Electricity sector reform in developing countries: an econometric assessment of the effects of privatization, competition and regulation

By Yin-Fang Zhang, David W. Parker, C. Kirkpatrick. 2008

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Subfields: Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Strategy and Management

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In Electrical and Electronic Engineering

1. C. Kirkpatrick
2. Yin-Fang Zhang
3. David W. Parker
4. N. Prasad

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1. C. Kirkpatrick
2. David W. Parker
3. Yin-Fang Zhang
4. N. Prasad

Citations in the corpus

• Evaluating the evidence on electricity reform: Lessons for the South East Europe (SEE) market (2009, neutral): “Jamasb et al. (2004) summarise the econometric evidence contained in Wolak (1997), Zellner and Henisz (2000), Bacon and Besant-Jones (2001), Drillisch and Reichmann (1998), Holborn (2001), Siniscalo et al. (2001), Ruffin (2003), Bergara et al. (1997) and Zhang et al. (2002).”
• Competition, Regulation and Privatisation of Electricity Generation in Developing Countries: Does the Sequencing of the Reforms Matter? (2005, methodology): “An earlier paper (Zhang et al., 2002) used a larger data set involving 51 developing countries over the period from 1985 to 2000.”
• Electricity sector reform in developing countries : a survey of empirical evidence on determinants and performance (2005, neutral): “The Hypotheses tested in econometric studies Study Hypothesis Dependent Variable(s) Independent Variable(s) Control Variables Notes: # of countries, times period, data source Zhang et al. (2002) H0: Privatisation leads to higher operating efficiency and asset utilisation.”
• Foreign Direct Investment in Infrastructure in Developing Countries: Does Regulation Make a Difference? (2004, methodology): “Evidence on the impact of utilities regulation in developing countries is still limited, but studies for telecommunications and electricity industries confirm that privatization brings greater benefits when it is accompanied by an effective regulatory regime (Wallsten, 2001; Zhang et al., 2003a, 20”