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Productivity Analysis of German Electricity Distribution Utilities
Hirschhausen, Christian von; Kappeler, Andreas - DIW Berlin (Deutsches Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung) - 2004
This paper provides a productivity analysis of German electricity distribution companies. It addresses both traditional issues in electricity sector benchmarking, such as the role of scale effects and optimal utility size, as well as new evidence specific to the situation in Germany. Regarding...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10004963944
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Efficiency Analysis of East European Electricity Distribution in Transition: Legacy of the Past?
Cullmann, Astrid; Apfelbeck, Jürgen; Hirschhausen, … - DIW Berlin (Deutsches Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung) - 2006
This paper provides a cross-country efficiency analysis of electricity distribution companies in East European transition countries (Poland, Czech Republic, Slovakia and Hungary). We compare the relative technical efficiency of East European regional distribution companies (RDCs) among...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005068849
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From Transition to Competition: Dynamic Efficiency Analysis of Polish Electricity Distribution Companies
Cullmann, Astrid; Hirschhausen, Christian von - DIW Berlin (Deutsches Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung) - 2007
In this paper we test the hypothesis that the economic transition toward a market economy increases the efficiency of firms. We study 32 Polish electricity distribution companies between 1997-2002, by applying common benchmarking methods to the panel: the nonparametric data envelopment analysis...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005068911
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Benchmarking and Firm Heterogeneity in Electricity Distribution: A Latent Class Analysis of Germany
Cullmann, Astrid - DIW Berlin (Deutsches Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung) - 2009
In January 2009 Germany introduced incentive regulation for the electricity distribution sector based on results … approaches within the incentive regulation schemes. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005068651
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A Profit-Maximizing Approach for Transmission Expansion Planning Using a Revenue-Cap Incentive Mechanism
Hesamzadeh, Mohammad Reza; Rosellón, Juan; Gabriel, … - DIW Berlin (Deutsches Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung) - 2015
with the welfare-maximum benchmark and cases of Transco with cost-plus regulation and no regulation. In all tested cases …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011255282
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Toward a Combined Merchant-Regulatory Mechanism for Electricity Transmission Expansion
Hogan, William; Rosellón, Juan; Vogelsang, Ingo - DIW Berlin (Deutsches Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung) - 2010
more specific but still general incentive regulation literature. An exception has been Vogelsang (2001), who postulated … the incentive-regulation hypothesis (regulatory approach). An independent system operator (ISO) could handle the actual … dispatch and operational pricing. The transmission firm is regulated through benchmark or price regulation to provide long …
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Nested Stochastic Possibility Frontiers with Heterogeneous Capital Inputs
Erber, Georg; Madlener, Reinhard - DIW Berlin (Deutsches Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung) - 2007
This paper studies the productivity impact of heterogeneous capital inputs of selected EU-15 member countries and of the U.S. at the macroeconomic level. The stochastic possibility frontiers approach of Battese and Coelli (1992) applied here is used to identify neutralities or non-neutralities...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10004963835
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Key Parameters and Efficiency of Mexican Manufacturing: Are There Still Differences between the North and the South? An Application of Nested and Stochastic Frontier Panel Data Mod...
Braun, Frauke G.; Cullmann, Astrid - DIW Berlin (Deutsches Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung) - 2008
This study explores the prevalence and nature of the regional divide for the Mexican manufacturing production across sub-national regions. We utilize a unique panel of municipality-level data from the manufacturing sector. An important contribution is the use of different panel methods to...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005069065
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Pricing Natural Gas in Mexico: An Application of the Little Mirrlees Rule: The Case of Quasi-Rents
Brito, Dagobert L.; Rosellón, Juan - DIW Berlin (Deutsches Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung) - 2010
In 1997, the Comisión Reguladora de Energía of Mexico implemented a netback rule for linking the Mexican natural gas price to the Texas price. At the time, the Texas price reflected a reasonably competitive market. Since that time, there have been dramatic increases in the demand for natural...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008564679
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New Networks, Competition and Regulation
Baake, Pio; Kamecke, Ulrich - DIW Berlin (Deutsches Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung) - 2006
structure with one firm choosing higher investments. While access regulation imposed on the dominant firm leads to lower prices … network effects leading to potentially increased demand, regulation can substantially lower aggregate social welfare …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10004963931