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. …

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 …