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 …

monopsony prices. Subsidizing energy efficiency to reduce electricity demand at the margin can solve that problem, if energy … efficiency and electricity use are substitutes. We may not observe these effects if the regulator can set price as well as …

internal combustion engine vehicles by electric vehicles, new skilled occupations in energy efficiency improvements related to …, these losses affect social welfare and the efficiency of the power sector. To provide some context, in Spain energy losses …

This paper investigates whether European electricity market reforms have induced any changes in firm efficiency either … through productive, allocative or dynamic efficiency improvements. In particular, this ex-post analysis looks closely at …