Do Regulation and Institutional Design Matter for Infrastructure Sector Performance?

This paper evaluates the impact of economic regulation on infrastructure sector outcomes. It tests the impact of regulation from three different angles: aligning costs with tariffs and firm profitability; reducing opportunistic renegotiation; and m...

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Main Authors: Andres, Luis, Guasch, Jose Luis, Straub, Stephane
Format: Policy Research Working Paper
Language:English
Published: World Bank, Washington, DC 2012
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Online Access:http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2007/10/8522916/regulation-institutional-design-matter-infrastructure-sector-performance
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topic ABUSE OF MONOPOLY POWER
ARBITRATION
ARBITRATION BODY
AUCTION
AUCTION PROCEDURE
AUCTIONS
BANK POLICY
BARRIER
BENEFICIARY
BID
BUREAUCRATIC QUALITY
CHECKS
CLAIMANT
COMPANY
COMPETITIVE PRESSURE
CONCESSION
CONCESSION CONTRACT
CONCESSION CONTRACTS
CONCESSION PROJECTS
CONSUMER PROTECTION
CONTRACT DESIGN
CONTRACT RENEGOTIATION
CONTRACT RENEGOTIATIONS
CONTRACT RENEWAL
COST OF CAPITAL
COST SAVINGS
COSTS OF CAPITAL
CURRENCY
DEVALUATION
DEVELOPING COUNTRIES
DEVELOPING ECONOMIES
DEVELOPMENT BANK
DIVESTITURE
DOLLAR PRICES
DUMMY VARIABLES
ECONOMIC REGULATION
ELECTRICITY DISTRIBUTION
ELECTRICITY INDUSTRY
ELECTRICITY OUTCOMES
EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS
EMPIRICAL EVIDENCE
EMPLOYMENT
ENFORCEMENT OF CONTRACTS
ENTERPRISE PERFORMANCE
EXCHANGE RATE
EXPANSION
FINANCIAL CAPACITY
FINANCIAL RETURNS
FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
FIRM PERFORMANCE
FOREIGN FIRMS
FOREIGN INVESTORS
FOREIGN OWNERSHIP
FUTURE PRICES
GENERATION
GOVERNANCE ARRANGEMENTS
GOVERNMENT BUDGET
GROSS DOMESTIC PRODUCT
GROWTH RATE
GROWTH RATES
IMPACT OF REGULATION
INCOME
INDEPENDENT REGULATORS
INDEPENDENT REGULATORY
INFLATION
INFRASTRUCTURE CONCESSIONS
INFRASTRUCTURE CONTRACT
INFRASTRUCTURE CONTRACT RENEGOTIATION
INFRASTRUCTURE CONTRACTS
INFRASTRUCTURE INDUSTRIES
INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECTS
INFRASTRUCTURE SECTOR
INFRASTRUCTURE SECTORS
INTERNAL RATE OF RETURN
INTERNATIONAL BANK
INVESTMENT INCENTIVES
INVESTMENT REQUIREMENTS
JURISDICTION
LABOR REDUNDANCY
LATIN AMERICAN
LEGAL FOUNDATION
LEGAL FRAMEWORK
LEGAL INSTRUMENT
LEVY
LOCAL CURRENCY
LOCAL INVESTORS
MACROECONOMIC DATA
MARKET CONDITIONS
MARKET DATA
MONOPOLIES
MONOPOLY
OPPORTUNISTIC BEHAVIOR
OUTPUT
OUTPUTS
PERFORMANCE OUTCOMES
PRICE ADJUSTMENTS
PRICE CAP
PRICE CAP REGULATION
PRICE CAPS
PRICE CRITERIA
PRICE FOR WATER
