Winners and Losers from the Privatization and Regulation of Utilities: Lessons from a General Equilibrium Model of Argentina
- A. Estache, Omar O. Chisari, C. Romero
- Economics
- 1 May 1999
A computable general equilibrium (CGE) model is used to estimate the macroeconomic and distributional effects of the privatization and regulation of utilities in Argentina, begun in 1989. Based on…
High-tension electricity network expansions in Argentina: decision mechanisms and willingness-to-pay revelation
- Omar O. Chisari, Pedro Dal-Bó, C. Romero
- Economics
- 1 November 2001
Winners and Losers from Utility Privatization in Argentina: Lessons from a General Equilibrium Model
- Omar O. Chisari, A. Estache, C. Romero
- Economics
- 30 November 1999
The authors assess the macroeconomic and distributional effects of the privatization that Argentina began in 1989 in gas, electricity, telecommunications, and water and sanitation. Using a computable…
Universal Service Obligations in Utility Concession Contracts and the Needs of the Poor in Argentina's Privatizations
- A. Estache, Omar O. Chisari
- Economics
- 1 November 1991
The structural changes that come with privatization may induce a reconsideration of the regulations defined during the early stages of privatization. Chisari and Estache summarize the main lessons…
Economy-wide impacts of biofuels in Argentina
- G. Timilsina, Omar O. Chisari, C. Romero
- Economics
- 1 April 2013
Can the gains from Argentina's utilities reform offset credit shocks?
- Daniel A. Benitez, Omar O. Chisari, A. Estache
- Economics
- 28 April 2003
Relying on a general equilibrium model of Argentina’s economy calibrated for 1993 and internalizing all productivity and scale gains achieved up to 1999, this paper isolates the distributional…
Access by the poor in Latin America's utility reform: Subsidies and service obligations
- Omar O. Chisari, A. Estache, C. Price
- Political Science, Economics
- 28 April 2003
The authors address the question of infrastructure reforms in a novel way by focusing on the impact which they can have on consumers through the prices paid by different groups and on their access to…
Pricing Dynamics of Network Utilities in Developing Countries
- Omar O. Chisari, I. Kessides
- Economics
- 2009
This paper examines the pricing of a utility with an underdeveloped network facing a competitive fringe, short-run network adjustment costs, theft of service, and the threat of retaliatory government…
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