Finding the Right Yardstick: Regulation under Heterogeneous Environments
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- Endre Bjoerndal & Mette Bjoerndal & Astrid Cullmann & Maria Nieswand, 2016. "Finding the Right Yardstick: Regulation under Heterogeneous Environments," Discussion Papers of DIW Berlin 1555, DIW Berlin, German Institute for Economic Research.
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Keywords
Data Envelopment Analysis; Yardstick Regulation; Electricity Distribution;All these keywords.
JEL classification:
- C44 - Mathematical and Quantitative Methods - - Econometric and Statistical Methods: Special Topics - - - Operations Research; Statistical Decision Theory
- L51 - Industrial Organization - - Regulation and Industrial Policy - - - Economics of Regulation
- L94 - Industrial Organization - - Industry Studies: Transportation and Utilities - - - Electric Utilities
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This paper has been announced in the following NEP Reports:- NEP-EFF-2016-04-09 (Efficiency and Productivity)
- NEP-ENE-2016-04-09 (Energy Economics)
- NEP-REG-2016-04-09 (Regulation)
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