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Economic Reform of the Electricity Industries of Central and Eastern Europe

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Jon Stern
Junior R. Davis

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The purpose of this paper is the following: firstly, to chart how much economic reform of CEE electricity industries has taken place to date; secondly, to discuss why progress has been so limited; and, thirdly, to consider the prospects over the next few years. In charting the economic progress to date, we will consider and discuss progress in electricity price unbundling and rebalancing; in utility commercialisation; in industry and market restructuring and liberalisation; and in privatisation, as well as the development of economic regulation. For the reasons outlined above, we will explore the pricing issues in some detail as they are essential for understanding the difficulties in making progress in the other aspects of economic reform. The analysis concentrates on the 10 countries with which the EU has an Association Agreement and who are stated candidates for EU membership (the EU 10).

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Paper provided by Centre for Economic Reform and Transformation, Heriot Watt University in its series CERT Discussion Papers with number 9725.

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Keywords: inter-enterprise arrears; regulation; competition.;

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D40 - Microeconomics - - Market Structure and Pricing - - - General
K20 - Law and Economics - - Regulation and Business Law - - - General
L40 - Industrial Organization - - Antitrust Issues and Policies - - - General
L33 - Industrial Organization - - Nonprofit Organizations and Public Enterprise - - - Boundaries of Public and Private Enterprise; Privatization; Contracting Out

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  1. Gray, D., 1995. "Reforming the Energy Sector in Transition Economies. Selected Experience and Lessons," World Bank - Discussion Papers 296, World Bank.
  2. Jon Stern, 1994. "Economic regulation in Central and Eastern Europe 1," The Economics of Transition, The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development, vol. 2(3), pages 391-398, 09. [Downloadable!] (restricted)
  3. I. Shteinbuka & M. Kazaks, 1996. "Fiscal Adjustment in Latvia under Transition," CERT Discussion Papers 9601, Centre for Economic Reform and Transformation, Heriot Watt University. [Downloadable!]
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  1. Astrid Cullmann & Christian Hirschhausen, 2008. "Efficiency analysis of East European electricity distribution in transition: legacy of the past?," Journal of Productivity Analysis, Springer, vol. 29(2), pages 155-167, April. [Downloadable!] (restricted)
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  2. Astrid Cullmann & Christian von Hirschhausen, 2007. "From Transition to Competition: Dynamic Efficiency Analysis of Polish Electricity Distribution Companies," Discussion Papers of DIW Berlin 716, DIW Berlin, German Institute for Economic Research. [Downloadable!]
  3. Radmilo V. Pesic, Diana Ürge-Vorsatz, 2001. "Restructuring of the Hungarian Electricity Industry," Post-Communist Economies, Taylor and Francis Journals, vol. 13(1), pages 85-99, March. [Downloadable!] (restricted)
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