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International benchmarking of electricity distribution utilities

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Dag Fjeld Edvardsen
Finn R. Førsund

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Benchmarking by means of applying the DEA model is appearing as an interesting alternative for regulators under the new regimes for electricity distributors. A sample of large electricity distribution utilities from Denmark, Finland, Norway, Sweden and the Netherlands for the year 1997 is studied by assuming a common production frontier for all countries. The peers supporting the benchmark frontier are from all countries. New indexes describing cross country connections between peers and their inefficient units are developed, as well as productivity measurements between units from different countries.

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Paper provided by ICER - International Centre for Economic Research in its series ICER Working Papers with number 08-2002.

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Date of creation: Dec 2001
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Keywords: Electricity utility; benchmarking; efficiency; DEA; Malmquist productivity index;

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L94 - Industrial Organization - - Industry Studies: Transportation and Utilities - - - Electric Utilities

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  1. Berg, Sigbjorn Atle & Forsund, Finn R. & Hjalmarsson, Lennart & Suominen, Matti, 1993. "Banking efficiency in the Nordic countries," Journal of Banking & Finance, Elsevier, vol. 17(2-3), pages 371-388, April. [Downloadable!] (restricted)
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  1. Christian Growitsch & Jamasb, T. & Pollitt, M., 2005. "Quality of Service, Efficiency and Scale in Network Industries: An analysis of European electricity distribution," Cambridge Working Papers in Economics 0538, Faculty of Economics, University of Cambridge. [Downloadable!]
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  2. Victoria Kravtsova, 2008. "Foreign presence and efficiency in transition economies," Journal of Productivity Analysis, Springer, vol. 29(2), pages 91-102, April. [Downloadable!] (restricted)
  3. Førsund, Finn R. & Kittelsen, Sverre A.C & Lindseth, Frode, 2005. "Efficiency And Productivity Of Norwegian Tax Offices," Memorandum 29/2005, Oslo University, Department of Economics. [Downloadable!]
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