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This article examines the efficiency of electricity retail distributors in Sweden in a multiple output multiple input framework. Productive efficiency measures are calculated by use of different versions of the non-parametric Data Envelopment Analysis (DEA) method. Comparisons are made between different types of ownership and between different types of service areas.
The study indicates a rather low level of technical efficiency, a high level of scale efficiency in urban service areas, but a fairly low level of scale efficiency in rural areas. The results show no significant differences in efficiency between different types of ownership or economic organization.
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Hjalmarsson, L., Veiderpass, A. Efficiency and ownership in Swedish electricity retail distribution. J Prod Anal 3, 7–23 (1992). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00158766
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