Joint Production of Good and Bad Outputs with a Network Application
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چکیده
This paper surveys the literature on the joint production of good and bad outputs. Recently, material balance has arisen as an issue in this literature as a restriction on the technology, which we also address. We use our preferred specification of joint production technology and estimate the efficiency of U.S. electric utilities in a network setting. This network allows to specify two subtechnologies, one of which is an abatement technology.
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