Econometric benchmarking of cost performance: The case of U.S. power distributors

Energy Journal

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 75-92

  Lowry, Mark Newton ^a   Getachew, Lullit ^a   Hovde, David ^a  

^a Pacific Economics Group   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BENCHMARKING; COST EFFECTIVENESS; ECONOMICS; ELECTRIC POWER DISTRIBUTION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; STATISTICAL TESTS;

COST EFFICIENCY; ECONOMETRIC BENCHMARKING;

ELECTRIC UTILITIES;

EID: 22944492377     PISSN: 01956574     EISSN: None     Source Type: Trade Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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