Application Of Panel Data Models In Benchmarking Analysis Of The Electricity Distribution Sector

Annals of Public and Cooperative Economics

Volumn 77, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 271-290

  Farsi, Mehdi ^a,b   Filippini, Massimo ^a,b   Greene, William ^c  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LUGANO   (Switzerland)

^c NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 37349004613     PISSN: 13704788     EISSN: 14678292     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-8292.2006.00306.x     Document Type: Article

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