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 …

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 …

, efficiency estimates may be biased as technological heterogeneity is misunderstood as inefficiency. To overcome this …

diversity into account in incentive regulation and efficiency benchmarking of utilities. …

information, cross-border counter-trading, and multilateral redispatch in a flow-based congestion management framework. Efficiency …