Environmental externalities and regulation constrained cost productivity growth in the US electric utility industry

Journal of Productivity Analysis

Volumn 39, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 243-257

  Granderson, Gerald ^a   Prior, Diego ^b  

^a MIAMI UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Clean Air act; Productivity growth; Regulation

Indexed keywords

EID: 84876939881     PISSN: 0895562X     EISSN: 15730441     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11123-012-0301-3     Document Type: Article

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