Beyond the US-China watershed and supposedly polar state ideologies (liberal and pro-free- market in the US and dominated by state planning in China), this article delves into the shared traits of these powerful states. ...

The application of marginal costing to transmission pricing in open access schemes requires the collection of a supplement to finance the transmission systems. The paper describes the application of marginal cost based ...

The application of data-envelopment analysis methodology is formulated as a tool to determine the distribution added value required in the tariff fixation processes of electrical power distribution that use the concept of ...

A growing challenge in the restructuring of the electrical sector, where competition is introduced in the generation area, is to achieve equivalent efficiencies in the electrical distribution service, an activity that ...

This paper investigates the impact of monopoly power on trade policy. Annual panel-databases of Brazilian industries for the years 1988 through 1994 were used. The regressions reported here are robust to openness indicator, ...

This article assesses the 20-year experience in Latin America in applying incentive price regulation to its distribution companies. Incentive price regulation stimulates efficiency in electricity distribution in Latin America

In order to regulate the electrical power distribution stage, most of these countries have adopted price cap regulations, using concepts such as the "model/standard utility" or benchmarking schemes (i.e. efficiency frontiers). ...

The disadvantages of traditional "rate of return" regulation for distribution tariffs have led to he development of new regulatory schemes to stimulate efficiency in the provision of the service, under what has been called ...