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In this paper, we examine the effects of interest group pressure and the structure of political institutions on infrastructure deployment by state-owned electric utilities in a panel of 78 countries during the period 1970-1994. We consider two factors that jointly influence the rate of...
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This paper discusses some of the new and continuing ways in which the public sector is involved in the electricity … privatisation, competition and independent regulation in the energy sector. We discuss why the theoretical case for public ownership … and nuclear power, LNG facilities, electricity and gas distribution investments and energy service companies for combined …
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bankrupt state-owned vertically integrated electricity supply industries, encouraged private generation investment to address …Modern infrastructure, particularly electricity, is critical to economic development. South Asia, with inefficient and … shortages selling power to largely unreformed state electricity boards, exacerbating financial distress. Reforming the SEBs is …
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the electricity supply industry. Regulatory indicators for a panel of 19 OECD countries over a 10 year time period were … the introduction of electricity markets impact the performance measures in a statistically significant way ... …
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the electricity supply industry. Regulatory indicators for a panel of 19 OECD countries over a 10 year time period were … the introduction of electricity markets impact the performance measures in a statistically significant way, on average …
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This paper aims to explore the choice of regulatory regime and form for electricity distribution characterised by … regulation and characteristics of the industry into consideration, revenue cap regulation is recommended. This paper further …
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This paper aims to estimate the efficiency improvement target or the X factor for regulating the Thai electricity …
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-owned utility regulated by a public utility commission (PUC). Regulation by a PUC is modelled as a Nash equilibrium of a game … regulatory reform of electricity markets in the province of Quebec (Canada) provides an illustration of the model. …
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-owned utility regulated by a public utility commission (PUC). Regulation by a PUC is modelled as a Nash equilibrium of a game … regulatory reform of electricity markets in the province of Quebec (Canada) provides an illustration of the model. …
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This paper proposes a capability-based framework to explain performance deficiencies in utility firms as a result of policy and regulatory changes. The framework complements conventional explanations such as transaction cost and agency approaches, which suggest that appropriate incentives and...
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