All Outputs (7)

Energy Systems Integration: Economic Considerations for a New Paradigm (2019)
Journal Article
Jamasb, T., & Llorca, M. (2019). Energy Systems Integration: Economic Considerations for a New Paradigm. Economics of Energy & Environmental Policy, 8(2), 7-28. https://doi.org/10.5547/2160-5890.8.2.tjam

Energy Systems Integration (ESI) is an emerging paradigm emanating from a whole system perspective of the energy sector. It is based on a holistic view in which the main energy carriers are integrated to achieve horizontal synergies and efficiencies... Read More about Energy Systems Integration: Economic Considerations for a New Paradigm.

Sector Reforms and Institutional Corruption: Evidence from Electricity Industry in Sub-Saharan Africa (2019)
Journal Article
Imam, M., Jamasb, T., & Llorca, M. (2019). Sector Reforms and Institutional Corruption: Evidence from Electricity Industry in Sub-Saharan Africa. Energy Policy, 129, 532-545. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.enpol.2019.02.043

In order to reduce the influence of corruption on electricity sector performance, most Sub-Saharan African countries have implemented electricity sector reforms. However, after nearly two and half decades of reforms, there is no evidence whether the... Read More about Sector Reforms and Institutional Corruption: Evidence from Electricity Industry in Sub-Saharan Africa.

A stochastic frontier analysis approach for estimating energy demand and efficiency in the transport sector of Latin America and the Caribbean (2017)
Journal Article
Llorca, M., Baños, J., Somoza, J., & Arbués, P. (2017). A stochastic frontier analysis approach for estimating energy demand and efficiency in the transport sector of Latin America and the Caribbean. The Energy Journal, 38(5), https://doi.org/10.5547/01956574.38.5.mllo

In this paper, a stochastic frontier analysis approach is applied to estimate energy demand functions in the transport sector. This approach allows us to obtain energy efficiency measures at country level that are a robust alternative to the energy i... Read More about A stochastic frontier analysis approach for estimating energy demand and efficiency in the transport sector of Latin America and the Caribbean.

Energy efficiency and rebound effect in European road freight transport (2017)
Journal Article
Llorca, M., & Jamasb, T. (2017). Energy efficiency and rebound effect in European road freight transport. Transportation Research Part A: Policy and Practice, 101, 98-110. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tra.2017.05.002

Energy efficiency has become a primary energy policy goal in Europe and many countries and has conditioned the policies towards energy-intensive sectors such as road freight transport. However, energy efficiency improvements can lead to changes in th... Read More about Energy efficiency and rebound effect in European road freight transport.

Efficiency and environmental factors in the US electricity transmission industry (2016)
Journal Article
Llorca, M., Orea, L., & Pollitt, M. (2016). Efficiency and environmental factors in the US electricity transmission industry. Energy Economics, 55, 234-246. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.eneco.2016.02.004

The electricity industry in most developed countries has been restructured over recent decades with the aim of improving both service quality and firm performance. Regulated segments (e.g. transmission) still provide the infrastructure for the compet... Read More about Efficiency and environmental factors in the US electricity transmission industry.

A new approach to measuring the rebound effect associated to energy efficiency improvements: An application to the US residential energy demand (2015)
Journal Article
Orea, L., Llorca, M., & Filippini, M. (2015). A new approach to measuring the rebound effect associated to energy efficiency improvements: An application to the US residential energy demand. Energy Economics, 49, 599-609. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.eneco.2015.03.016

This paper brings attention to the fact that the energy demand frontier model introduced by Filippini and Hunt (2011, 2012) is closely connected to the measurement of the so-called rebound effect associated with improvements in energy efficiency. In... Read More about A new approach to measuring the rebound effect associated to energy efficiency improvements: An application to the US residential energy demand.

Using the latent class approach to cluster firms in benchmarking: An application to the US electricity transmission industry (2014)
Journal Article
Llorca, M., Orea, L., & Pollitt, M. (2014). Using the latent class approach to cluster firms in benchmarking: An application to the US electricity transmission industry. Operations research perspectives, 1(1), 6-17. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.orp.2014.03.002

In this paper we advocate using the latent class model (LCM) approach to control for technological differences in traditional efficiency analysis of regulated electricity networks. Our proposal relies on the fact that latent class models are designed... Read More about Using the latent class approach to cluster firms in benchmarking: An application to the US electricity transmission industry.