ANALYSIS;

ELECTRIC UTILITIES;

EID: 17644382952     PISSN: 01956574     EISSN: None     Source Type: Trade Journal    
DOI: 10.5547/ISSN0195-6574-EJ-Vol26-No2-2     Document Type: Article

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