Arbeitspapier
European Electricity Market Reforms: Any Signs of Efficiency Improvements?
This paper investigates whether European electricity market refirms have induced any changes infirm efficiency either through productive, allocative or dynamic efficiency improve- ments. In particular, this ex-post analysis looks closely at productivity e ects of changing industry structure, ownership structure and regulation with respect to barriers to entry and access to wholesale and retail markets. Based on the Europeanfirm-level data for the period 1996-2007, the results indicate sluggish productivity improvements of European electricityfirms due to refirms implemented in the last decade. In particular, productivity gains are associated with high-productivityfirms close to the technology frontier, while no signi cant impact is found for the laggards. Looking from a dynamic perspective, it seems that the clos- est are thefirms to the frontier the more they are able to improve productivity in response to liberalization e orts stimulating competition.
- Sprache
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Englisch
- Erschienen in
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Series: LICOS Discussion Paper ; No. 262
- Klassifikation
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Wirtschaft
Trade: General
Production, Pricing, and Market Structure; Size Distribution of Firms
Economics of Regulation
Electric Utilities
- Thema
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EU electricity market reforms
firms
productivity
regulation
TFP
Elektrizitätswirtschaft
EU-Energiepolitik
Internationaler Dienstleistungsverkehr
EU-Binnenmarkt
EU-Staaten
- Ereignis
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Geistige Schöpfung
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Zarnic, Ziga
- Ereignis
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Veröffentlichung
- (wer)
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Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, LICOS Centre for Institutions and Economic Performance
- (wo)
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Leuven
- (wann)
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2010
- Handle
- Letzte Aktualisierung
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10.03.2025, 11:43 MEZ
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Objekttyp
- Arbeitspapier
Beteiligte
- Zarnic, Ziga
- Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, LICOS Centre for Institutions and Economic Performance
Entstanden
- 2010