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100			_aT. Nandakumar, _928994
245			_aEmpirical Estimation of Technical and Scale Efficiency in Indian City Gas Distribution (CGD) Entities Using DEA
300			_a16-27 p.
520			_aThis paper empirically examined the technical and scale efficiency of 14 entities of Indian city gas distribution (CGD) entities using the data development analysis. The efficiency score thus obtained was used for ranking the entities. This study also discovered, on an average, that the entities which had legacy and well entrenched infrastructure performed more efficiently than newer entities. This study also pointed out that most of the firms, which were new entrants and small in size, were operating under increasing return to scale. Currently, the Indian regulatory authorities follow the traditional approach of rate of return method for the promotion of CGD entities and benchmarking of these utilities through efficient measurement. The present study shall help regulators to monitor their performance for reducing the information asymmetry between the regulator and regulated companies
653			_aData Envelopment Analysis,
653			_aTechnical and Scale Efficiency
653			_aPNGRP
653			_aIndian CGD Entities
700			_aChouhan, Sandeep _928995
773	0		_029162 _959241 _aGilani, S. _dNEW DELHI ARTHSHASTRA INDIAN JOURNAL OF ECONOMICS AND RESEARCH 2012 _o5555801 _tARTHSHASTRA INDIAN JOURNAL OF ECONOMICS AND RESEARCH _x2278-1811
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