{"id":"https://openalex.org/W2786923968","doi":null,"title":"Essays on deregulation in the electricity generation sector","display_name":"Essays on deregulation in the electricity generation sector","publication_year":2017,"publication_date":"2017-01-01","ids":{"openalex":"https://openalex.org/W2786923968","mag":"2786923968"},"language":"en","primary_location":{"id":"pmh:oai:dspace.lboro.ac.uk:2134/27614","doi":null,"is_oa":true,"landing_page_url":"https://dspace.lboro.ac.uk/2134/27614","pdf_url":"https://dspace.lboro.ac.uk/2134/27614","source":{"id":"https://openalex.org/S4306401023","display_name":"Loughborough University Institutional Repository (Loughborough University)","issn_l":null,"issn":null,"is_oa":false,"is_in_doaj":false,"is_core":false,"listed_in":[],"host_organization":"https://openalex.org/I143804889","host_organization_name":"Loughborough University","host_organization_lineage":["https://openalex.org/I143804889"],"host_organization_lineage_names":[],"type":"repository"},"license":"cc-by-nc-nd","license_id":"https://openalex.org/licenses/cc-by-nc-nd","version":"submittedVersion","is_accepted":false,"is_published":false,"raw_source_name":"","raw_type":"Thesis"},"volume":null,"type":"dissertation","is_traditional":true,"indexed_in":[],"open_access":{"is_oa":true,"oa_status":"green","oa_url":"https://dspace.lboro.ac.uk/2134/27614","any_repository_has_fulltext":true},"authorships":[{"author_position":"first","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5109388875","display_name":"Victor A. Ajayi","orcid":null,"observed_orcids":[]},"institutions":[],"countries":[],"is_corresponding":true,"raw_author_name":"Victor A. Ajayi","raw_affiliation_strings":[],"raw_orcid":null,"affiliations":[]}],"institutions":[],"countries_distinct_count":0,"institutions_distinct_count":0,"corresponding_author_ids":["https://openalex.org/A5109388875"],"corresponding_institution_ids":[],"apc_list":null,"apc_paid":null,"fwci":null,"has_fulltext":true,"cited_by_count":1,"citation_normalized_percentile":null,"cited_by_percentile_year":null,"biblio":{"volume":null,"issue":null,"first_page":null,"last_page":null},"is_retracted":false,"is_paratext":false,"is_xpac":false,"primary_topic":{"id":"https://openalex.org/T10357","display_name":"Efficiency Analysis Using DEA","score":0.9854000210762024,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/1803","display_name":"Management Science and Operations Research"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/18","display_name":"Decision Sciences"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/2","display_name":"Social Sciences"}},"topics":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/T10357","display_name":"Efficiency Analysis Using DEA","score":0.9854000210762024,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/1803","display_name":"Management Science and Operations Research"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/18","display_name":"Decision Sciences"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/2","display_name":"Social Sciences"}},{"id":"https://openalex.org/T12271","display_name":"Renewable energy and sustainable power systems","score":0.010200000368058681,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/2105","display_name":"Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/21","display_name":"Energy"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/3","display_name":"Physical Sciences"}},{"id":"https://openalex.org/T10424","display_name":"Electric Power System Optimization","score":0.001500000013038516,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/2208","display_name":"Electrical and Electronic Engineering"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/22","display_name":"Engineering"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/3","display_name":"Physical Sciences"}}],"keywords":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/electricity-generation","display_name":"electricity generation","score":0.6140000224113464},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/power-sector-deregulation","display_name":"power sector deregulation","score":0.824999988079071},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/technical-efficiency","display_name":"technical efficiency","score":0.8259999752044678},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/cost-efficiency","display_name":"cost efficiency","score":0.7829999923706055},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/total-factor-productivity","display_name":"total factor productivity","score":0.8980000019073486},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/stochastic-frontier-analysis","display_name":"stochastic frontier analysis","score":0.6669999957084656},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/electricity-market-regulation","display_name":"electricity market