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Capacity and economies of scale in electric power transmission

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  • Dismukes, David E.
  • Cope III, Robert F.
  • Mesyanzhinov, Dmitry

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  • Dismukes, David E. & Cope III, Robert F. & Mesyanzhinov, Dmitry, 1998. "Capacity and economies of scale in electric power transmission," Utilities Policy, Elsevier, vol. 7(3), pages 155-162, November.
    • Handle: RePEc:eee:juipol:v:7:y:1998:i:3:p:155-162
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    3. Matthias Niederprüm & Michael Pickhardt, 2002. "Electricity transmission pricing: The German case," Atlantic Economic Journal, Springer;International Atlantic Economic Society, vol. 30(2), pages 136-147, June.
    4. Kishore, T.S. & Singal, S.K., 2014. "Optimal economic planning of power transmission lines: A review," Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews, Elsevier, vol. 39(C), pages 949-974.
    5. Llorca, Manuel & Orea, Luis & Pollit, Michael G., 2013. "Using in the latent class approach as a supervised method to cluster firms in DEA: An application to the US electricity transmission industry," Efficiency Series Papers 2013/03, University of Oviedo, Department of Economics, Oviedo Efficiency Group (OEG).
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