Since the 1990s, efficiency and benchmarking analysis has increasingly been used in network utilities research and … average efficiency scores. -- Efficiency ; Quality of service ; Input distance function ; Stochastic frontier analysis …

addressed in regulatory schemes. However, this important aspect is generally not reflected in efficiency analysis of these … industries. In this paper we present an efficiency analysis of electricity distribution networks using a sample of about 500 …-output translog input distance function models to estimate cost and scale efficiency with and without incorporating quality of service …

Since the 1990s, efficiency and benchmarking analysis has increasingly been used in network utilities research and … significantly higher average efficiency scores. …

addressed in regulatory schemes. However, this important aspect is generally not reflected in efficiency analysis of these … industries. In this paper we present an efficiency analysis of electricity distribution networks using a sample of about 500 …-output translog input distance function models to estimate cost and scale efficiency with and without incorporating quality of service …

Since the 1990s, efficiency and benchmarking analysis has increasingly been used in network utilities research and … average efficiency scores. …

traditional all-inclusive assumption is not satisfied and, hence, production or cost predictions (and efficiency estimates) might … when analyzing the effect of weather and geography on cost efficiency in the context of the Norwegian electricity …

the efficiency and performance of network utilities. An important issue has been the extent to which such results are … utilities. The weather parameters in some models are significant in terms of economic efficiency. After excluding network length …

efficiency, quality and welfare, despite having lower-value customers. These predictions agree with empirical findings for US … has implications for ownership debates, efficiency study specification, and the development of regulatory screens. …

While the link between the ownership and productive efficiency of firms has been discussed extensively, no consensus … flexible production model to test for efficiency differences associated with ownership types while allowing the production to … public and private utilities' efficiency …