regulation","score":0.6830000281333923},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/economies-of-scale","display_name":"economies of scale","score":0.9459999799728394},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/cost-complementarity","display_name":"cost complementarity","score":0.6060000061988831},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/emissions","display_name":"emissions","score":0.45399999618530273},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/translog-cost-function","display_name":"translog cost function","score":0.7319999933242798},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/determinants-of-technical-inefficiency","display_name":"determinants of technical inefficiency","score":0.7720000147819519}],"concepts":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/C78780426","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q902410","display_name":"Deregulation","level":2,"score":0.8745901584625244},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C162324750","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q8134","display_name":"Economics","level":0,"score":0.6516560316085815},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C22088475","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q647974","display_name":"Data envelopment analysis","level":2,"score":0.6338481307029724},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C2778869765","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6028363","display_name":"Inefficiency","level":2,"score":0.5477582216262817},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C204983608","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2111958","display_name":"Productivity","level":2,"score":0.5227301716804504},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C2779341709","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7617818","display_name":"Stochastic frontier analysis","level":3,"score":0.5216900706291199},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C6422946","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q857354","display_name":"Panel data","level":2,"score":0.49612078070640564},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C206658404","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q12725","display_name":"Electricity","level":2,"score":0.46441954374313354},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C2778571376","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1355821","display_name":"Frontier","level":2,"score":0.42822593450546265},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C11644782","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q15401790","display_name":"Cost efficiency","level":2,"score":0.4149055778980255},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C149782125","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q160039","display_name":"Econometrics","level":1,"score":0.3880109488964081},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C139719470","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q39680","display_name":"Macroeconomics","level":1,"score":0.23077666759490967},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C175444787","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q39072","display_name":"Microeconomics","level":1,"score":0.19768667221069336},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C127413603","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q11023","display_name":"Engineering","level":0,"score":0.19233393669128418},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C2778348673","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q739302","display_name":"Production (economics)","level":2,"score":0.17004826664924622},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C205649164","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1071","display_name":"Geography","level":0,"score":0.09760317206382751},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C41008148","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q21198","display_name":"Computer science","level":0,"score":0.0},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C126255220","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q141495","display_name":"Mathematical optimization","level":1,"score":0.0},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C119599485","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q43035","display_name":"Electrical engineering","level":1,"score":0.0},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C33923547","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q395","display_name":"Mathematics","level":0,"score":0.0},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C111919701","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q9135","display_name":"Operating