PRICE INCREASES
PRICE REDUCTIONS
PRICE REGULATION
PRIVATE FINANCING
PRIVATE FIRM
PRIVATE INFRASTRUCTURE
PRIVATE INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECTS
PRIVATE INVESTMENT
PRIVATE INVESTMENTS
PRIVATE OPERATORS
PRIVATE SECTOR
PRIVATE SECTOR FINANCING
PRIVATE SECTOR PARTICIPATION
PRIVATIZATION
PRIVATIZATION CONTRACTS
PRIVATIZATION PROCESS
PRIVATIZATIONS
PROVISION OF INFRASTRUCTURE
PROVISION OF INFRASTRUCTURE SERVICES
PUBLIC ASSETS
PUBLIC BUDGET
PUBLIC INVESTMENTS
PUBLIC SECTOR
QUALITY MEASURES
QUALITY OF SERVICE
QUALITY REGULATION
RATE OF RETURN
RATE OF RETURN REGULATION
RATES OF RETURN
REGULATION SCHEMES
REGULATOR
REGULATORS
REGULATORY AGENCY
REGULATORY BODIES
REGULATORY BODY
REGULATORY COMMISSION
REGULATORY COMMISSIONS
REGULATORY DECISIONS
REGULATORY EFFECTIVENESS
REGULATORY ENVIRONMENT
REGULATORY FRAMEWORK
REGULATORY FRAMEWORKS
REGULATORY GOVERNANCE
REGULATORY GOVERNANCE ARRANGEMENTS
REGULATORY IMPLICATIONS
REGULATORY INFRASTRUCTURE
REGULATORY PROCESS
REGULATORY REFORMS
REGULATORY REGIME
REGULATORY REGIMES
REGULATORY REVIEW
REGULATORY RISKS
REGULATORY RULES
REGULATORY STRUCTURE
REGULATORY VARIABLES
RENEGOTIATION
RENEGOTIATION PROCESS
RENEGOTIATIONS
RETURN REGULATION
RISK PREMIUM
RISK TRANSFER
RULE OF LAW
SANITATION
SAVINGS
SERVICE DISRUPTION
SERVICE EXPANSION
SERVICE QUALITY
SOCIAL COSTS
SPONSORS
SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT
TARIFF REGULATION
TELECOMMUNICATIONS
TOLL
TOLL ROAD
TOLL ROAD PROGRAM
TRANSFER OF ASSETS
TRANSITION PERIODS
TRANSPARENCY
TRANSPORTATION
TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO
UNDERLYING ASSETS
UTILITIES
VOLATILITY
WATER CONCESSIONS
WATER DISTRIBUTION
spellingShingle ABUSE OF MONOPOLY POWER
ARBITRATION
ARBITRATION BODY
AUCTION
AUCTION PROCEDURE
AUCTIONS
BANK POLICY
BARRIER
BENEFICIARY
BID
BUREAUCRATIC QUALITY
CHECKS
CLAIMANT
COMPANY
COMPETITIVE PRESSURE
CONCESSION
CONCESSION CONTRACT
CONCESSION CONTRACTS
CONCESSION PROJECTS
CONSUMER PROTECTION
CONTRACT DESIGN
CONTRACT RENEGOTIATION
CONTRACT RENEGOTIATIONS
CONTRACT RENEWAL
COST OF CAPITAL
COST SAVINGS
COSTS OF CAPITAL
CURRENCY
DEVALUATION
DEVELOPING COUNTRIES
DEVELOPING ECONOMIES
DEVELOPMENT BANK
DIVESTITURE
DOLLAR PRICES
DUMMY VARIABLES
ECONOMIC REGULATION
ELECTRICITY DISTRIBUTION
ELECTRICITY INDUSTRY
ELECTRICITY OUTCOMES
EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS
EMPIRICAL EVIDENCE
EMPLOYMENT
ENFORCEMENT OF CONTRACTS
ENTERPRISE PERFORMANCE
EXCHANGE RATE
EXPANSION
FINANCIAL CAPACITY
FINANCIAL RETURNS
FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
FIRM PERFORMANCE
FOREIGN FIRMS
FOREIGN INVESTORS
FOREIGN OWNERSHIP
FUTURE PRICES
GENERATION
