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<h2>Cost Function for Electricity Producers </h2>

<h3>Description</h3>


<p>a cross-section from 1970 to 1970
</p>
<p><EM>number of observations</EM> :  158
</p>
<p><EM>observation</EM> :  production units
</p>
<p><EM>country</EM> :  United States
</p>


<h3>Usage</h3>

<pre>data(Electricity)</pre>


<h3>Format</h3>

<p>A dataframe containing :
</p>

<dl>
<dt>cost</dt><dd><p>total cost</p>
</dd>
<dt>q</dt><dd><p>total output</p>
</dd>
<dt>pl</dt><dd><p>wage rate</p>
</dd>
<dt>sl</dt><dd><p>cost share for labor</p>
</dd>
<dt>pk</dt><dd><p>capital price index</p>
</dd>
<dt>sk</dt><dd><p>cost share for capital</p>
</dd>
<dt>pf</dt><dd><p>fuel price</p>
</dd>
<dt>sf</dt><dd><p>cost share for fuel</p>
</dd>
</dl>



<h3>Source</h3>


<p>Christensen, L.  and  W. H.  Greene (1976) &ldquo;Economies of scale in U.S. electric power generation&rdquo;, <EM>Journal of Political Economy</EM>, <B>84</B>, 655-676.
</p>


<h3>References</h3>


<p>Greene, W.H. (2003) <EM>Econometric Analysis</EM>, Prentice Hall, <a href="http://www.prenhall.com/greene/greene1.html">http://www.prenhall.com/greene/greene1.html</a>, chapter 4, 317-320.
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<p>Hayashi, F. (2000) <EM>Econometrics</EM>, Princeton University Press, <a href="http://www.e.u-tokyo.ac.jp/~hayashi/hayashi_econometrics.htm">http://www.e.u-tokyo.ac.jp/~hayashi/hayashi_econometrics.htm</a>, chapter 1, 76-84.
</p>


<h3>See Also</h3>

<p><code>Index.Source</code>, <code>Index.Economics</code>, <code>Index.Econometrics</code>, <code>Index.Observations</code></p>


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