Regulatory Agencies : Impact On Firm Performance And Social Welfare

Estache, Antonio; Rossi, Máximo

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“…Sirtaine et al (2004) found that decision-making autonomy of the regulatory agency positively impacts the performance of private investment in infrastructure projects in LAC. Likewise, Estache and Rossi (2008) used firm level data of 220 electric utilities in 51 developing countries and found a positive association between regulatory agencies and more efficient firms. Regulatory agencies are also associated with increased consumer welfare.…”

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Regional Supplier Associations as the Producers of Transnational Club Goods in Latin American and Caribbean Utility Markets

Horrall

Mondal

2014

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Regional Supplier Associations as the Producers of Transnational Club Goods in Latin American and Caribbean Utility Markets

Horrall

Mondal

2014

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“…Despite their small sample sizes, three of the four models show that the regulatory quality variables are statistically significant and explain 20-25 percent of the internal rate of return of private investment in infrastructure projects in LAC. Estache and Rossi (2008) explore the causal relation between the establishment of a regulatory agency and the performance of the electricity distribution sector. They analyze a unique dataset comprising firm-level information on a representative sample of 220 electric utilities from 51 developing countries and transition economies between 1985 and 2005.…”

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Uncovering the Drivers of Utility Performance

Andrés¹,

Schwartz²,

Guasch³

2013

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“…But, we estimated an average cost curve of regulation by plotting the number of staff per million customers per regulated sector 8 against number of customers. The average cost curve of regulation thus 3 See, for instance, Cubbin and Stern (2006), Pollitt (2008), Andres et al (2008), Estache and Rossi (2008) and others for electricity regulatory impacts and many papers on the impact of regulation on. telecoms performance.…”

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“…Caribbean distribution company performance, again with the use of panel data models with fixed-effects, as have Estache and Rossi (2008) using a sample of developing country distribution companies from around the world. However, none of these studies was able to estimate the impact of staff (or professional staff numbers) on industry performance.…”

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