Dynamic efficiency estimation: An application to U.S. electric utilities

Journal of Business and Economic Statistics

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 226-238

  Rungsuriyawiboon, Supawat ^a   Stefanou, Spiro E ^b  

^a CHIANG MAI UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

^b PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Deregulation; Dynamic duality; Efficiency; Electricity; Shadow cost approach

Indexed keywords

EID: 34248575832     PISSN: 07350015     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1198/073500106000000288     Document Type: Article

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