Observed and unobserved heterogeneity in stochastic frontier models: An application to the electricity distribution industry

Energy Economics

Volumn 33, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 304-310

  Kopsakangas Savolainen, Maria ^a,b   Svento, Rauli ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OULU   (Finland)

^b FINNISH ENVIRONMENT INSTITUTE   (Finland)

Author keywords

Benchmarking; Cost efficiency; Electricity distribution; Heterogeneity; Random parameter

Indexed keywords

BEST FIT; COST EFFICIENCY; ELECTRICITY DISTRIBUTION; ELECTRICITY DISTRIBUTION INDUSTRY; ELECTRICITY DISTRIBUTION UTILITIES; FINNISH; HETEROGENEITY; RANDOM PARAMETERS; RANK ORDER; STOCHASTIC FRONTIER ANALYSIS; STOCHASTIC FRONTIER MODELS; UNOBSERVED HETEROGENEITY;

BENCHMARKING; COST EFFECTIVENESS; ELECTRIC UTILITIES; INDUSTRY; STOCHASTIC MODELS; STOCHASTIC SYSTEMS;

ELECTRIC POWER DISTRIBUTION;

BENCHMARKING; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; ELECTRICITY INDUSTRY; ENERGY EFFICIENCY; FIRM OWNERSHIP; FIRM SIZE; HETEROGENEITY; MODELING; PRICE DYNAMICS; STOCHASTICITY;

EID: 79151474990     PISSN: 01409883     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.eneco.2010.08.010     Document Type: Article

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