The impact of regulation on cost efficiency: An empirical analysis of Wisconsin water utilities

Journal of Productivity Analysis

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 383-409

  Aubert, Cécile ^a   Reynaud, Arnaud ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ PARIS DAUPHINE   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE TOULOUSE   (France)

Author keywords

Efficiency; Public utility regulation; Stochastic cost frontier

Indexed keywords

EID: 21644488601     PISSN: 0895562X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11123-005-2216-8     Document Type: Review

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