GOVERNANCE ARRANGEMENTS
GOVERNMENT BUDGET
GROSS DOMESTIC PRODUCT
GROWTH RATE
GROWTH RATES
IMPACT OF REGULATION
INCOME
INDEPENDENT REGULATORS
INDEPENDENT REGULATORY
INFLATION
INFRASTRUCTURE CONCESSIONS
INFRASTRUCTURE CONTRACT
INFRASTRUCTURE CONTRACT RENEGOTIATION
INFRASTRUCTURE CONTRACTS
INFRASTRUCTURE INDUSTRIES
INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECTS
INFRASTRUCTURE SECTOR
INFRASTRUCTURE SECTORS
INTERNAL RATE OF RETURN
INTERNATIONAL BANK
INVESTMENT INCENTIVES
INVESTMENT REQUIREMENTS
JURISDICTION
LABOR REDUNDANCY
LATIN AMERICAN
LEGAL FOUNDATION
LEGAL FRAMEWORK
LEGAL INSTRUMENT
LEVY
LOCAL CURRENCY
LOCAL INVESTORS
MACROECONOMIC DATA
MARKET CONDITIONS
MARKET DATA
MONOPOLIES
MONOPOLY
OPPORTUNISTIC BEHAVIOR
OUTPUT
OUTPUTS
PERFORMANCE OUTCOMES
PRICE ADJUSTMENTS
PRICE CAP
PRICE CAP REGULATION
PRICE CAPS
PRICE CRITERIA
PRICE FOR WATER
PRICE INCREASES
PRICE REDUCTIONS
PRICE REGULATION
PRIVATE FINANCING
PRIVATE FIRM
PRIVATE INFRASTRUCTURE
PRIVATE INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECTS
PRIVATE INVESTMENT
PRIVATE INVESTMENTS
PRIVATE OPERATORS
PRIVATE SECTOR
PRIVATE SECTOR FINANCING
PRIVATE SECTOR PARTICIPATION
PRIVATIZATION
PRIVATIZATION CONTRACTS
PRIVATIZATION PROCESS
PRIVATIZATIONS
PROVISION OF INFRASTRUCTURE
PROVISION OF INFRASTRUCTURE SERVICES
PUBLIC ASSETS
PUBLIC BUDGET
PUBLIC INVESTMENTS
PUBLIC SECTOR
QUALITY MEASURES
QUALITY OF SERVICE
QUALITY REGULATION
RATE OF RETURN
RATE OF RETURN REGULATION
RATES OF RETURN
REGULATION SCHEMES
REGULATOR
REGULATORS
REGULATORY AGENCY
REGULATORY BODIES
REGULATORY BODY
REGULATORY COMMISSION
REGULATORY COMMISSIONS
REGULATORY DECISIONS
REGULATORY EFFECTIVENESS
REGULATORY ENVIRONMENT
REGULATORY FRAMEWORK
REGULATORY FRAMEWORKS
REGULATORY GOVERNANCE
REGULATORY GOVERNANCE ARRANGEMENTS
REGULATORY IMPLICATIONS
REGULATORY INFRASTRUCTURE
REGULATORY PROCESS
REGULATORY REFORMS
REGULATORY REGIME
REGULATORY REGIMES
REGULATORY REVIEW
REGULATORY RISKS
REGULATORY RULES
REGULATORY STRUCTURE
REGULATORY VARIABLES
RENEGOTIATION
RENEGOTIATION PROCESS
RENEGOTIATIONS
RETURN REGULATION
RISK PREMIUM
RISK TRANSFER
RULE OF LAW
SANITATION
SAVINGS
SERVICE DISRUPTION
SERVICE EXPANSION
SERVICE QUALITY
SOCIAL COSTS
SPONSORS
SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT
TARIFF REGULATION
TELECOMMUNICATIONS
TOLL
TOLL ROAD
TOLL ROAD PROGRAM
TRANSFER OF ASSETS
TRANSITION PERIODS
TRANSPARENCY
TRANSPORTATION
TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO
UNDERLYING ASSETS
UTILITIES
VOLATILITY
WATER CONCESSIONS
WATER DISTRIBUTION
Andres, Luis
Guasch, Jose Luis
Straub, Stephane
Do Regulation and Institutional Design Matter for Infrastructure Sector Performance?
