SPECIFICATION ERRORS IN ESTIMATING COST FUNCTIONS: THE CASE OF THE NUCLEAR ELECTRIC GENERATING INDUSTRY.

This study is an application of production-cost duality theory. Duality theory is reviewed for the competitive and rate-of-return regulated firm. The cost function is developed for the nuclear electric power generating industry of the United States using capital, fuel and labor factor inputs. A comp...

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Main Author: JORGENSEN, EDWARD JOHN.
Other Authors: Oaxaca, Ronald
Language:en
Published: The University of Arizona. 1987
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10150/184149