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We measure firm-level productivity changes in the Indian electricity sector during a period that witnessed several pro … decomposition of productivity into components of changes in technology, efficiency, scale and price effect. During this period …, especially post Electricity Act 2003, we observed a general decline in firm-level productivity at the mean rate of -1.6% per year …
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estimation of production functions together with information on prices and quantities to estimate physical productivity, markups …
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functions together with detailed product-level information on prices and quantities to estimate physical productivity, markups … based on commonly used measures of revenue productivity. In contrast, we measure sizable efficiency gains using measures … that are not affected by pricing heterogeneity, such as marginal costs and physical productivity. Exploiting exogenous …
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How trade shocks emanating from a low-wage country affect the productivity of manufacturing plants in other low … from 1998 to 2009. Increased import competition from China leads to an improvement in revenue productivity, and a reduction … revenue productivity of large plants and a 1 percent decrease in the number of products within-plant. However, the impact on …
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This paper investigates whether better access to markets through an improved road network plays a role in improving the profitability of firms in India. We construct a district-level market access index using Indian road network shapefiles, district boundaries, and nightlight raster images and...
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There was an expectation that the independent regulatory institutions that India created for its electricity sector would drive the sector along a sustainable trajectory. However, there has been a dearth of empirical studies analyzing the effect of electricity sector regulation on sustainable...
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This paper attempts to present an approach for global competitiveness by achieving sustainable corporate growth in the Indian power sector. Sustainable growth is the process through which managers ensure the long-term growth of their firm in its environment. Indian power sector is beset with a...
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We examine whether the unbundling of generation from transmission and distribution services at state-owned power plants in India improved operating efficiency at these power plants. Between 1995 and 2009, 85 percent of coal-based generation capacity owned by state governments was unbundled from...
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This paper examines the practice of tariff determination process in a newly created regulatory institutional framework in India. The Indian electricity regulation provides an opportunity to do comparative analysis of the approaches taken by state (provincial) regulators while fixing prices for...
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Blackouts impose substantial economic costs in developing countries. This paper advances a new explanation for their continued prevalence: unlike in high-income countries, where regulatory mandates require utilities to satisfy all electricity demand, utilities in developing countries respond to...
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