Zuerst erschienen als: Water Economics and Management Working Paper WP-H2O-08
Zuerst erschienen in: Wochenbericht 79 (2009) 10, S. 150-155
Im Rahmen des Evaluierungsprozesses wurde im Auftrag der Bundesnetzagentur ein Gutachten an DIW Econ zur Bewertung des Investitionsverhaltens unter der Anreizregulierungsverordnung vergeben. Als zentrales Ergebnis des Gutachtens kann festgehalten werden, dass die Anreizregulierungsverordnung das Investitionsverhalten nicht negativ beeinflusst hat. Bei den Strom-Verteilnetzbetreiber liegen sogar leicht ...
Nitrate pollution from agricultural production is a major threat to water resources worldwide. This study quantifies the consequences of groundwater nitrate pollution for the drinking water supply sector by estimating the effect of groundwater nitrate pollution on the costs of water utilities. In doing so, we contribute to the estimation of the external costs of agricultural nonpoint pollution associated ...
Sweden is at the forefront of the transition of its energy sector to low-carbon technologies with profound consequences for both energy generation and its distribution. However, the impact of this transition on the performance of Electricity Distribution System Operators (DSOs) has not been thoroughly studied. The article addresses this gap by using a novel approach and detailed georeferenced firm-level, ...
We investigate the impact of demographic changes on local public services taking the case of water service. We apply a structural production function approach to a large panel of German water utilities between 2003 and 2014. Exploring variation of population density and the population age structure across service areas and over time, we provide evidence that demographics and their changes significantly ...
We evaluate the efficiency of electricity distribution operators (DSOs) as providers of local public infrastructure. In particular, we consider two types of efficiency, i.e., short-term (transient) and long-term (persistent). We apply the recently developed four-component stochastic frontier model, which allows identifying determinants of the two types of efficiency, after controlling for firm heterogeneity ...
