Regulation, pollution and heterogeneity in Japanese steam power generation companies

Energy Policy

Volumn 37, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 3109-3114

  Barros, Carlos Pestana ^a   Managi, Shunsuke ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LISBON   (Portugal)

^b YOKOHAMA NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Efficiency; Energy companies; Japan

Indexed keywords

ENERGY COMPANIES; JAPAN; POLICY IMPLICATIONS; STEAM POWER GENERATION; STOCHASTIC FRONTIER MODELS; TECHNICAL EFFICIENCY;

STOCHASTIC MODELS;

ENERGY EFFICIENCY; INDUSTRIAL ENTERPRISE; MODELING; POLICY APPROACH; POWER GENERATION; PRODUCTIVITY; STOCHASTICITY; TECHNICAL EFFICIENCY;

ASIA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; JAPAN;

EID: 67349114552     PISSN: 03014215     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.enpol.2009.04.003     Document Type: Article

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