The Luenberger productivity indicator in the water industry: An empirical analysis for England and Wales

Utilities Policy

Volumn 30, Issue , 2014, Pages 18-28

  Molinos Senante, María ^a,b   Maziotis, Alexandros ^c   Sala Garrido, Ramón ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VALENCIA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF STIRLING   (United Kingdom)

^c FONDAZIONE ENI ENRICO MATTEI   (Italy)

Author keywords

Data envelopment analysis (DEA); Efficiency; Luenberger indicator; Malmquist index; Productivity; Water companies

Indexed keywords

DATA ENVELOPMENT ANALYSIS; EFFICIENCY MEASUREMENT; EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; PRICE DYNAMICS; PRODUCTIVITY; WATER INDUSTRY;

ENGLAND; UNITED KINGDOM; WALES;

EID: 84905380721     PISSN: 09571787     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jup.2014.07.001     Document Type: Article

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