system","level":1,"score":0.0},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C166957645","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q23498","display_name":"Archaeology","level":1,"score":0.0}],"mesh":[],"locations_count":3,"locations":[{"id":"pmh:oai:dspace.lboro.ac.uk:2134/27614","doi":null,"is_oa":true,"landing_page_url":"https://dspace.lboro.ac.uk/2134/27614","pdf_url":"https://dspace.lboro.ac.uk/2134/27614","source":{"id":"https://openalex.org/S4306401023","display_name":"Loughborough University Institutional Repository (Loughborough University)","issn_l":null,"issn":null,"is_oa":false,"is_in_doaj":false,"is_core":false,"listed_in":[],"host_organization":"https://openalex.org/I143804889","host_organization_name":"Loughborough University","host_organization_lineage":["https://openalex.org/I143804889"],"host_organization_lineage_names":[],"type":"repository"},"license":"cc-by-nc-nd","license_id":"https://openalex.org/licenses/cc-by-nc-nd","version":"submittedVersion","is_accepted":false,"is_published":false,"raw_source_name":"","raw_type":"Thesis"},{"id":"pmh:oai:figshare.com:article/9492179","doi":null,"is_oa":true,"landing_page_url":"https://figshare.com/articles/Essays_on_deregulation_in_the_electricity_generation_sector/9492179","pdf_url":"https://figshare.com/articles/Essays_on_deregulation_in_the_electricity_generation_sector/9492179","source":{"id":"https://openalex.org/S4306402585","display_name":"Loughborough University Research Repository (Loughborough University)","issn_l":null,"issn":null,"is_oa":false,"is_in_doaj":false,"is_core":false,"listed_in":[],"host_organization":"https://openalex.org/I143804889","host_organization_name":"Loughborough University","host_organization_lineage":["https://openalex.org/I143804889"],"host_organization_lineage_names":[],"type":"repository"},"license":"cc-by-nc-nd","license_id":"https://openalex.org/licenses/cc-by-nc-nd","version":"submittedVersion","is_accepted":false,"is_published":false,"raw_source_name":"","raw_type":"Thesis"},{"id":"mag:2786923968","doi":null,"is_oa":false,"landing_page_url":"https://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.727711","pdf_url":null,"source":null,"license":null,"license_id":null,"version":null,"is_accepted":false,"is_published":false,"raw_source_name":null,"raw_type":null}],"best_oa_location":{"id":"pmh:oai:dspace.lboro.ac.uk:2134/27614","doi":null,"is_oa":true,"landing_page_url":"https://dspace.lboro.ac.uk/2134/27614","pdf_url":"https://dspace.lboro.ac.uk/2134/27614","source":{"id":"https://openalex.org/S4306401023","display_name":"Loughborough University Institutional Repository (Loughborough University)","issn_l":null,"issn":null,"is_oa":false,"is_in_doaj":false,"is_core":false,"listed_in":[],"host_organization":"https://openalex.org/I143804889","host_organization_name":"Loughborough University","host_organization_lineage":["https://openalex.org/I143804889"],"host_organization_lineage_names":[],"type":"repository"},"license":"cc-by-nc-nd","license_id":"https://openalex.org/licenses/cc-by-nc-nd","version":"submittedVersion","is_accepted":false,"is_published":false,"raw_source_name":"","raw_type":"Thesis"},"sustainable_development_goals":[{"score":0.8970999717712402,"id":"https://metadata.un.org/sdg/9","display_name":"Industry, innovation and infrastructure"},{"score":0.75,"id":"https://metadata.un.org/sdg/7","display_name":"Affordable and clean energy"}],"study_designs":[],"awards":[],"funders":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/F4320320341","display_name":"Loughborough University","ror":"https://ror.org/04vg4w365"},{"id":"https://openalex.org/F4320329607","display_name":"Consortium pour la recherche \u00e9conomique en Afrique","ror":"https://ror.org/05fxg9b69"}],"has_content":{"pdf":true,"grobid_xml":true},"content_urls":{"pdf":"https://content.openalex.org/works/W2786923968.pdf","grobid_xml":"https://content.openalex.org/works/W2786923968.grobid-xml"},"referenced_works_count":164,"referenced_works":["https://openalex.org/W22461866","https://openalex.org/W31545994","https://openalex.org/W35495929","https://openalex.org/W180405720","https://openalex.org/W199647968","https://openalex.org/W571513540","https://openalex.org/W598600346","https://openalex.org/W1480307401","https://openalex.org/W1481071444","https://openalex.org/W1485535210","https://openalex.org/W1495044645","https://openalex.org/W1505592545","https://openalex.org/W1509271558","https://openalex.org/W1511973561","https://openalex.org/W1512215966","https://openalex.org/W1523104724","https://openalex.org/W1533587012","https://openalex.org/W1536765478","https://openalex.org/W1537867563","https://openalex.org/W1539912481","https://openalex.org/W1542053976","https://openalex.org/W1546231784","https://openalex.org/W1546269944","https://openalex.org/W1549121604","https://openalex.org/W1550264447","https://openalex.org/W1551814998","https://openalex.org/W1551891531","https://openalex.org/W1554818791","https://openalex.org/W1560607911","https://openalex.org/W1578526770","https://openalex.org/W1584156456","https://openalex.org/W1586530954","https://openalex.org/W1603077068","https://openalex.org/W1608824755","https://openalex.org/W1657276871","https://openalex.org/W1725122880","https://openalex.org/W1831007245","https://openalex.org/W1858155706","https://openalex.org/W1921465359","https://openalex.org/W1966361964","https://openalex.org/W1966798225","https://openalex.org/W1967543782","https://openalex.org/W1970883168","https://openalex.org/W1974161376","https://openalex.org/W1974402858","https://openalex.org/W1975455555","https://openalex.org/W1976001911","https://openalex.org/W1977845602","https://openalex.org/W1979795533","https://openalex.org/W1979984511","https://openalex.org/W1980322207","https://openalex.org/W1984157622","https://openalex.org/W1984701085","https://openalex.org/W1985019975","https://openalex.org/W1986847300","https://openalex.org/W1988163058","https://openalex.org/W1989865354","https://openalex.org/W1990890882","https://openalex.org/W1992316904","https://openalex.org/W1996022577","https://openalex.org/W1999199578","https://openalex.org/W2000211546","https://openalex.org/W2001058607","https://openalex.org/W2001390405","https://openalex.org/W2001890595","https://openalex.org/W2001911478","https://openalex.org/W2002457611","https://openalex.org/W2002466928","https://openalex.org/W2003851889","https://openalex.org/W2004937781","https://openalex.org/W2005008687","https://openalex.org/W2012069341","https://openalex.org/W2015274445","https://openalex.org/W2015718720","https://openalex.org/W2016211704","https://openalex.org/W2016732917","https://openalex.org/W2017377785","https://openalex.org/W2018726808","https://openalex.org/W2018838418","https://openalex.org/W2020412978","https://openalex.org/W2020711826","https://openalex.org/W2024244478","https://openalex.org/W2024265813","https://openalex.org/W2029082457","https://openalex.org/W2029396810","https://openalex.org/W2033834012","https://openalex.org/W2035271143","https://openalex.org/W2035480903","https://openalex.org/W2035629218","https://openalex.org/W2039318818","https://openalex.org/W2040705301","https://openalex.org/W2041212942","https://openalex.org/W2043285762","https://openalex.org/W2045080499","https://openalex.org/W2045143589","https://openalex.org/W2045453785","https://openalex.org/W2046823202","https://openalex.org/W2047984942","https://openalex.org/W2051723746","https://openalex.org/W2051829599","https://openalex.org/W2052384501","https://openalex.org/W2053206174","https://openalex.org/W2053565500","https://openalex.org/W2053838447","https://openalex.org/W2054349665","https://openalex.org/W2054739147","https://openalex.org/W2055084783","https://openalex.org/W2055927321","https://openalex.org/W2056577173","https://openalex.org/W2059591884","https://openalex.org/W2060646203","https://openalex.org/W2063178334","https://openalex.org/W2067819899","https://openalex.org/W2068317204","https://openalex.org/W2068966704","https://openalex.org/W2069739444","https://openalex.org/W2070920937","https://openalex.org/W2073190910","https://openalex.org/W2073290090","https://openalex.org/W2074092150","https://openalex.org/W2076135196","https://openalex.org/W2076452041","https://openalex.org/W2078711285","https://openalex.org/W2082370807","https://openalex.org/W2083316929","https://openalex.org/W2084635863","https://openalex.org/W2093814975","https://openalex.org/W2094887782","https://openalex.org/W2100655707","https://openalex.org/W2103425365","https://openalex.org/W2103786753","https://openalex.org/W2105100328","https://openalex.org/W2110471300","https://openalex.org/W2112088027","https://openalex.org/W2119246169","https://openalex.org/W2120513234","https://openalex.org/W2120689125","https://openalex.org/W2126950112","https://openalex.org/W2129793896","https://openalex.org/W2131182178","https://openalex.org/W2132292180","https://openalex.org/W2133791132","https://openalex.org/W2135598362","https://openalex.org/W2136211845","https://openalex.org/W2138068237","https://openalex.org/W2141349836","https://openalex.org/W2143634185","https://openalex.org/W2146210301","https://openalex.org/W2151049453","https://openalex.org/W2162180338","https://openalex.org/W2166624667","https://openalex.org/W2170225517","https://openalex.org/W2262011649","https://openalex.org/W2272541225","https://openalex.org/W2284545852","https://openalex.org/W2317512659","https://openalex.org/W2752617332","https://openalex.org/W2804883359","https://openalex.org/W2991183153","https://openalex.org/W3122223680","https://openalex.org/W3122684442","https://openalex.org/W3125480592","https://openalex.org/W4251831949","https://openalex.org/W4298251311"],"related_works":["https://openalex.org/W2781387159","https://openalex.org/W2763508384","https://openalex.org