relation Policy Research Working Paper; No. 4378
description This paper evaluates the impact of economic regulation on infrastructure sector outcomes. It tests the impact of regulation from three different angles: aligning costs with tariffs and firm profitability; reducing opportunistic renegotiation; and measuring the effects on productivity, quality of service, coverage, and prices. The analysis uses an extensive data set of about 1,000 infrastructure concessions granted in Latin America from the late 1980s to the early 2000s. The analysis finds that as the theory indicates, regulation matters. The empirical work here reported shows that in three relevant economic aspects-aligning costs and tariffs; dissuading renegotiations; and improving productivity, quality of service, coverage, and tariffs-the structure, institutions, and procedures of regulation matter. Thus, significant efforts should continue to be made to improve the structure, quality, and institutionality of regulation. Regulation matters for protecting both consumers and investors, for aligning closely financial returns and the costs of capital, and for capturing higher levels of benefits from the provision of infrastructure services by the private sector.
format Publications & Research :: Policy Research Working Paper
author Andres, Luis
Guasch, Jose Luis
Straub, Stephane
author_facet Andres, Luis
Guasch, Jose Luis
Straub, Stephane
author_sort Andres, Luis
title Do Regulation and Institutional Design Matter for Infrastructure Sector Performance?
title_short Do Regulation and Institutional Design Matter for Infrastructure Sector Performance?
title_full Do Regulation and Institutional Design Matter for Infrastructure Sector Performance?
title_fullStr Do Regulation and Institutional Design Matter for Infrastructure Sector Performance?
title_full_unstemmed Do Regulation and Institutional Design Matter for Infrastructure Sector Performance?
title_sort do regulation and institutional design matter for infrastructure sector performance?
publisher World Bank, Washington, DC
publishDate 2012
url http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2007/10/8522916/regulation-institutional-design-matter-infrastructure-sector-performance
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/7564
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spelling okr-10986-75642021-04-23T14:02:34Z Do Regulation and Institutional Design Matter for Infrastructure Sector Performance? Andres, Luis Guasch, Jose Luis Straub, Stephane ABUSE OF MONOPOLY POWER ARBITRATION ARBITRATION BODY AUCTION AUCTION PROCEDURE AUCTIONS BANK POLICY BARRIER BENEFICIARY BID BUREAUCRATIC QUALITY CHECKS CLAIMANT COMPANY COMPETITIVE PRESSURE CONCESSION CONCESSION CONTRACT CONCESSION CONTRACTS CONCESSION PROJECTS CONSUMER PROTECTION CONTRACT DESIGN CONTRACT RENEGOTIATION CONTRACT RENEGOTIATIONS CONTRACT RENEWAL COST OF CAPITAL COST SAVINGS COSTS OF CAPITAL CURRENCY DEVALUATION DEVELOPING COUNTRIES DEVELOPING ECONOMIES DEVELOPMENT BANK DIVESTITURE DOLLAR PRICES DUMMY VARIABLES ECONOMIC REGULATION ELECTRICITY DISTRIBUTION ELECTRICITY INDUSTRY ELECTRICITY OUTCOMES EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS EMPIRICAL EVIDENCE EMPLOYMENT ENFORCEMENT OF CONTRACTS ENTERPRISE PERFORMANCE EXCHANGE RATE EXPANSION FINANCIAL CAPACITY FINANCIAL RETURNS FINANCIAL STATEMENTS FIRM PERFORMANCE FOREIGN FIRMS FOREIGN INVESTORS FOREIGN OWNERSHIP FUTURE PRICES GENERATION GOVERNANCE ARRANGEMENTS GOVERNMENT BUDGET GROSS DOMESTIC PRODUCT GROWTH RATE GROWTH RATES IMPACT OF REGULATION INCOME INDEPENDENT REGULATORS INDEPENDENT REGULATORY INFLATION INFRASTRUCTURE CONCESSIONS INFRASTRUCTURE CONTRACT INFRASTRUCTURE CONTRACT RENEGOTIATION INFRASTRUCTURE CONTRACTS INFRASTRUCTURE INDUSTRIES INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECTS