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a cross-section from 1970 to 1970

number of observations : 158

observation : production units

country : United States

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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

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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

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