Economic efficiency and productivity growth in the post-privatization Chilean hydroelectric industry

Journal of Productivity Analysis

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 245-273

  Atkinson, Scott E ^a   Halabí, Claudia Elizabeth ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSIDAD SANTO TOMÁS   (Chile)

Author keywords

Allocative efficiency; Chilean hydroelectric generation; Distance function estimation; Productivity change; Technical change

Indexed keywords

EID: 18244363340     PISSN: 0895562X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11123-005-1329-4     Document Type: Article

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