Ownership and Performance in Electric Utilities: The International Evidence on Privatization and Efficiency (Oxford Institute for Energy Studies)

Drawing on new empirical evidence and employing the latest measurementtechniques, the author investigates the claim that privately owned utilitiesexhibit higher productive efficiency than those in the public sector.Data from the industry in a number of countries is used to look at theownership-productive efficiency question for both the power plants and theelectricity transmission and distribution systems. Pollitt's study is publishedat a time coinciding with the growing move towards restructuring andprivatization of large sections of state owned electricity industries across theworld.Michael G. Pollitt is the author of 'Ownership and Performance in Electric Utilities: The International Evidence on Privatization and Efficiency (Oxford Institute for Energy Studies)', published 1996 under ISBN 9780197300152 and ISBN 0197300154.