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Electricity: Cost Function for Electricity Producers

Description

a cross-section from 1970 to 1970

number of observations : 158

observation : production units

country : United States

Usage

data(Electricity)

Arguments

Format

A dataframe containing :
cost
total cost
q
total output
pl
wage rate
sl
cost share for labor
pk
capital price index
sk
cost share for capital
pf
fuel price
sf
cost share for fuel

Source

Christensen, L. and W. H. Greene (1976) “Economies of scale in U.S. electric power generation”, Journal of Political Economy, 84, 655-676.

References

Greene, W.H. (2003) Econometric Analysis, Prentice Hall, http://www.prenhall.com/greene/greene1.html, chapter 4, 317-320.

Hayashi, F. (2000) Econometrics, Princeton University Press, http://fhayashi.fc2web.com/hayashi_econometrics.htm, chapter 1, 76-84.

See Also

Index.Source, Index.Economics, Index.Econometrics, Index.Observations