Performance Measurement and Regulation of Network Utilities

Edited by Tim Coelli, Centre for Efficiency and Productivity Analysis School of Economics, University of Queensland, Australia and the late Denis Lawrence, formerly Economic Insights, Australia

• Contents:1. Editors’ IntroductionTim Coelli and Denis Lawrence2. The Role of the Policy Framework for the Effectiveness of Benchmarking in Regulatory ProceedingsPhil Burns, Cloda Jenkins, Misja Mikkers and Christoph Riechmann3. Performance Measurement in the Australian Water Supply Industry: A Preliminary AnalysisTim Coelli and Shannon Walding4. Telecommunications Productivity Measurement for a Regulated Monopoly in an Era of Major Network ExpansionRussel Cooper and Gary Madden5. Productivity and Regulatory Reform of Norwegian Electricity Distribution Utilities Dag Fjeld Edvardsen, Finn R. Førsund, Wiljar Hansen, Sverre A.C. Kittelsen and Thor Neurauter6. Infrastructure Reform in Developing Economies: Evidence from a Survey of Economic Performance MeasuresAntonio Estache, Sergio Perelman and Lourdes Trujillo7. Market Structure, Regulation and Performance in the Airline Industry: Lessons from a Potential AllianceJohn Fallon8. Regulating Electricity Networks: The ABC of Setting X in New ZealandDenis Lawrence and Erwin Diewert9. A Shadow Cost Function Model of the US Water Industry Incorporating Water Quality and Ownership EffectsRoberto Mosheim10. Regulatory Reform and Economic Performance in US Electricity Generation Supawat Rungsuriyawiboon and Tim Coelli11. Assessing the Performance of Water Operations in the English and Welsh Water Industry: A Lesson in the Implications of Inappropriately Assuming a Common FrontierDavid S. Saal and David Parker12. Efficiency Analysis for Incentive RegulationThomas Weyman-Jones, Julia Boucinha, Celia Godinho, Catarina Feteira Inacio, Pedro Martins and Jon LatoreIndex