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

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

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 …

German distribution network operators from 2011 to 2017 to estimate both the transient and persistent cost efficiency of … incentive regulation and efficiency benchmarking in electricity distribution industries and provides valuable insights for …

productive efficiency of the companies due to the use of the inputs in just one activity and a greater level of transparency for … the regulator. This paper analyzes the cost efficiency of 28 electricity distribution companies in New Zealand for the … function are estimated in order to evaluate the impact of ownership unbundling on the level of cost efficiency. The results …

significant (about 10% of total cost) for firms in the upper quartile of the efficiency distribution, a pattern which is …

quartile of the efficiency distribution, a pattern which is consistent with the pooling of types under the threat of ratcheting. …

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 …