Productivity and efficiency of US gas transmission companies: A European regulatory perspective

Energy Policy

Volumn 36, Issue 9, 2008, Pages 3398-3412

  Jamasb, Tooraj ^a   Pollitt, Michael ^b   Triebs, Thomas ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Natural gas transmission; Total factor productivity; Utility regulation

Indexed keywords

BENCHMARKING; COMPETITION; LINEAR PROGRAMMING; PIPE; PRODUCTIVITY;

ATLANTIC; DATA ENVELOPMENT; EUROPEAN; EUROPEAN COUNTRIES; EUROPEAN REGULATORS; GAS TRANSMISSIONS; IF DATA; INCENTIVE REGULATIONS; MALMQUIST PRODUCTIVITY INDICES; MARKET INTEGRATION; NATURAL GAS TRANSMISSION; PERFORMANCE INDICATORS; PRODUCTIVITY DEVELOPMENT; TOTAL FACTOR PRODUCTIVITY; TRANSMISSION OPERATORS; UTILITY REGULATION;

LAWS AND LEGISLATION;

BENCHMARKING; DATA ENVELOPMENT ANALYSIS; ENERGY EFFICIENCY; ENERGY POLICY; TOTAL FACTOR PRODUCTIVITY; UTILITY SECTOR;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 48949086185     PISSN: 03014215     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.enpol.2008.05.001     Document Type: Article

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