Cost Efficiency Analysis based on The DEA and StoNED Models: Case of Norwegian Electricity Distribution Companies
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Keywords
Cost efficiency; DEA; Environmental variables; Regulation; StoNED;All these keywords.
JEL classification:
- Q00 - Agricultural and Natural Resource Economics; Environmental and Ecological Economics - - General - - - General
NEP fields
This paper has been announced in the following NEP Reports:- NEP-EFF-2014-12-24 (Efficiency and Productivity)
- NEP-ENE-2014-12-24 (Energy Economics)
- NEP-ENV-2014-12-24 (Environmental Economics)
- NEP-EUR-2014-12-24 (Microeconomic European Issues)
- NEP-REG-2014-12-24 (Regulation)
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