/W2811753018","https://openalex.org/W7064357180","https://openalex.org/W2240697055","https://openalex.org/W6888977592","https://openalex.org/W2682463440","https://openalex.org/W7028178283","https://openalex.org/W428910853","https://openalex.org/W575153637"],"abstract_inverted_index":{"Over":[0],"that":[1,170,194,263,412,431],"past":[2],"three":[3],"decades,":[4],"power":[5,222,356],"sector":[6,223],"reform":[7,56],"has":[8,433],"been":[9],"a":[10,158,244,316,434],"key":[11],"pillar":[12],"of":[13,20,33,37,55,83,96,130,134,149,161,179,214,229,252,280,287,290,302,319,339,354,387,396,399,426],"policy":[14],"agendas":[15],"in":[16,60,115,212,220,272,295,381,418],"more":[17,416],"than":[18,421],"half":[19],"the":[21,24,30,34,38,45,50,53,87,94,116,120,128,131,135,144,147,171,177,185,190,206,210,227,240,256,288,291,307,337,348,352,366,385,405,427,440],"countries":[22,85,198,254],"across":[23,404],"world.":[25],"This":[26],"thesis":[27,51],"specifically":[28],"concerns":[29],"empirical":[31],"investigation":[32],"economic":[35],"performance":[36,211,353],"international":[39],"electricity":[40,218,230,320,345,362,419],"generation":[41,219,309,329,363,420],"industry.":[42],"Drawing":[43],"on":[44,98,143,163,203,324,401,439],"stochastic":[46,105,374],"frontier":[47,62,108,376],"analysis":[48],"techniques,":[49],"considers":[52],"influence":[54,178],"as":[57,64,66,243],"exogenous":[58],"factors":[59],"shifting":[61],"technology":[63],"well":[65],"shaping":[67],"inefficiency":[68,389],"function":[69,242],"directly":[70],"-determinants":[71],"and":[72,100,124,153,165,247,299,330,390,436],"heteroscedasticity":[73],"variables.":[74],"The":[75,277,311,424],"first":[76,117,191],"essay":[77,208,350],"uses":[78],"an":[79],"extensive":[80],"panel":[81,250],"dataset":[82,364],"91":[84],"over":[86],"period":[88,257],"1980":[89,258],"to":[90,92,259,267,274,284,333,383],"2010":[91],"measure":[93],"impact":[95,160,228,318],"deregulation":[97,123,139,162,180,400,432],"efficiency":[99,164,187,216,403],"total":[101,150],"productivity":[102,152],"growth":[103],"using":[104,249,359],"input":[106,294],"distance":[107],"(SIDF).":[109],"Three":[110],"specific":[111],"issues":[112],"are":[113,199,237,282,304,415],"addressed":[114],"essay:":[118],"(1)":[119],"relationship":[121],"between":[122,328],"technical":[125,186,388,402,441],"efficiency,":[126],"(2)":[127],"extent":[129],"rank":[132],"correlation":[133],"country":[136,172],"intercepts":[137,173],"with":[138],"via":[140],"their":[141],"position":[142],"frontier,":[145],"(3)":[146],"trend":[148],"factor":[151],"its":[154],"components.":[155],"We":[156,261,372,393],"establish":[157],"positive":[159,397,435],"some":[166],"compelling":[167],"evidence":[168,395],"suggesting":[169],"equally":[174],"account":[175,286],"for":[176,217,226,239,306,365,377],"aside":[181],"efficiency.":[182,442],"In":[183],"particular,":[184],"index":[188],"from":[189,370],"paper":[192],"reveals":[193],"most":[195],"OECD":[196,221,308],"European":[197],"consistently":[200],"efficient.":[201],"Building":[202],"this":[204],"finding,":[205],"second":[207],"investigates":[209],"term":[213],"cost":[215,241,297],"while":[224],"accounting":[225],"market":[231,321],"product":[232],"regulatory":[233,322],"indicators.":[234],"Empirical":[235],"models":[236,380,406],"developed":[238],"translog":[245],"form":[246],"analysed":[248],"data":[251],"25":[253],"during":[255],"2009.":[260],"show":[262],"it":[264],"is":[265,315],"necessary":[266],"model":[268,410],"latent":[269],"country-specific":[270],"heterogeneity":[271],"addition":[273],"time-varying":[275],"inefficiency.":[276],"estimated":[278],"economies":[279,301],"scale":[281,303],"adjusted":[283,300],"take":[285],"importance":[289],"quasi-fixed":[292],"capital":[293],"determining":[296],"behaviour,":[298],"verified":[305],"sector.":[310],"findings":[312],"suggest":[313],"there":[314],"significant":[317],"indicators":[323],"cost.":[325],"Cost":[326],"complementarity":[327],"emissions":[331,341],"found":[332],"be":[334],"significant,":[335],"indicating":[336],"possibility":[338],"reducing":[340,344],"without":[342],"necessarily":[343],"generation.":[346],"Finally,":[347],"third":[349],"examines":[351],"electric":[355],"industry":[357],"s":[358],"consistent":[360],"state-level":[361],"US":[367],"contiguous":[368],"states":[369,414],"1998-2014.":[371],"estimate":[373],"production":[375],"five":[378],"competing":[379],"order":[382],"identify":[384],"determinants":[386],"marginal":[391,428],"effects.":[392],"find":[394],"impacts":[398],"estimated.":[407],"Our":[408],"preferred":[409],"shows":[411,430],"deregulated":[413],"efficient":[417],"non-deregulated":[422],"states.":[423],"result":[425],"effects":[429],"monotonic":[437],"effect":[438]},"counts_by_year":[{"year":2023,"cited_by_count":1}],"updated_date":"2026-11-08T12:12:28.789561","created_date":"2018-02-23T00:00:00"}