Firm size and productivity. Evidence from the electricity distribution industry in Brazil

Energy Policy

Volumn 39, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 826-833

  Tovar, Beatriz ^a   Javier Ramos Real, Francisco ^b   de Almeida, Edmar Fagundes ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LAS PALMAS DE GRAN CANARIA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSIDAD DE LA LAGUNA   (Spain)

^c FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Brazil electricity distribution; Firm size; Productivity decomposition. L94

Indexed keywords

DISTANCE FUNCTIONS; ELECTRICITY DISTRIBUTION; ELECTRICITY DISTRIBUTION INDUSTRY; FIRM SIZE; MAKING DECISION; MARKET STRUCTURES; PRODUCTIVITY DEVELOPMENT; STOCHASTIC FRONTIER ANALYSIS; TECHNICAL CHANGE; TECHNICAL EFFICIENCY;

ELECTRIC POWER DISTRIBUTION; ELECTRIC UTILITIES; PRODUCTIVITY;

INDUSTRY;

ELECTRICITY GENERATION; ENERGY POLICY; FIRM SIZE; INDUSTRIAL PRODUCTION; PRODUCTIVITY; STOCHASTICITY; TECHNICAL EFFICIENCY;

BRAZIL;

EID: 78650415461     PISSN: 03014215     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.enpol.2010.11.001     Document Type: Article

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