Fabbri, Paola; Fraquelli, Giovanni; Giandrone, Roberto - In: Managerial and Decision Economics 21 (2000) 2, pp. 71-81
This paper proposes an empirical study of the Italian gas distribution industry by means of long-term cost function. The analysis highlights the fact that the number of customers is more important than the amount of gas delivered in explaining the variability of distribution costs. Very low...