Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/73849 
Year of Publication: 
2006
Series/Report no.: 
ifo Working Paper No. 34
Publisher: 
ifo Institute - Leibniz Institute for Economic Research at the University of Munich, Munich
Abstract: 
A new legislation in the German electricity market requires the implementation of an incentive-based regulation within the next years. In such a regime either prices or revenuesare capped and grow with the inflation rate minus a factor, which accounts for productivitydifferences between the sector and the rest of the economy. This paper derivessuch an X-factor for the German electricity industry using a new productivity databaseand Growth Accounting methodology. Considering that several underlying assumptionsare violated due to market imperfections, the calculated X-factor rises from 0.48 to amodified value of 2.15.
Subjects: 
Electricity
productivity analysis
price cap regulation
JEL: 
D24
G38
L43
L51
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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