incentive regulation and efficiency benchmarking in electricity distribution industries and provides valuable insights for … German distribution network operators from 2011 to 2017 to estimate both the transient and persistent cost efficiency of …

used to determine future prices when subject to a lower-powered regulation mechanism. The difference is particularly … significant (about 10% of total cost) for firms in the upper quartile of the efficiency distribution, a pattern which is …

subject to a lower-powered regulation mechanism. The difference is particularly significant (about 7%) for firms in the upper … quartile of the efficiency distribution, a pattern which is consistent with the pooling of types under the threat of ratcheting. …

, efficiency estimates may be biased as technological heterogeneity is misunderstood as inefficiency. To overcome this …

In this paper we review the main findings on competition and efficiency for the German banking sector. Our aim is to … by monopolistic competition and moderate cost efficiency. Competition and efficiency seem to be positively related … changes of the banking system, potentially with consequences for competition and efficiency. …

In this paper we review the main findings on competition and efficiency for the German banking sector. Our aim is to … by monopolistic competition and moderate cost efficiency. Competition and efficiency seem to be positively related … changes of the banking system, potentially with consequences for competition and efficiency. In diesem Papier geben wir einen …

The purpose of this study is to measure changes in efficiency and productivity over time in the German insurance … Data Envelopment Analysis an efficiency frontier has been constructed which is used as a yardstick of productive efficiency …. The efficiency and productivity change is measured by the Malmquist Productivity Index. As a result, the productivity has …

This paper studies whether skilled migrants contribute to the host country's "productive efficiency" (Farrell, 1957 … find that skilled migrants contribute positively to a country's productive efficiency with the exception of the finance …