Determining the contribution of technical change, efficiency change and scale change to productivity growth in the privatized English and Welsh water and sewerage industry: 1985-2000

Journal of Productivity Analysis

Volumn 28, Issue 1-2, 2007, Pages 127-139

  Saal, David S ^a   Parker, David ^b   Weyman Jones, Tom ^c  

^a ASTON UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b CRANFIELD UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c LOUGHBOROUGH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Efficiency; Environmental qualify; Price cap regulation; Privatization; Productivity; Water

Indexed keywords

EID: 34548583810     PISSN: 0895562X     EISSN: 15730441     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11123-007-0040-z     Document Type: Conference Paper

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