Productivity change of coal-fired thermal power plants in India: A Malmquist index approach

IMA Journal of Management Mathematics

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 387-400

  Behera, S K ^a   Farooquie, J A ^b   Dash, A P ^c  

^a NTPC LTD   (India)

^b ALIGARH MUSLIM UNIVERSITY   (India)

^c Finance and Strategy   (India)

Author keywords

coal fired power plants; data envelopment analysis; Malmquist productivity index; productivity change

Indexed keywords

COAL; DATA ENVELOPMENT ANALYSIS; EFFICIENCY; ELECTRIC GENERATORS; FIRE TUBE BOILERS; FOSSIL FUEL POWER PLANTS; TELECOMMUNICATION INDUSTRY; THERMOELECTRIC POWER PLANTS;

ANNUAL GROWTH; CAPACITY ADDITIONS; COAL BASED POWER PLANTS; COAL-FIRED POWER PLANT; DATA ENVELOPMENT; ELECTRICITY GENERATION; INSTALLED CAPACITY; MALMQUIST INDICES; MALMQUIST PRODUCTIVITY INDEX; PRODUCTIVITY CHANGE; PRODUCTIVITY CHANGES; TECHNICAL EFFICIENCY; TECHNOLOGICAL CHANGE; THERMAL POWER PLANTS; TOTAL FACTOR PRODUCTIVITY;

PRODUCTIVITY;

EID: 80052998456     PISSN: 1471678X     EISSN: 14716798     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/imaman/dpr013     Document Type: Article

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