The determinants of cost efficiency of hydroelectric generating plants: A random frontier approach

Energy Policy

Volumn 35, Issue 9, 2007, Pages 4463-4470

  Barros, Carlos P ^a   Peypoch, Nicolas ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LISBON   (Portugal)

^b IAE   (France)

Author keywords

Hydroelectric electricity production; Portugal; Technical efficiency

Indexed keywords

COMPETITION; COSTS; ENERGY POLICY; MAXIMUM LIKELIHOOD ESTIMATION; REGULATORY COMPLIANCE;

COST EFFICIENCY; RAMDOM COST FRONTIER METHOD; TECHNICAL EFFICIENCY;

HYDROELECTRIC POWER PLANTS;

COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; ELECTRICITY GENERATION; EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; ENERGY EFFICIENCY; ENERGY POLICY; ESTIMATION METHOD; HYDROELECTRIC POWER PLANT; MAXIMUM LIKELIHOOD ANALYSIS; TECHNICAL EFFICIENCY;

EURASIA; EUROPE; PORTUGAL; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

EID: 34347259267     PISSN: 03014215     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.enpol.2007.03.019     Document Type: Article

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