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 …

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 …

This paper analyzes the efficiency of Italy's local electricity distributors according to two different measurement …-check the results stemming from different methodologies. The paper's main finding is that comparative efficiency analysis failed … to spot any systematic efficiency superiority of ENEL's local units over municipal utilities. Overall efficiency …

Nash Bargaining problem. The efficiency of candidate merged entities is determined by a relative-influence function that … measures the degree to which the combination of the involved firms’ levels of efficiency results in cost … impact on efficiency levels and consolidation patterns, and that even a substantial subsidy would still leave about five …

-best efficiency, they lead to Pareto-improvements and production efficiency. Moreover, the production efficiency advantage persists …