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Technical efficiency under alternative regulatory regimes : evidence from the inter-war British gas industry

Hammond, Christopher J.; Johnes, Geraint; Robinson, Terry A. - In: Journal of regulatory economics 22 (2002) 3, pp. 251-270

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Technical Efficiency under Alternative Regulatory Regimes: Evidence from the Inter-war British Gas Industry

Hammond, Christopher J.; Johnes, Geraint; Robinson, Terry - In: Journal of regulatory economics 22 (2002) 3, pp. 251-270

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10007107963

Variable Costs and the Visible Hand: The Re-regulation of Electricity Supply, 1932-37.

Foreman-Peck, James S; Hammond, Christopher J - In: Economica 64 (1997) 253, pp. 15-30

Under an Act of 1926, a 'public interest' corporation, the Central Electricity Board, was empowered to build a national transmission grid and rationalize U.K. electricity generation. A constrained cost model estimates the gains from this reregulation of the electricity generating industry. The...

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Privatisation and the Efficiency of Decentralised Electricity Generation: Some Evidence from Inter-war Britain.

Hammond, Christopher J - In: Economic Journal 102 (1992) 412, pp. 538-53

The privatization of the electricity supply industry in England and Wales has established a decentralized system of supply. This paper considers the efficiency of the decentralized interwar electricity supply industry. A generalized stochastic frontier cost function is specificed, enabling the...

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