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The purpose of this study is to analyze the cost efficiency of electricity distribution systems in order to enable … regulatory authorities to establish price- or revenue cap regulation regimes. The increasing use of efficiency analysis in the … last decades has raised serious concerns among regulators and companies regarding the reliability of efficiency estimates …
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The purpose of this study is to analyze the cost efficiency of electricity distribution systems in order to enable … regulatory authorities to establish price- or revenue cap regulation regimes. The increasing use of efficiency analysis in the … last decades has raised serious concerns among regulators and companies regarding the reliability of efficiency estimates …
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The purpose of this study is to analyze the cost efficiency of electricity distribution systems in order to enable … regulatory authorities to establish price- or revenue cap regulation regimes. The increasing use of efficiency analysis in the … last decades has raised serious concerns among regulators and companies regarding the reliability of efficiency estimates …
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This paper analyzes the productivity in the US rail industry for the period 1980 - 2006. I propose a value-added production framework to circumvent the problem of measurement error in one input. I find evidence showing that aggregate productivity gains can be attributed to returns to scale and...
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This article investigates the incentives to unbundle operations and infrastructure in the railway industry in a two-country model with international network effects from the viewpoint of national governments. The analysis shows that the decision to unbundle institutionally or organizationally...
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factors on the efficiency of public transit systems in a DEA-based framework. To this end, we implement a three-stage DEA … noise increases average efficiency in the industry and reduces dispersion among firms. Furthermore, the implementation of … fixed-price subsidies is found to enhance efficiency in the usage of “drivers” and “materials and services” inputs. Such a …
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Product market regulation in the non-manufacturing sectors of OECD countries: measurement and highlights This paper describes a new set of indicators that measure differences in the regulation of non-manufacturing sectors of OECD countries over the past three decades. The indicators focus on...
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