Productivity growth and deregulation of Japanese electricity distribution

Energy Policy

Volumn 37, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 3130-3138

  Goto, Mika ^a   Sueyoshi, Toshiyuki ^b,c  

^a CENTRAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF ELECTRIC POWER INDUSTRY   (Japan)

^b NEW MEXICO INSTITUTE OF MINING AND TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^c NATIONAL CHENG KUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Deregulation; Electricity distribution; Productivity growth

Indexed keywords

COMPETITION POLICY; COST STRUCTURE; ECONOMIES OF SCALE; ELECTRIC POWER INDUSTRIES; ELECTRICITY DISTRIBUTION; EMPIRICAL RESULTS; ESTIMATED COSTS; MULTI-PRODUCT; POLICY DEBATES; POLICY SUGGESTIONS; PRODUCTIVITY GROWTH; RETAIL COMPETITION; TECHNICAL CHANGE; TRANSLOG COST FUNCTIONS; UTILITY INDUSTRY;

COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; COST FUNCTIONS; CUSTOMER SATISFACTION; DEREGULATION; ECONOMICS; ELECTRIC INDUSTRY; ELECTRIC POWER DISTRIBUTION; ELECTRIC POWER MEASUREMENT; ELECTRIC UTILITIES; ELECTRICITY; PRODUCTIVITY; SALES;

COMPETITION;

COMPETITION (ECONOMICS); COMPETITION POLICY; DEREGULATION; ECONOMY OF SCALE; ELECTRICAL POWER; ELECTRICITY GENERATION; ENERGY POLICY; FUTURE PROSPECT; HOUSEHOLD ENERGY; POLICY IMPLEMENTATION; RETAILING; UTILITY SECTOR;

ASIA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; JAPAN;

EID: 65749108853     PISSN: 03014215     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.enpol.2009.04.005     Document Type: Article

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