INFRASTRUCTURE SECTOR INFRASTRUCTURE SECTORS INTERNAL RATE OF RETURN INTERNATIONAL BANK INVESTMENT INCENTIVES INVESTMENT REQUIREMENTS JURISDICTION LABOR REDUNDANCY LATIN AMERICAN LEGAL FOUNDATION LEGAL FRAMEWORK LEGAL INSTRUMENT LEVY LOCAL CURRENCY LOCAL INVESTORS MACROECONOMIC DATA MARKET CONDITIONS MARKET DATA MONOPOLIES MONOPOLY OPPORTUNISTIC BEHAVIOR OUTPUT OUTPUTS PERFORMANCE OUTCOMES PRICE ADJUSTMENTS PRICE CAP PRICE CAP REGULATION PRICE CAPS PRICE CRITERIA PRICE FOR WATER PRICE INCREASES PRICE REDUCTIONS PRICE REGULATION PRIVATE FINANCING PRIVATE FIRM PRIVATE INFRASTRUCTURE PRIVATE INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECTS PRIVATE INVESTMENT PRIVATE INVESTMENTS PRIVATE OPERATORS PRIVATE SECTOR PRIVATE SECTOR FINANCING PRIVATE SECTOR PARTICIPATION PRIVATIZATION PRIVATIZATION CONTRACTS PRIVATIZATION PROCESS PRIVATIZATIONS PROVISION OF INFRASTRUCTURE PROVISION OF INFRASTRUCTURE SERVICES PUBLIC ASSETS PUBLIC BUDGET PUBLIC INVESTMENTS PUBLIC SECTOR QUALITY MEASURES QUALITY OF SERVICE QUALITY REGULATION RATE OF RETURN RATE OF RETURN REGULATION RATES OF RETURN REGULATION SCHEMES REGULATOR REGULATORS REGULATORY AGENCY REGULATORY BODIES REGULATORY BODY REGULATORY COMMISSION REGULATORY COMMISSIONS REGULATORY DECISIONS REGULATORY EFFECTIVENESS REGULATORY ENVIRONMENT REGULATORY FRAMEWORK REGULATORY FRAMEWORKS REGULATORY GOVERNANCE REGULATORY GOVERNANCE ARRANGEMENTS REGULATORY IMPLICATIONS REGULATORY INFRASTRUCTURE REGULATORY PROCESS REGULATORY REFORMS REGULATORY REGIME REGULATORY REGIMES REGULATORY REVIEW REGULATORY RISKS REGULATORY RULES REGULATORY STRUCTURE REGULATORY VARIABLES RENEGOTIATION RENEGOTIATION PROCESS RENEGOTIATIONS RETURN REGULATION RISK PREMIUM RISK TRANSFER RULE OF LAW SANITATION SAVINGS SERVICE DISRUPTION SERVICE EXPANSION SERVICE QUALITY SOCIAL COSTS SPONSORS SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT TARIFF REGULATION TELECOMMUNICATIONS TOLL TOLL ROAD TOLL ROAD PROGRAM TRANSFER OF ASSETS TRANSITION PERIODS TRANSPARENCY TRANSPORTATION TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO UNDERLYING ASSETS UTILITIES VOLATILITY WATER CONCESSIONS WATER DISTRIBUTION This paper evaluates the impact of economic regulation on infrastructure sector outcomes. It tests the impact of regulation from three different angles: aligning costs with tariffs and firm profitability; reducing opportunistic renegotiation; and measuring the effects on productivity, quality of service, coverage, and prices. The analysis uses an extensive data set of about 1,000 infrastructure concessions granted in Latin America from the late 1980s to the early 2000s. The analysis finds that as the theory indicates, regulation matters. The empirical work here reported shows that in three relevant economic aspects-aligning costs and tariffs; dissuading renegotiations; and improving productivity, quality of service, coverage, and tariffs-the structure, institutions, and procedures of regulation matter. Thus, significant efforts should continue to be made to improve the structure, quality, and institutionality of regulation. Regulation matters for protecting both consumers and investors, for aligning closely financial returns and the costs of capital, and for capturing higher levels of benefits from the provision of infrastructure services by the private sector. 2012-06-08T19:00:12Z 2012-06-08T19:00:12Z 2007-10 http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2007/10/8522916/regulation-institutional-design-matter-infrastructure-sector-performance http://hdl.handle.net/10986/7564 English Policy Research Working Paper; No. 4378 CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/ World Bank World Bank, Washington, DC Publications & Research :: Policy Research Working Paper Publications & Research