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E-raamat: Economic Fundamentals of Power Plant Performance [Taylor & Francis e-raamat]

(Sogang University, South Korea; Jönköping University, Sweden)
  • Formaat: 348 pages, 99 Tables, black and white; 141 Line drawings, black and white; 141 Illustrations, black and white
  • Sari: Routledge Studies in the Modern World Economy
  • Ilmumisaeg: 20-Oct-2011
  • Kirjastus: Routledge
  • ISBN-13: 9780203718094
  • Taylor & Francis e-raamat
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  • Formaat: 348 pages, 99 Tables, black and white; 141 Line drawings, black and white; 141 Illustrations, black and white
  • Sari: Routledge Studies in the Modern World Economy
  • Ilmumisaeg: 20-Oct-2011
  • Kirjastus: Routledge
  • ISBN-13: 9780203718094

Stability of the electricity industry is crucial for economic growth of all nations. Sustainable economic growth cannot be accomplished without secured energy supply. The book underlines how management of the electricity industry should be conducted and the efficient form of electricity market structure. The book also studies the electricity industry in Korea which has been a strongly supportive and vital factor in the economic development of Korea for the last few decades.

The book focuses on the three market players of the electricity market and they are the suppliers, consumers and the government-related organizations. It includes detailed information on generation and finances at the generator level and analyzes the efficiency differences among generators, plants and business units by using different performance measurement methods. It identifies and analyzes different production factors' effectiveness and relationships in generation. The comprehensive analysis helps to provide explanations in the differences in the performance of the studied units. The book also discusses the implications of the findings for future resource allocation and how we can further enhance the efficiency of the industry.

The book will appeal to those interested in energy and energy policies, as well as researchers and practitioners in the economic development and electricity and utilities industry.

List of figures
xvii
List of tables
xxiii
Preface xxvii
List of abbreviations
xxix
1 Introduction
1(10)
1.1 Background to the Korean electricity industry
1(3)
1.2 Background to the world electricity industry
4(1)
1.3 Background to previous research on the electricity industry
5(1)
1.4 Objective of this study
5(2)
1.5 Generator-level database
7(1)
1.6 Methodology
7(1)
1.7 Application and expected results
8(1)
1.8 Organization and structure of the book
9(2)
2 The Korean electricity industry
11(30)
2.1 Introduction
11(1)
2.2 Energy sources, self-sufficiency, security, and vulnerability
12(5)
2.3 Supply side and its development
17(12)
2.4 Demand side and its development
29(6)
2.5 Management, competition, finances, and performance
35(4)
2.6 Summary
39(2)
3 Market structure of the electricity industry
41(37)
3.1 Introduction
41(2)
3.2 Different power plants in the Korean electricity industry
43(11)
3.3 Other residual power plants and features of the electricity market
54(8)
3.4 Structural organization of the electricity industry
62(7)
3.5 R&D investment, public intervention, concentration, and performance
69(6)
3.6 Summary
75(3)
4 Global trends in the electricity industry and energy consumption
78(33)
4.1 Introduction
78(1)
4.2 The literature on the electricity market
79(4)
4.3 Global trends in energy production and energy use
83(2)
4.4 Global trends in development of the electricity industry
85(10)
4.5 Determinants of supply and demand for electricity
95(3)
4.6 Literature on measurement and analysis of performance
98(1)
4.7 Structural reorganization and changes in ownership
99(4)
4.8 Literature on reorganization of the market
103(3)
4.9 Evidence on reorganization of the electricity market
106(2)
4.10 Summary and conclusions
108(3)
5 Overview of performance methodologies
111(23)
5.1 Introduction
111(1)
5.2 Factor productivity
112(12)
5.3 Parametric approaches to performance analysis
124(4)
5.4 Comparison of the different measurement methods
128(4)
5.5 Summary of methods of performance analysis
132(2)
6 Previous efficiency analysis of electricity generation
134(14)
6.1 Introduction
134(1)
6.2 Earlier studies analyzing effects of restructuring
135(1)
6.3 Managementperjormance studies
135(2)
6.4 Comparison of the performance of Korea and other countries
137(4)
6.5 Recent performance analysis of Korean electricity market
141(3)
6.6 Efficiency measurement and determinants of efficiency
144(2)
6.7 Summary of the previous research and lessons learned
146(2)
7 Generator-level data
148(32)
7.1 Introduction
148(6)
7.2 Factor inputs
154(14)
7.3 Generation output
168(4)
7.4 Characteristics of output
172(2)
7.5 Characteristics of producers
174(3)
7.6 Characteristics of intervention: public support
177(1)
7.7 Summary of strengths and weaknesses of the data and suggestions
178(2)
8 Analysis of performance at generator level and policy implications
180(98)
8.1 Introduction
180(1)
8.2 Stochastic frontier production and cost analysis (SFA)
181(47)
8.3 Data envelopment analysis (DEA)
228(22)
8.4 Malmquist productivity index analysis (MPI)
250(23)
8.5 Summary of results from different performance methodologies
273(5)
9 Summary and conclusions
278(23)
9.1 The background to this study
278(5)
9.2 Summary of the results
283(10)
9.3 Performance index analysis
293(1)
9.4 Performance index trend analysis
294(1)
9.5 Policy implications of the results
294(2)
9.6 Some concluding remarks about future studies of performance
296(5)
Notes 301(2)
Bibliography 303(6)
Index 309
Almas Heshmati is Professor of Economics at Sogang University, South Korea and at Jönköping International Business School, Jönköping University.