Stochastic frontier analysis of total factor productivity in the offshore oil and gas industry

Ecological Economics

Volumn 60, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 204-215

  Managi, Shunsuke ^a   Opaluch, James J ^b   Jin, Di ^c   Grigalunas, Thomas A ^b  

^a YOKOHAMA NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF RHODE ISLAND   (United States)

^c WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION   (United States)

Author keywords

Environmental regulation; Offshore oil and gas industry; Productivity; Stochastic frontier analysis; Technological change

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY; GAS FIELD; GAS PRODUCTION; HYDROCARBON EXPLORATION; OIL FIELD; OIL PRODUCTION; STOCHASTICITY; TECHNOLOGICAL CHANGE; WATER DEPTH;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; GULF OF MEXICO;

EID: 33749633128     PISSN: 09218009     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolecon.2005.11.028     Document Type: Article

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